EcoGreen Group of Silicon Valley

Agenda:
8:00 a.m. Open networking
8:15 a.m. Meeting will start
8:30 a.m. Presentation

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What Your Food Ate: How to Heal Our Land and Reclaim Our Health
with David R. Montgomery

What is the state of the world’s soil, and how has soil degradation shaped the course and fate of past civilizations? Why is soil life so critical to regenerative farming? How fast can regenerative farming practices bring degraded soil back to life? How do farming practices affect the nutritional profile of crops? Does soil health influence human health? We all know that diet matters and have heard the old adage you are what you eat. But dig a little deeper and the importance of what your food ate comes into focus. How we treat the soil on farms ripples through to affect the amount of health protective micronutrients and phytochemicals in our crops, and what we feed livestock affects the mix of fats in meat and dairy products. Modern farming practices reliant on frequent tillage, excessive applications of soluble nitrogen fertilizers, and reliance on pesticides have both degraded agricultural soils and reduced the amount of beneficial compounds in foods. Yet in farms in both the industrialized and developing worlds improving soil health through adoption a combination of three transformational regenerative farming practices—minimizing soil disturbance, planting cover crops, and growing diverse crop rotations—offers a profitable way to rebuild the fertility of the soil and thereby reduce dependence on fossil fuels and agrochemicals. Combining ancient wisdom with modern science, regenerative practices can be good for farmers and the environment, translating into farms that use less water, generate less pollution, lower carbon emissions, stash carbon underground, and produce more nutrient-dense food to better support human health. It turns out that what’s good for the land is good for us too.

David R. Montgomery is a MacArthur Fellow and professor of geomorphology at the University of Washington. He looks at the process shaping Earth’s surface and how they affect ecological systems—and human societies. He has studied everything from the ways that landslides and glaciers influence the height of mountain ranges, to the way that soils have shaped human civilizations both now and in the past. He has worked in mountain ranges throughout the world, from the Cascades in the Pacific Northwest, to the Andes in South America and the Himalaya in Central Asia. In addition to his academic work, he has written a number of popular science books, three of which won the Washington State Book Award. One of his books, Growing a Revolution: Bringing Our Soil Back to Life focuses on the potential for regenerative farming practice to reshape agriculture. He is an elected Fellow of the American Geophysical Union and has received many awards throughout his career, including a MacArthur Fellowship and the Vega Medal. He lives in Seattle with his wife, and co-author, Anne Biklé.

David R. Montgomery's recorded talk, bio and synopsis are courtesy of The Science and Cocktails Foundation
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EcoGreen Group is a special interest group under CSix. (https://csix.org/)
EcoGreen Group’s mission is two-fold:
1)To create professional and entrepreneurial opportunities in sustainability and clean technologies
2)To disseminate information that promotes the well-being of People and Planet.

The EcoGreen Group fulfills this mission through our
• social media,
• volunteer opportunities
• member projects,
• biweekly meetings
for raising awareness, education & networking

Would you like to volunteer to give a presentation, or suggest a recorded presentation on a sustainability topic? Would you like an attentive audience to practice your job interview presentation? Please contact: info@ecogg.org

Agenda:
8:00 am Open networking
8:15 am Meeting starts
8:30 am Presentation

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We shall view two recordings about exercise.

The Science Behind Exercise and Why It's Good for Our Bodies
Interview with Stanford's Euan Ashley
PBS Newshour, Feb 2026

Exercise may be the single most important medical intervention ever known. Horizons moderator William Brangham interviews Stanford University’s Euan Ashley, a professor of genomics and cardiovascular medicine and is part of a team trying to understand, at the very molecular level, how exercise changes our bodies, and why.
https://humanperformance.stanford.edu/news/researchers-create-database-mapping-molecular-benefits-of-endurance-exercise/

7 Walking Mistakes that are Destroying Your Health
video by Dr. Sam Waterling

In this video, Dr. Sam Waterling breaks down 7 specific mistakes that turn a healthy habit into a source of damage: starting your walk at full speed before your joints are lubricated, walking with your head forward and shoulders rounded, wearing shoes with collapsed cushioning, cramming all your walking into one long weekly session instead of spreading it across the week, keeping your arms static at your sides, staring at your phone while you move, and skipping water and stretching after every walk.

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EcoGreen Group is a special interest group under CSix. (https://csix.org/)
EcoGreen Group’s mission is two-fold:
1)To create professional and entrepreneurial opportunities in sustainability and clean technologies
2)To disseminate information that promotes the well-being of People and Planet.

The EcoGreen Group fulfills this mission through our
• social media,
• volunteer opportunities
• member projects,
• biweekly meetings
for raising awareness, education & networking

Would you like to volunteer to give a presentation, or suggest a recorded presentation on a sustainability topic? Would you like an attentive audience to practice your job interview presentation? Please contact: info@ecogg.org

Agenda:
8:00 a.m. Open networking
8:15 a.m. Meeting will start
8:30 a.m. Presentation

Stay tuned for presentation update
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EcoGreen Group is a special interest group under CSix. (https://csix.org/)
EcoGreen Group’s mission is two-fold:
1)To create professional and entrepreneurial opportunities in sustainability and clean technologies
2)To disseminate information that promotes the well-being of People and Planet.

The EcoGreen Group fulfills this mission through our
• social media,
• volunteer opportunities
• member projects,
• biweekly meetings
for raising awareness, education & networking

Would you like to volunteer to give a presentation, or suggest a recorded presentation on a sustainability topic? Would you like an attentive audience to practice your job interview presentation? Please contact: info@ecogg.org