FILM REVIEW OF DIRT: THE MOVIE 3
Soil links the water, rocks, air, as well as organisms, and serves some different functions.
Soil regulates the quality and composition of the air, regulates temperature, nutrient and carbon
cycling, decomposition (treatment) of natural waste, as well as a habitat for many living things
and their food. There could be no life or survival of organisms without the presence of soil along
with its functions. The soil has a close connection to the human culture and civilization for
people living in specific places including their thoughts, health, religion, and livelihood. People
need to protect the soil, environments, and agriculture because if soil collapses, the human
culture, civilization, health, and livelihood collapse altogether. The connection between human
beings and soil result from the ethical attitudes that individuals have concerning the soil as well
as what they demonstrate as they interact with the soil. However, the soil resources are
undergoing immense exploitation in the contemporary society and presently on the edge of
collapsing.
The soil is facing many problems currently; soil erosion and degradation, salinity, loss of
the soil structure, alkalinity, and soil acidity. Soil erosion leads to increased sedimentation as
well as pollution of water sources thus bringing about a decrease in fish along with other animal
classes. Degraded lands hold less onto water, and this may exacerbate flooding. Alkaline soils
need continual buffering while soils lows in PH require the addition of lime. To deal with
salinity, people need to incorporate compost, pea gravel or sand into the soil. People need to
plant more trees to prevent soil erosion. In conclusion, dirt is alive than the human beings are and
is the giver of life. People should, therefore, be more careful and value soil because harmful
practices like deforestation, global warming, and mining among others lead to the collapse of soil
and consequently the collapse of human civilization and culture.
