Hearing Dawit Solomon discuss the importance of soil for our environment and health brought new information to light for me. For example, I realized that we are not creating more carbon dioxide, but rather redistributing it from the soil to the atmosphere. In order to tackle climate change, we have to find a way to take the green house gases out of the atmosphere and put them into the soul where they can actually be rather beneficial. Healthy soil should be a dark brown or black color, as it is rich in carbon. Most soil/dirt I have ever seen has been a light brown or beige color, except after it rains. This leads me to wonder how we can improve the quality of our soil here.

It was interesting to hear how some native tribes are able to transform the soil into a rich source of carbon. This discovery led to the development of the bone fertilizer that honestly frightened me a bit at first. It is interesting to see how bones, something we find to be utterly useless, can have such a large impact on the health of soil and crops. I wonder if this bone fertilizer could also be beneficial for farmers here in the United States.