Every meal you eat now costs the planet 10 kilos of lost topsoil. That’s the warning of “Surviving the 21st Century” author Julian Cribb to an international soil science conference in Queenstown, New Zealand on Dec 15, 2016. “10 kilos of topsoil, 800 litres of water, 1.3 litres of diesel, 0.3g of pesticide and 3.5 … Continue reading You ‘eat’ 30 kilos of soil every day…

It is high time the human species had a new name. The case for renaming humanity is advanced in 'How to Fix a Broken Planet' (Cambridge University Press 2023) for all to see and share. This article is a summary. Today’s humans have surrounded ourselves with vast existential risks: we are entering the worst emergency … Continue reading Why Homo sapiens needs a new name