Can soil be the solution to climate change mitigation? A major influence on the climate disasters that we are experiencing today are the greenhouse gasses presently trapping too much heat close to earth and warming it beyond acceptable limits. Our survival depends on reversing this trend. But how? One answer lies just beneath our feet. According tothe UN Food and Agriculture Organization, the top 30 cm of the world'ssoil contains about twice as much carbon as the entire atmosphereand more than is stored in all the vegetation on earth. How can soil become the solution to keep carbon out of the atmosphere? This course explores the critical role soils play not just in our food production, but also in our efforts to prevent the worst effects of climate change. With their knowledge of the drivers of climate change and soil characteristics, students in this course will research and propose sustainable soil management practices to help mitigate climate change and save the world.