From soil to forest

The stations

Read in order, each idea builds on the one before. A station counts as read once you have opened its article.

1. 1Station 1 · Soil and lifeHumusThe dark, stable fraction of organic matter in soil, the part that holds water and nutrients and gives a living soil its colour, smell and structure.4 minnot read yet
2. 2Station 2 · Soil and lifeMycorrhizaThe underground partnership between roots and fungi: the fungi reach water and phosphorus, the plant returns sugars and vitamins.3 minnot read yet
3. 3Station 3 · Soil and lifeNitrogen-Fixing PlantsPlants that host bacteria or actinobacteria able to convert atmospheric nitrogen into a form plants can use, fertilising the soil around them.7 minnot read yet
4. 4Station 4 · Nature in transitionPioneer PlantsSpecies that colonise bare or damaged land first, making it habitable for everything that follows through their shade, roots and nutrients.4 minnot read yet
5. 5Station 5 · Nature in transitionEcological SuccessionThe gradual process by which the mix of species in an ecosystem changes over time, from pioneers toward a mature community.4 minnot read yet
6. 6Station 6 · Food forest and growingSyntropic AgricultureA regenerative farming method that grows food by accelerating natural forest succession, developed by the Swiss farmer Ernst Götsch in Brazil.3 minnot read yet
7. 7Station 7 · Food forest and growingFood ForestA cultivated woodland of edible and useful plants arranged in layers, designed to work like a self-sustaining natural forest.5 minnot read yet