We Can Regenerate!
The solutions are far reaching when we start to value the health of our soils!
An Interview with Finian Makepeace of ‘Kiss The Ground’
Episode 2.
Published on 17th March 2022
Interview With:
Finian Makepeace
Kiss The Ground
Finian is the co-founder, policy director & lead educator of Kiss the Ground.
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Show Notes:
In this interview I’m joined by Finian Makepeace of ‘Kiss The Ground’ for a discussion all about regenerating our lands by understanding the role of soil within the bigger picture.
It really is a joyful topic focused on solutions that can be seen, over a short time, right at our feet!
Learn more from the videos mentioned by Finian during our chat:
Plants Are Cool
A Regenerative Secret
Use the time stamps below to get a sense of what’s included:
00:00 – Intro
01:18 – Start of Interview
02:58 – Why Focus on the Ground?
06:30 – Can Soil Help Regulate The Climate?
13:50 – Controlling Microclimates
15:19 – How Humans Depleted the Soil
17:34 – So, How Do We Regenerate?
22:42 – Life Begets Life!
23:32 – How Far Does the Impact Reach?
26:20 – Can We Make the Shift?
30:00 – Learn More From Finian & ‘Kiss The Ground’
Previous Episode:
What is Regenerative Agriculture? – With Caroline Grindrod
Watch the Series of Mini Intro Animations!
Interview With:
Finian Makepeace
Kiss The Ground
Finian is the co-founder, policy director & lead educator of Kiss the Ground.
Learn more from Kiss The Ground! –
Do You Have Any Questions?
Let me know in the comments below. I’ll look to create or link to resources above that cover any common questions asked.
Watch the Animations!
I’m creating short digestible videos to help illustrate some of the key concepts that we’re exploring!
Every month or so you’ll find a new one added here.
The Latest Animation:
What is Regenerative Agriculture?
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Helen Fisher
The Host
I take a very holistic view of the world and find enormous hope when we expand our thinking outwards and consider our issues as interconnected.
So it’s a huge delight for me to have the opportunity to speak with so many varied personalities here.
I hope you’ll enjoy learning along with me as my guests allow me to pick their brains on the diverse topics explored by this project!
I’ve just listened to Finian Makepeace interview. He spoke about the Soil Advocacy courses that they run – in English. He nicely acknowledged that the present restriction to English was perhaps a limitation, but at least a good start. I’d be pretty sure that Kiss the Ground has considered multilingual or translated courses. Perhaps decided that, in light of their priorities, this is not the time.
It struck me that maybe this would be something that the community you are building with ‘We Are Carbon’ could maybe pick up. At least explore. Not just as a favour to Kiss the Ground, but as a means and example of community action. Are there people watching and becoming involved with We Are Carbon who could write translations or even be joint teachers with Kiss the Ground in their Soil Advocacy courses? I can’t speak anything but english myself, sadly, but maybe this could be explored. I recently did an online 8-week course on Continuous Cover Forestry run by ProSilva and other EU organisations in French, German and English with written translations. It was excellent. Shows what can be done. (https://forestmoocforchange.eu/en/faq/ )