What to expect

This is designed for everyone from Gardeners to anyone working in Agriculture. Providing a thorough understanding into the fundamentals behind ecosystems including the evolution of organisms in relation to their environment, the carbon cycle, plant productivity, biodiversity, the water cycle and more!

Course curriculum

    1. Your Course Instructor

      FREE PREVIEW

    2. How to use this course

    3. A Technical Note

    4. Glossary

    5. Lets meet up

    1. Pedogenesis – the Generation of Soil from Rock

    2. Carbon Structure of Living Organisms – The Carbon Cycle

    3. Soil Assessment in Field

    4. Your own Field Assessment (optional)

    5. Feedback - 2 Short Questions

    6. Ecogenesis – Evolution of Ecological Communities

    7. Ecogenesis - Earth’s Ancient Forest Ecosystems

    8. Ecogenesis - Earth’s Modern Grassland Ecosystems - Part 1

    9. Ecogenesis - Earth’s Modern Grassland Ecosystems - Part 2

    10. Ecogenesis - Evolution of Living Carbon Rich Soil

    11. The Bucket Test

    12. Chapter Notes & Summary

    13. Ecological Fundamentals Quiz

    1. To skip or not to skip?

    2. Introduction

    3. Plant Productivity – Water and Nutrient use versus Exudate Production

    4. Animal Productivity related to Plant Productivity

    5. Wild Grazing – Wild Herds Grazing Naturally

    6. Overgrazing - A controversy

    7. Chapter Notes & Summary

    8. Nature at Work Quiz

    1. Biodiversity – Grasses, Herbs and Trees - Part 1

    2. Biodiversity – Grasses, Herbs and Trees - Part 2

    3. Water Cycle - Energy Flow - Carbon and Nutrient Cycles

    4. Chapter Notes & Summary

    5. Ecological processes Quiz

    1. Lets wrap it all up

    2. Keep things moving

    3. Three course feedback questions.... Then we will send you the Certificate!!!

About this course

  • 34 lessons
  • 4.5 hours of video content