Dirt! The Movie
2009 · 86 MIN · IMDB 7.1 · 512 VOTES · DIR. Gene Rosow, Eleonore Dailly, Bill Benenson
Overview
A look at man's relationship with Dirt. Dirt has given us food, shelter, fuel, medicine, ceramics, flowers, cosmetics and color --everything needed for our survival. For most of the last ten thousand years we humans understood our intimate bond with dirt and the rest of nature. We took care of the soils that took care of us. But, over time, we lost that connection. We turned dirt into something "dirty." In doing so, we transform the skin of the earth into a hellish and dangerous landscape for all life on earth. A millennial shift in consciousness about the environment offers a beacon of hope - and practical solutions.
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00:00:18 Since the beginning of time, of all the planets and
00:03:44 that is the most precious of the commons.
00:07:14 and in these lenses, trees and small shrubs began to grow
00:10:14 So this notion that water is pristine
00:13:24 About half of those sugars
00:16:52 the first thing I do is put my hand in the ground and eat it.
00:20:32 then haul it hundreds of miles away to dispose of it like it’s garbage just seemed ludicrous.
00:23:57 People from all over the world come here.
00:27:08 but I got to escape it by hiking up here every day after school.
00:30:26 based on how they treated dirt.
00:33:20 We have this one species planted for miles
00:37:00 but they do not see the diversity of life that is in those forests.
00:40:43 Many by drinking the pesticide they can no longer afford.
00:44:25 but because of rising food prices, this mother and her toddler
00:48:05 And that to me is what all of us should do.
00:51:57 than the annual monocultures.
00:54:47 This is such small time, small scale, compared to most other farms
00:58:00 so all the excess water goes down and then it’s carried over into this rain barrel
01:01:21 We planted an edible landscape.
01:03:42 And I said lets bring all the waste onshore and compost it.
01:06:16 The basic premise is that you have microbes that live in soils and sediments
01:08:59 This is really cool.
01:11:18 that’s really powerful to folks who have been told all of their lives
01:13:57 with the trees, with the forest, it looks very beautiful.