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Women of the Earth
The Key to Restoring the Prairies Has Four Legs
Rancher Chia Thrane uses goat grazing to manage noxious weeds in Montana.
Can Fungi Solve California's Toxic Soil Problem
Women of the Earth features stories of women across America who are leading a new movement to restore and protect the land. By focusing on women in land stewardship roles, the series will explore women’s unique relationship to the earth and their innovative undertakings to heal the earth from climate change.
Can Fungi Solve California's Toxic Soil Problem
Season 2 Episode 3 | 16m 9s | CC
Environmental scientist Danielle Stevenson is pioneering an alternative to the costly “dig-and-dump” approach that simply moves contaminated soil elsewhere. At fire sites across California, Danielle is harnessing fungi and native plants through a process called mycoremediation—using nature itself to break down pollutants, pull heavy metals from the ground, and help devastated landscapes heal.
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