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SPEAKER: We're facing serious
environmental challenges

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and the increasing impacts
of a changing climate.

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This course offers
you the opportunity

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to join a Citizen's
Observatory in which you

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can learn and collaborate
with like-minded people

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to observe and care
for the environment.

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Two of the key challenges the
GROW Citizens' Observatory

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focuses on are soil
degradation and adapting

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to a changing climate, both
affected by unsustainable food

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growing methods.

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GROW is creating a community of
small-scale farmers, growers,

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scientists, and policymakers
all working together

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to help address these challenges
and learn from each other.

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We know that soil degradation
and unsustainable farming

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methods are serious
issues across the world.

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What can we do about it?

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Whether you are a new or a more
experienced grower or a citizen

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scientist, you can learn to
gather and make sense of data

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for yourself.

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Some ways of growing
food can help

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to reduce the rate
of soil degradation

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and even reverse it to
rebuild healthy soils

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and robust ecosystems.

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Adopting effective
regenerative growing practises

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is critical to solving many
local and global challenges.

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In this course, we explore
some of these practises

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in more detail.

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We look at the existing
scientific knowledge

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and invite you to share
your own experiences

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and learn from other
growers around the world.

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We will consider opportunities
for balancing food production

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with nature and promoting
sustainable food systems

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and diets.

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You will learn how to design
and conduct your own experiments

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and carry out rigorous
investigations

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in your own growing spaces
and communities to help you

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discover what works well
for you and your local area.

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How can you then move
from data to discoveries

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and from discoveries to positive
community and governance

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action on soils, food,
and changing climate?

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Sign up for this GROW
Citizen Science online course

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and join a community
of soil champions.

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