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. In “Surviving the 21st Century”, author Julian Cribb presents the scientific evidence for the ten greatest threats facing humanity – and what we can do about them. The book is published by Springer International. “Today’s humans have surrounded ourselves with huge existential risks,” he explains. … Continue reading Why Homo sapiens needs a new name