Thursday, March 04 , 2010 | Gene Rosow
Dirt is dying in Afghanistan
26 years of chaos will do that: constant warfare, extended drought, deforestation, de-vegetation, declining soil fertility, falling water tables, salinsation, widespread wind and water soil erosion, a nightmare
Afghanistan now faces the complete eradication of its forests. So there will be more floods, avalanches and landslides. And millions more displaced Afghans.
Afghanistan’s long-term environmental degradation is caused, in part, by a complete collapse of local and national forms of governance. More >
Thursday, February 11 , 2010 | Team Dirt!
Valentine’s Day is here! And although we adore flowers,
chocolate and love poems, isn't it more fun to get dirty?
We thought you'd agree.
So this year send a "dirty" Valentine gift to those you love: Dirt! The Movie.
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Wednesday, January 20 , 2010
Listen to Gene Rosow on Air America's Hollywood! CLOUT with Richard Greene
discussing the Haiti tragedy and its relationship to the use and abuse of the
soil and its repercussions.
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Wednesday, January 20 , 2010
Director/producers Gene Rosow and Bill Benenson flank Andy Lipkis, of Tree People, and Dirt! The Movie's narrator Jamie Lee Curtis after a boffo presentation at the Television Critics Association's Winter Press Tour held at the Langham Hotel in Pasadena on January 13th. Dirt! The Movie airs Thursday, April 20th at 10pm on PBS Independent Lens. Shout it out, Dirt! has clout. More >
Thursday, December 17 , 2009 | Gene Rosow
How we manage carbon is key to dealing with climate change. And dirt is key to managing carbon. Soil is the key life support system for ecological functions: biomass production in agriculture and forestry; storing, filtering and transforming nutrients, substances and water; biodiversity of habitats, species and genes; the physical and cultural environment of all human activity; the source of raw materials....you get the idea. More >
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