Whole Earth, Spring 1999

“Soil as the mother of all things; soil as the strength that gives us groundedness; soil as receptive and creative producer of foods and fibers; soil as the anchor for trees; soil as pigment to decorate our bodies and canvasses; soil as purifier of dirty waters; soil as medicine; soil as building blocks for homes and roads; soil as the natural capital most undervalued on the planet; soil as the teacher of virtues and the stuff of myth.”

Published: Spring 1999
Collection: Whole Earth Magazine
Links: Internet Archive, Download PDF

Sections:

Coevolution66
Eternity60
Homeplate46
Celebrating Soil30
Scenarios88
Backmatter112

Whole Earth, Spring 1999

1. 1. Introduction by Peter Warshall
    76
  2. My Friend the Soil: A conversation with Hans Jenny, America’s godfather of soils.
    6
  3. Gaian Naturalist
    12
  4. Soil City by Evan Eisenberg: Down and dirty in the bowels of the earth with amoebas, nematodes, worms, bacteria—the whole bestiary that supports planetary life.
    13
  5. My Life as a Designer of Soils by Robert Scarborough: What happened in Biosphere when Bob was asked to construct eleven ecosystems’ soils from all over the planet.
    18
  6. The Soil Bank by Peter Warshall
    22
  7. Declaration on Soil: Sigmar Groeneveld, Lee Hoinacki, Ivan Illich, and friends plead for soil to come back as the teacher of virtue.
    25
  8. Soil—Fat & Hot by Roman Pawluk: The ways soil knowledge blossoms and thrives among some non-Western peoples.
    26
  9. Soil at Rest—Soil Moving
    32
  10. Moving Sand by Dale S. Turner
    34
  11. Illustrated Man by Nicole Parizeau
    39
  12. Divorce of the Century—Dirt and Us
    40
  13. Eating Earth Photos by John M. Hunter
    44
  14. Earth Alive by William Bryant Logan: Sings of the times when soil and ceremony, birth and earth, farming and renewal were one.
    44
  15. Doing Scenarios by Art Kleiner
    77
  16. Changing the Winds by Adam Kahane: The facilitator at the South African post-apartheid and Colombia, South America scenarios describes his journey from corporate “reactive” to empowering facilitator.
    82
  17. Pierre Wack
    89
  18. The Strategic Conversation by Kees van der Heijden
    90
  19. The Heart Behind Scenarios by Vicki Robin
    92
  20. Greedy Frogs, Balanced Humans, and Improvisational Music: World Business Council for Sustainable Development scenarios for the future of the planet.
    94
  21. China, Africa, Russia, India by The Balaton Group: One of the planet’s foremost green think-tanks considers scenarios.
    96
  22. Futurama Retro by John H. Clute: The intimate connection among science fiction, horror, and fantasy narratives; blockhead tricksters; info-overflow spin doctors; and scenario practice.
    101
  23. Chicken Little, Cassandra, and the Real Wolf by Donella H. Meadows: There are many ways to think about the future. Dana doesn’t do scenarios; she articulates visions.
    106
CoEVOLUTION
1. 1. The Peppered Moth Illusion by Craig Holdrege: A classic story of evolutionary fact is actually a myth: A warning against “fundamentalism” in science and teaching.
    66
  2. Marijuana— America’s Most Profitable Plant by Tony Serra
    74
2. BOOKS & RESOURCES:
  1. Endemic Bird Areas
    70
  2. The Food Insects Newsletter
    73
  3. Man Eating Bugs
    73
  4. Marijuana Law
    75
  5. Native American Ethnobotany
    72
  6. Sacred Leaves of Candomblé
    72
  7. Search for the Giant Squid
    71
  8. Vulture
    70
3. ACCESS:
  1. Medicinal Marijuana
    75
ETERNITY
1. 1. Sounding Alive by David Rothenberg
    60
2. BOOKS & RESOURCES:
  1. The Alphabet Abecedarium
    64
  2. Born To Sing
    61
  3. How Writing Came About
    64
  4. Into a Wild Sanctuary
    62
  5. It’s Here Now (Are You?)
    65
  6. Lao Tzu: Tao Te Ching
    65
  7. Ocean of Sound
    61
  8. Roots of the Moment
    63
  9. The Soundscape
    61
  10. The Story of Writing
    64
  11. Terra Nova
    62
3. ACCESS:
  1. Music/Nature CDs and Web
    63
HOMEPLATE
1. 1. Black Self-White Self by Wendy Ewald
    46
  2. The White Dog Cafe by Judy Wicks and Kevin von Klause
    54
2. BOOKS & RESOURCES:
  1. Beyond The Veil
    51
  2. Bicycling Medicine
    59
  3. Bookmaking Books
    53
  4. Carved Paper
    52
  5. Julie Sahni’s Indian Cooking
    56
  6. Spiritual Access
    10
  7. Master Breasts
    50
  8. Nerve
    50
  9. The Saffron Companion
    56
  10. Seductions of Rice
    57
  11. StretchWare
    53
  12. The Tofu Tollbooth
    59
  13. Transition
    58
  14. White Dog Cafe Cookbook
    55
  15. Woman: An Intimate Geography
    51
  16. World’s Best Ideas
    58
CELEBRATING SOIL
1. BOOKS & RESOURCES:
  1. Ant Homes Under the Ground
    30
  2. Body Decoration
    39
  3. Building With Earth
    36
  4. Dirt
    11
  5. Earth Construction
    36
  6. The Ecology of Eden
    17
  7. Kids’ Soil Books
    10
  8. Let It Rot!
    30
  9. The Rammed Earth House
    36
  10. Rodale Book of Composting
    30
  11. Spectacular Vernacular
    37
  12. Worm Books Galore
    31
2. ACCESS:
  1. Dune and Sand
    35
  2. Earth Artistry Through Time
    39
  3. Earth Building
    36
  4. Edible Clays
    43
  5. Globalocal Access
    38
  6. Soil/Compost/Worms
    11
  7. Soil Tools
    29
SCENARIOS
1. BOOKS & RESOURCES:
  1. The Art of the Long View
    88
  2. Encyclopedia of Science Fiction
    104
  3. The Fortune Sellers
    88
  4. Making the Gods Work for You
    105
  5. Scenarios
    91
  6. Scenario Planning
    88
  7. Shambhala
    105
2. ACCESS:
  1. Scenarios
    81
  2. Spiritual Access
    105
BACKMATTER
1. 1. Updates
    112
  2. Gossip
    114
  3. Thanks & Corrections
    116
  4. Business
    117

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