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Sep 12, 2024, USA

Glamour

Gardening is the Celebrity Wellness Secret That Everyone Can—and Should—Try

The biggest celebrity wellness secret right now? Vegetable gardening.

David Beckham just updated his 88 million followers on his homegrown kale, spring onions, cabbages, and wild flowers: “I can hear my East End mates going, ‘he has changed,” he said on Instagram. Pamela Anderson has also become a woman of the earth, sharing the bounty from her own garden on social media.

Aug 30, 2024, Kenya

The Conversation

Healthy soils are good for your gut, brain and wellbeing – here’s why

Often overlooked, soil is one of our planet’s largest living ecosystems and the foundation of our lives. It provides 95% of our food, supports global biodiversity and helps balance the climate by storing atmospheric carbon.

Soil is also a huge source of raw materials, from iron ore and bauxite (the rock used to make aluminium) to natural gas which is used to power our society.

Aug 29, 2024, Hong Kong

Earth.org

New Report Reveals Crucial Links Between Soil Quality and Human Health, Calls For Global Action

A comprehensive new analysis by the Save Soil movement reveals the profound connections between soil health and human physical and mental wellbeing, underscoring the urgent need for global attention to soil degradation.

The new report highlights the direct and indirect pathways through which soil health influences various aspects of human life, including nutrition, mental health and overall quality of life.

Aug 29, 2024, USA

Psychology Today

What Does Soil Have to Do With Mental Health?

The connection between human health and soil health extends far beyond physical contact. The amount of nutrients found in our food is directly associated with the health of the soil it grows in.

Human physiological and psychological functions require macronutrients, namely carbohydrates, proteins, and fats, that provide the main source of energy for the human body.

Jul 8, 2024

Driving Eco

95% of the planet's soils will be degraded by 2050, scientists warn

A new map from the Save Soil movement, backed by several UN agencies, shows that 95% of the world's soils could be degraded by 2050 if unsustainable agricultural practices continue. This degradation threatens to trigger a global food crisis and aggravate the impacts of climate change, according to the report released on the 30th anniversary of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification.

Jun 27, 2024, Europe

energiezukunft

95 percent of the earth's surface could be degraded by 2050

Alarming state of the world's soil, livelihoods threatened

The maps, produced by Save Soil using data from the UNCCD (2019 map) and an estimate from the Global Environment Facility (GEF, 2050 map), show how much fertile land could be left in 2050 if the current rate of degradation continues. The resulting food crisis would be exacerbated by the fact that the world's population is expected to rise to 9.8 billion people by 2050, according to figures from the United Nations (UN).