About
Soil geographer. Writer. Photographer. Facilitator. Community Builder. 2018-2019 Fulbright-National Geographic Digital Storytelling Fellow.
During my Fulbright-National Geographic fellowship, I studied peat bogs in Ireland. Carbon. Climate Change. Culture. Community. These topics are all woven into the story about Irish people relate to their peat soil, which holds vast amount of organic carbon.
My background:
Raised by public school teachers in Iowa.
Degrees:
B.S. Agronomy and environmental studies, Iowa State University
M.S. Geography, University of Wisconsin - Madison
M.A. Journalism, University of Wisconsin - Madison
Writing published in New York Times, Science Magazine, TIME, Atlas Obscura and Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
Worked in one biogeochemistry and two soil science laboratories.
Learned the ropes of urban agriculture community work through Purdue Extension - Marion County in Indianapolis, IN.
Want to know more? Emily Toner's Resumé
Red River Gorge, Kentucky
soils where I've spent a bit of time
Peat soil in Irish bogs, Co. Roscommon, Ireland. Photo credit: Jen Guyton
Urban residential neighborhood soil where people want to grow their community a little food, Indianapolis, IN
Remediated urban soil in community and school gardens. Paramount School of Excellence, Indianapolis, IN
Semi-arid soil in World War II Japanese Internment Camp Amache, Granada, Colorado
Soil formed under prairie in the Midwest. A mosaic from the Indianapolis International Airport.
Soil accumulated in the shade of old trees, often with old friends.