Soil 4 Climate – Soils are Key to Reducing Carbon Emissions

Photo credit: Kroon Family Many people have heard about the 350 movement to reduce carbon emission down to 350 ppm, but few have heard of the 4/1,000 or 4 per 1,000 initiative.[1] Started in France, the initiative aims to introduce agriculture as part of the solution for climate change by carefully managing land to restore carbon stock at an annual growth rate of 0.4%.[2] If every country were to do so, it would cut down annual atmospheric carbon dioxide by 75%. For more about the initiative, please visit 4 pour 1000. The role of soil as carbon ...

Restoring CO2 to Safe Levels to Avoid Severe Climate Change Impacts

Excelsior's Pathway in Tijuca Forest in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Photo by Halley Pacheco de Oliveira, used under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike license. This is a review of chapter 2 from our book Geotherapy: Innovative Methods of Soil Fertility Restoration, Carbon Sequestration, and Reversing CO2 Increase. Available from CRC Press and Amazon. We are the first generation to feel the effect of climate change and the last generation who can do something about it. President Barack Obama This is a review of Chapter 2, “Global biogeoch...

Review of Geotherapy Preface: Profiles of Richard Grantham

This is a review of the preface from our book Geotherapy: Innovative Methods of Soil Fertility Restoration, Carbon Sequestration, and Reversing CO2 Increase. Available from CRC Press and Amazon. This is part of an ongoing series of reviews, beginning with the preface and followed by chapter reviews in the weeks to come. The book Geotherapy: Innovative Methods of Soil Fertility Restoration, Carbon Sequestration, and Reversing CO2 Increase is primarily about the science of geotherapy and its application. It presents the theories behind soil remineralization, biochar, ...

Rocks to Ash – Exciting Initiative on Mount Cameroon – Part 2

Previously we covered Professor Valentine Nzengung’s remineralization project in Cameroon, where his team is developing an organic fertilizer product (QwikGro) to restore nutrients to the soils. At the end of the last interview, Nzengung mentioned that FESCAM is conducting field trials with the Cameroon Development Corporation (CDC) to test the effect of QwikGro on banana growth. In this instalment, we will continue with the progress of his latest trip and discuss the impacts of remineralization on local communities in Cameroon. Remineralization in Cameroon...

Launching Our New Research Database

Remineralize the Earth is proud to announce the launch of our new research database, click here, the only online research database dedicated to soil remineralization. An important means of promoting this mission is to make research relating to soil remineralization as easily accessible as possible to gardeners, farmers, scientists, and policymakers. With the launch of our database, there is now a single, convenient resource that gives the public access to a wealth of academic studies and other articles which demonstrate the benefits of soil remineralization. Our mission ...

Explore Geotherapy with the Remineralize the Earth Geotherapy Blog

Welcome to the Remineralize the Earth’s Geotherapy Blog, a resource of news, reviews, and information about geotherapy. Geotherapy is a down to earth, effective approach to addressing the climate crisis. It emphasizes addressing the source of the problem, and it focuses on existing techniques that have already been shown to work. This blog is a companion to, and extension of, the book Geotherapy: Innovative Methods of Soil Fertility Restoration, Carbon Sequestration, and Reversing CO2 Increase (edited by Thomas J. Goreau, Ronal W. Larson, and Joanna Campe; ...

Of Mars and Minerals

In “The Martian,” Mark Watney uses the Martian soil to grow potatoes in the controlled environment of the “Hab.” In reality, the soil on Mars actually does have the nutrients plants would need to survive on Mars! There may not be the right amount of nutrients depending on where astronauts land on the Red Planet, so fertilizers may need to be added to the soil. Gary Jordan, NASA Johnson Space Center (more…)

TJ Environmental Impact Club Creates New Remineralization Committee

Earlier this year, Ray Liu, our volunteer webmaster who has been working with us for two and a half years, founded a Remineralization Committee at his high school's Environmental Impact Club in an effort to further promote research and publicity of remineralization. (more…)

Rocks to Ash – Exciting Initiative on Mount Cameroon – Part 1

Creating a soil amendment that provides essential nutrients for crop growth is critical to combating climate change and increasing food security in Cameroon. This is essentially what Valentine Nzengung, professor in the department of Geology at the University of Georgia and president of Food and Energy Security Cameroon (FESCAM), is studying. FESCAM is developing a product - QwikGro - that will revitalize soil productivity and soil health in Cameroon and elsewhere. Dr. Nzengung describes FESCAM as “a non-profit corporation based in the US with the mission of ...

Natural Vitality Soil and Your Health eBook features RTE

We are so proud that Natural Vitality has long been a major contributor to Remineralize the Earth as you’ll see when you read about the Calm Earth Project. They produce the award-winning Organic Connections Magazine, Calm, Creative and Conscious Living. The magazine has covered important issues to do with sustainable agriculture, growing nutrient dense food and remineralization for many years. They are committed to growing nutrient dense food in soils that cover the bases for the myriad of minerals and trace elements to create biologically balanced soils. (more…)