Can Fungi Solve California's Toxic Soil Problem - 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.
Environmental Scientist Danielle Stevenson uses fungi and plants to heal land via mycoremediation.
See how a marine scientist is approaching the paradox of aquaculture gear to improve oyster farms.
Lucille Contrera is leading a powerful effort to restore buffalo to their ancestral lands in Texas.
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.
