1. Day 1 (Basics)
   1. Energy pathways
      1. Sun
      2. Plants
      3. Animals
      4. Fungi
      5. Microbes
      6. Infared
   2. Nutrient cycling
      1. Air (CHON)
      2. Earth (metals)
      3. Digestion
      4. Rhizosphere
      5. O horizon
   3. Photosynthesis (creates building blocks)
      1. amino acids, proteins, lipids, celluslose, chitin, lignin
      2. olmic, fulvic, humic substances
   4. Soils
      1. Dirt
      2. Soil
      3. Topsoil
      4. Mineral v organic
         1. Nutrient availability
         2. O, A & B horizons
         3. Soil biology
   5. Ecological succession & disturbance
   6. Historical context
      1. 10 Ma, 10 Ka ...
   7. Compost
      1. Vermi
      2. Johnson/Su
      3. Cool thermophilic
      4. more ...
      5. as inoculants v simply plant food
   8. Nutrient density
      1. mineral vs complex molecules
      2. early successional species
   9. Biotic pump
      1. Surface temperatures
      2. global hydrological cycles
   10. Biodiversity
       1. Forest, farm, human immune system
   11. Fungi - the master chemists
       1. Saprophytes
       2. Endophytes
       3. Mycorrhizal
       4. Medicinals
   12. Small water cycle
       1. local water economy
   13. Large water cycle
       1. biotic & abiotic factors
       2. ocean/sky
       3. dirt/soil
       4. evapotranspiration
       5. surface waters
          1. rivers, lakes wetlands, ponds
       6. ground water
          1. aquifers, springs
   14. Competition lens vs Symbiosis and Mutualism
   15. Sharing biota
       1. plant
       2. soil
       3. animal
       4. poop
       5. soil
   16. Decolonizing language
       1. removing cognitive dissonance
   17. Animal behavior
       1. integral with co-evolution of ecosystems
       2. chemical, physical, biological impacts