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"Understanding Soil Health and Watershed Function: A Teacher's Manual"

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The latest version of Didi Pershouse's 120-page manual is available as a free download.

This manual was born out of many years developing discussion questions, activities, and investigations that help communities, farmers, and conservation groups learn how to secure abundant clean water and resilience to flooding and drought by working with nature's simple principles and biological processes.

Anyone can gather a group of people and go through these exercises together. For those who want to learn more about how to create resilient communities, sign up for a webinar or course with the Land and Leadership Initiative.

Appropriate for adult learning groups as well as science classrooms. 
Aligned with educational standards including:
  • Next Generation Science Standards
  • Common Core
  • National Council for Agricultural Education Standards. 
  • FFA and 4-H programs.

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This manual is being used by schools and projects in over 95 countries.

  • Argentina
  • Australia
  • Austria
  • Belgium
  • Bolivia
  • Bosnia & Herzegovina 
  • Brasil
  • Canada
  • Canary Islands
  • Chile
  • China
  • Colombia
  • Croatia
  • ​Cuba
  • Denmark
  • ​Ecuador​
  • UK
  • Spain (including Canary Islands, Basque) 
  • France (including Normandy) 
  • Slovenia
  • Finland
  • Brazil 
  • Paraguay
  • Sri Lanka
  • Bangladesh
  • Indonesia
  • Philippines
  • Micronesia​
  • England
  • Ethiopia​
  • Germany
  • Guernsey, Channel Islands​
  • Greece
  • Haiti
  • Holland
  • Hong Kong
  • India
  • Ireland
  • Italy
  • Jersey, Channel Islands, UK
  • ​Mexico
  • Morocco
  • Mozambique
  • Moldova
  • Ukraine
  • Bulgaria
  • Czech Republic
  • Hungary
  • Slovakia
  • Estonia
  • Guyana
  • Nigeria
  • Somalia
  • Mauritius
  • Belize
  • Grenada​
  • Kenya
  • Uganda



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  • Myanmar
  • ​Nepal
  • Netherlands
  • New Zealand
  • Norway
  • Oceania (Marshall Islands)
  • Pakistan
  • Panama
  • Poland
  • Portugal
  • Romania
  • Scotland ​
  • ​Serbia
  • Singapore​
  • South Africa
  • Taiwan (Province of China)
  • Kuwait
  • Trinidad and Tobago
  • Togo
  • Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire)
  • Guatemala
  • Israel
  • Armenia
  • Namibia
  • Venezuela

  • Malawi
  • Tanzania​
  • ​Suriname
  • Sweden
  • Switzerland
  • Syria
  • Tasmania
  • Thailand
  • The Netherlands
  • Tuscarora Nation
  • United States
  • Uruguay
  • Vietnam
  • Wales
  • Yemen
  • Zimbabwe
  • Jordan
  • Madagascar
  • Tunisia
  • Algeria
  • Cyprus
  • Turkey
  • Lebanon
  • Palestine
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Iraq
  • Iran
  • Kazakhstan
  • Kyrgyzstan
  • Uzbekistan
  • Tajikistan
  • Ghana​
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