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Earth’s Soil [email protected] Alfred Hartemink Department of Soil Science Soils & People Earth’s Soil [email protected] The connection Where we live The food we eat Soils and diseases Culturally Earth’s Soil [email protected] Soils and people 3 Earth’s Soil [email protected] Red clay, red brick...

Earth’s Soil [email protected] Alfred Hartemink Department of Soil Science Soils & People Earth’s Soil [email protected] The connection Where we live The food we eat Soils and diseases Culturally Earth’s Soil [email protected] Soils and people 3 Earth’s Soil [email protected] Red clay, red brick 4 Earth’s Soil [email protected] Yellow clay, yellow brick 5 Earth’s Soil [email protected] In Tanzania 6 Earth’s Soil [email protected] In the Netherlands sand clay 7 Earth’s Soil [email protected] sand clay Earth’s Soil [email protected] sand clay Earth’s Soil [email protected] sand clay 10 Earth’s Soil [email protected] Indigenous soil knowledge Natural as well as a social science Soil and land knowledge systems of rural populations, from the most traditional to the modern. Local approaches to soil perception, classification, appraisal, use and management Earth’s Soil [email protected] Indigenous soil knowledge Earth’s Soil [email protected] Earth’s Soil [email protected] Population growth Earth’s Soil [email protected] 2015 data % people under 20 yrs Earth’s Soil [email protected] Food and people Earth’s Soil [email protected] What we eat Earth’s Soil [email protected] Earth’s Soil [email protected] Undernourished people 800 million hungry people Earth’s Soil [email protected] Where the poor people are The poverty trap Earth’s Soil [email protected] Low yield No inputs Low income Earth’s Soil [email protected] Not that different Earth’s Soil [email protected] Earth’s Soil [email protected] Soils and health Indirectly Insufficient food, hunger Malnutrition, undernutrition, undernourishment It may involve calories, protein, carbohydrates, vitamins or minerals. Effects: short height, thin body, very poor energy levels, swollen legs and abdomen. Earth’s Soil [email protected] Soils and medicine Antibiotics (Streptomycine) The hunt continues 40% of prescription drugs & 60% of cancer drugs have their origin in the soil Selman Waksman (1888-1973) Earth’s Soil [email protected] Soils and culture § Soils in language § Soil in literature § Soil in movies § Soil in sculptures § Soils in paintings Earth’s Soil [email protected] The fall of Icarus Pieter Bruegel 1555 Earth’s Soil [email protected] Arthur Boyd (1920-1999) Riverbank, 1971-1972 Earth’s Soil [email protected] The Hudson river school Asher Brown Durand (1796 – 1886) Thomas Cole (1801 - 1848) Earth’s Soil [email protected] Meanwhile at the Chazen Earth’s Soil [email protected] Earth’s Soil [email protected] Paint with soil Earth’s Soil [email protected] Earth’s Soil [email protected] Individual work List all your connections to the soil as you can imagine them Earth’s Soil [email protected] Soil connections Earth’s Soil [email protected]