Dwelling on Earth – Jay Griffiths

Soil has been described as the skin of the living world—vital,
reactive, fragile and thin. Like our own skin, soil contains and
protects a living, interdependent ecosystem that breathes, digests,
and is finite in its ability to revitalize itself when harmed. In
this rich, compendious story from our archive, author Jay Griffiths
offers a love letter and a prayer to soil, marveling at the
creativity and capacity of earthworms, fungi, and the pioneering
water bear, soil-dwelling creatures who enable all other life. Jay
looks frankly at how heavily we tread upon the land, describing the
myriad threats to the health of the Earth’s soil and inviting us to
commune with soil from a place of reverence and gratitude. After
all, she reminds us, soil is what turns the Earth’s barren rock
into the riotous life we know. Read the essay:
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