SXSW 2023
Plants, People & Planet: Microbes Rule Health
Description:
Microbes are the big reality impacting health of plants, people and the planet that keeps getting overlooked. These beneficial bacteria and fungi form communities called microbiomes that have an outsized impact on the health of people and our planet. The biodiversity of soil and plant microbiomes links to the biodiversity of microbiomes in our guts. Science is radically rethinking agriculture & forestry practices, food systems design, personalized medicine, nutrition, and pathways to optimal health and mitigating climate change.
In this session, experts across these areas explain in everyday language the nature of microbiomes, their ability to predict biological health, the pressures that compromise microbiomes, and their potential to heal some of our greatest societal challenges.
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Takeaways
- How do microbes hold the answers to health of such disparate systems as plants, human health, the planet and our climate crisis?
- Participants will leave understanding the differences between and interplay among microbes in plants, people & the planet.
- The importance of microbial health is increasingly important, with the climate crisis, we have to take action now. Here's what you need to know.
Speakers
- Rodrigo Perez Ortega, Science Journalist, Science Magazine
- Rebecca Bart, Principal Investigator, Danforth Plant Science Center
- Nick Goeser, principal, Carbon A List
Organizer
Janice Person, Communications Consultant, Grounded Communications
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