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In Kiss the Ground, author Josh Tickell takes on humanity’s greatest challenge: Climate Change. And along the way he delivers surprising insights into diet, health, nutrition and our relationship with food, each other and the planet. By focusing on the role of soil as the largest and most overlooked carbon sink on Earth, Kiss the Ground finds a new lens through which to view many of our problems and new tools to solve them. 

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What People Are Saying

"The first book to connect our health to what is going on in the atmosphere. If you care about your kids, about the food you’re feeding them and about the future of the planet, you need to read this book."
Vani Hari
Vani HariNew York Times Best Selling Author and Creator of FoodBabe.com
"Kiss the Ground gives us the most practical solution to reversing climate change. The soil is a vital and untapped resource. A must read for anyone committed to healing our bodies and our Earth."
Deepak Chopra
Deepak ChopraAuthor, Teacher
"After diving into Kiss the Ground you’ll understand just how important it is to our survival to care about what we eat and how we grow food. This book is a must read."
Dr. Mark Hyman, M.D.
Dr. Mark Hyman, M.D.Medical Director, the UltraWellness Center
“As we learn in this profound, timely, and important book, we can harness the carbon already in our atmosphere --- and replant it here on earth. A simple composting program and healthy soils can be a key weapon in saving our planet (from ourselves).”
Gavin Newsom
Gavin NewsomGovernor of California
"A powerful, provocative new look at how we can all participate in honoring Mother Earth and the simple steps each one of us can take to restore the health of our bodies and our planet."
Woody Harrelson
Woody HarrelsonActor, Environmentalist
"Food, soil, even eating itself…all are fundamental issues in the effort to live a more enlightened life. Kiss the Ground both informs and inspires, as it connects biology and geography and species diversity to the yearnings of the human heart."
Marianne Williamson
Marianne WilliamsonAuthor, A Course in Miracles
"Kiss the Ground, the book, shines a beacon of light on the growing global 'regenerative agriculture’ movement. With clear, accessible language, wit and humor, this book gives readers powerful tools to overcome humanity’s greatest challenge."
Terry Tamminen
Terry TamminenFormer Secretary of the California EPA
"A fascinating, easy-to-follow blueprint for how eating in ways that nourish and regenerate the soil can not only help reverse global warming but also bring greater vitality to our lives."
Wolfgang Puck
Wolfgang PuckWorld Famous Chef
"The first book to connect our health to what is going on in the atmosphere. If you care about your kids, about the food you’re feeding them and about the future of the planet, you need to read this book."
Vani Hari
Vani HariNew York Times Best Selling Author and Creator of FoodBabe.com
"Kiss the Ground gives us the most practical solution to reversing climate change. The soil is a vital and untapped resource. A must read for anyone committed to healing our bodies and our Earth."
Deepak Chopra
Deepak ChopraAuthor, Teacher
"After diving into Kiss the Ground you’ll understand just how important it is to our survival to care about what we eat and how we grow food. This book is a must read."
Dr. Mark Hyman, M.D.
Dr. Mark Hyman, M.D.Medical Director, the UltraWellness Center
“As we learn in this profound, timely, and important book, we can harness the carbon already in our atmosphere --- and replant it here on earth. A simple composting program and healthy soils can be a key weapon in saving our planet (from ourselves).”
Gavin Newsom
Gavin NewsomGovernor of California
"A powerful, provocative new look at how we can all participate in honoring Mother Earth and the simple steps each one of us can take to restore the health of our bodies and our planet."
Woody Harrelson
Woody HarrelsonActor, Environmentalist
"Food, soil, even eating itself…all are fundamental issues in the effort to live a more enlightened life. Kiss the Ground both informs and inspires, as it connects biology and geography and species diversity to the yearnings of the human heart."
Marianne Williamson
Marianne WilliamsonAuthor, A Course in Miracles

Meet the Author

The author of four books, Josh Tickell has worked on environmental issues for over twenty years. His career spans a unique mixture of science, political activism, investigative journalism and filmmaking.  His directorial debut film, ‘FUEL,’ is the 2008 Sundance Audience Award winning documentary that investigates the possible replacement of fossil fuels with renewable energy. For his rescue mission in the aftermath of the Katrina hurricane in Louisiana, Tickell’s nonprofit organization was selected by President Bill Clinton as an… inaugural part of his Global Initiative on Climate Change. As a film director, he has worked with actors such as David Arquette, Woody Harrelson, Amy Smart, Michelle Rodriguez and Peter Fonda, Pierce Brosnan, and Dan Aykroyd. Tickell holds an MFA in film from Florida State University’s Film School.

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50% of the author’s residuals from the sale of the Kiss the Ground book go to support the Kiss the Ground 501(c)(3) registered nonprofit which works to restore soils worldwide.

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All three. The Kiss the Ground nonprofit which was co-founded by Ryland Engelhart and Finian Makepeace gave the inspiration for both the book and the movie.

Kiss the Ground is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to regenerating soils worldwide. While partially inspired by the Kiss the Ground nonprofit, the Kiss the Ground book was independently researched and written by Josh Tickell who approached Ryland Engelhart about the idea of using the same title and donating 50% of the proceeds of the book back to the nonprofit. The forthcoming Kiss the Ground documentary film is independently produced and directed by Josh and Rebecca Harrell Tickell and Bill and Laurie Berenson with input from the Kiss the Ground nonprofit team. The Kiss the Ground nonprofit is one of the investors in the documentary film.