Soil and Human Health

02/03/2022

Crow in Claremont

20/12/2020

Happy end of season and here's to new beginnings!
https://www.soilandhumanhealth.com/blog/2020/12/15/under-new-land-management
In which Amanda is inspired by a colleague’s insight into 20th and 21st century thinking, leading her to speculate on what might be coming in the New Year to usher in the New Normal.

IMAGE: Mudmap by Colin Clarke EDITING AND SOUNDS: Rory Allen ‘We are not what we know but what we are willing to learn’ Mary Catherine Bateson, Composing a Life: BIG END  End of year podcasts require big end of year thinking. I’ve got

27/10/2020

https://www.soilandhumanhealth.com/blog/2020/10/24/38-once-upon-a-time
More from once-upon-a-time land when I meet a long-dead relative I could relate to, who brings tales of the past a lot closer to the present day.

Amanda ventures further into once-upon-a-time land, inspired by a relative she meets in Greenough, WA, and a friend’s approach to history that insists on bringing the stories of the colonial past into present day consciousness.

24/09/2020

21/09/2020

; Part 2: The Jones brothers, inspired by Col Stanton, are introducing erosion control, land interventions at Boogardie Station, out of Mt Magnet, in WA. As Henry gets serious about documenting the work, Amanda finds synergies between the Jones and the Pollocks efforts on Wooleen Station. She gi

18/07/2020

11/06/2020

https://www.soilandhumanhealth.com/blog/2020/6/6/relaxing-with-sheep

In which I get to see a de-stressed mob of sheep really enjoying life in the wheatbelt, near Perenjori, and a working example of great management in the form of a grazing plan. Along the way I come under the spell of the legendary Horse Whisperer, Bud Williams, and learn to curb my cowboy tendencie

28/05/2020

https://www.soilandhumanhealth.com/blog/2020/5/28/30-from-consumer-to-citizen

Is the human species being given a bit of a hint about something at this point? Amanda draws a long bow between viral pandemics, dust storms and fake food and decides that the consumer needs to get a grip. She has a few suggestions involving a Refractometer and a Brix reading that could give power

19/05/2020

https://www.soilandhumanhealth.com/blog/2020/5/18/29-the-reset-the-answer-is-carbon

Thanks for staying with me through the iso period and my own personal podcast challenge - 5 podcasts in 14 days. I did it! And I'm less of a technophobe for the experience.....

Welcome to The Reset: words to help us restructure our world from the inside out. This episode is called The Answer is Carbon. It was kick-started by a conversation with a very knowledgeable agronomist, then de-railed by a free-thinking, carbon market philosopher and finally pulls itself together w

15/05/2020

https://www.soilandhumanhealth.com/blog/2020/5/14/28-the-reset-transition-part-2

In which Phil continues to learn new ways of working the land. He joins forces with some regeneratively-minded farmers and finds a new lease of life.

15/05/2020

https://www.soilandhumanhealth.com/blog/2020/5/8/27-the-reset-transition-part-1
I have re-posted this to fix a BIG mistake in info - if you didn't notice: EXCELLENT! If you did. Sorry......I blame a misspent childhood, too geared to arty stuff and not the basic sciences.
Part 2 is about to land.....

Welcome to The Reset: words to help us restructure our world from the inside out. Transition Part 1 talks about one couple’s transition from conventional to biological farming practices and a bold new regenerative venture brewing on a farm out of Perenjori. We can’t just hope for change – let....

08/05/2020

https://www.soilandhumanhealth.com/blog/2020/4/24/26-the-reset-subtle-energies

In which Amanda learns about love from a pot plant and discovers that Subtle Energies are being used to increase productivity on farms and stations across Australia. All because Queensland based Terry McCosker and his future thinking business, Resource Consultancy Services, have joined forces with

05/05/2020

Thanks to my neighbour Lynette for a great picture taken at Gray's Beach near Pt Moore, Geraldton

05/05/2020

Being confined to quarters, I have been writing and recording a lot. I have been inspired by the fabulous and generous offerings from meditation and health and wellbeing teachers that have enriched my isolation period. Here is my contribution - a series of shorter pieces to be released over the next few weeks. First episode of The RESET is below. I hope you enjoy.

One-night last week I had three strong dreams in a row. I remembered them so perfectly when I woke up that I inhabited this dream world for ages and eventually wrote them down. A week on and I am pretty convinced that this was my subconscious showing me how the COVID19 plays out in my waking life: