Books
“S” Is For Soil!
A new, easy-to-read primer for the student and layperson by Ecologist Steven Apfelbaum and illustrated by Rob Dunlavey explores the value of soil to all life on Earth.
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Today, with growing concern for dwindling resources, there is a new sense of urgency to better understand and care for soil (what many of us misguidedly call “dirt”) and our very real connection to it. In fact, “our lives may depend on it.“
Written for high school and older students, and lay, business, and professional audiences, “S” is for Soil! and its cast of soil characters—the pointy-nosed “springtail” prominent among them—guides the reader with clarity and humor through the essential and often complex understandings about soil.
“S” is for Soil! was produced in partnership with the Lower Sugar River Watershed Association with funding support from the Janelia Foundation. A companion teacher’s guide entitled Digging into Soil: A Garden Practicum has been created by Kids Gardening of Burlington Vermont in cooperation with the authors and with LSRWA and is available to download at no cost on their website.
A Longing For Home
Read ecologist and author Steve Apfelbaum's newest addition "A Longing for Home!" Unlike any restoration book you have read before, this book dives into the history, the motivation and grief that comes with land restoration.
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A Longing for Home is Steven I. Apfelbaum’s intimate chronicle of Stone Prairie Farm — a worn-out southern Wisconsin dairy farm in Green County that he and his family spent nearly fifty years coaxing back to life. Weaving together oral histories gathered from regional elders, original 1837 land survey records, a century of aerial photographs, and the lived science of ecological restoration, the book tells the story of the land: how it was settled, farmed, eroded, and ultimately healed. It is at once a family history, a cultural history of southern Green County, and a working laboratory for what becomes possible when humans learn to listen to the land.
Steven has gifted 100% of the proceeds from book sales to the Lower Sugar River Watershed Association to support its education, science, internship, and mentoring programs — so every copy sold, pays it forward.
Coming Soon…W is for Water!
Stay tuned! Apfelbaum and Dunlavey are back at it! The second installment in this wonderful series is on its way. W is for Water will explore the complex and important relationship between water and all life on earth. This new edition will be sure to capture the attention of the whole family! Check back for when you can order your copy.