Cleaning Up Contaminated Soil | How To Compost For Sustainable Gardening
Finding Genius Podcast
Richard Jacobs
4.4 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 2 June 2023
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
What role does soil health play in sustainability and green living? Dr. Sally Brown, a Research Associate Professor at the University of Washington's School of Forest Resources joins the podcast to explain.
Dr. Brown focuses her research on soil health, climate change mitigation, biosolids recycling, and wastewater treatment. She believes that by making the use and reuse of wastes part of our daily vocabulary, our cities will function greener than ever.
So, how has Dr. Brown's passion for environmental stewardship informed her research? Click play to see for yourself…
Jump in now to explore:
- How to turn compost into soil amendments.
- Challenges that urban gardeners face.
- How to improve soil health.
To find out more about Dr. Brown and her research, click here now!
Episode also available on Apple Podcasts: http://apple.co/30PvU9C
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Forget frequently asked questions. |
| 0:02.0 | Common sense, common knowledge, or Google. |
| 0:05.0 | How about advice from a real genius? |
| 0:07.0 | 95% of people in any profession are good enough to be qualified in license. |
| 0:11.0 | 5%? |
| 0:12.0 | Go above and beyond. |
| 0:13.0 | They become very good at what they do. |
| 0:15.0 | But only 0.1% are real geniuses. |
| 0:18.0 | Richard Jacobs has made his life's mission to find them for you. |
| 0:22.0 | He hunts down and interviews geniuses in every field. |
| 0:25.0 | Sleep science, cancer, stem cells, ketogenic diets, and more. |
| 0:29.0 | Come the geniuses. |
| 0:30.0 | This is the Finding Genius Podcast. |
| 0:33.0 | But Richard Jacobs. |
| 0:36.0 | Hello, this is Richard Jacobs with the Finding Genius Podcast. |
| 0:41.0 | I have Dr. Sally Brown, she's a research associate professor, |
| 0:45.0 | a part of the School of Forest Resources at University of Washington. |
| 0:49.0 | The way to talk about composting, organic residuals, and soil health. |
| 0:52.0 | So Sally, thank you for coming. |
| 0:54.0 | Certainly. |
| 0:55.0 | Yeah, tell me a bit about your background. |
| 0:57.0 | And then about the work you're currently studying today and doing that. |
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