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Jody Tishmack

Jody has a Bachelors Degree in Geology, a Masters Degree in Soil Science and a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering. She developed a composting and soil manufacturing process at Purdue University in 1996, which has grown into a commercial business called Soilmaker; selling compost, organic soil, and composted mulch. Her family lives in an earth-sheltered home powered by solar PV energy, where she maintains many of the values and traditions she learned as a child. . She is a regular contributor to Anima/Soul.

American processed food diet

Food for a Small Planet

By Jody Tishmack, Anima/Soul

In the process of changing our habits we change the way business does business.  The majority of the consumption of resources is done by the world’s most developed economies. 

  • March 12, 2019
Arizona agriculture

When the Water Runs Out

By Jody Tishmack, Anima/Soul

We must hold ourselves accountable for our actions before it is too late to prevent catastrophic collapse. When the water runs out we have no one to blame but ourselves.

  • March 6, 2019
Seymouria

What Will it Feel Like to Be Left Behind?

By Jody Tishmack, Anima/Soul

Chris Martenson’s recent article about collapse and the plummeting of biodiversity made me think about what it feels like to be left behind. Few people living in affluent countries or communities understand what this means.

  • February 6, 2019
simplicity

The Clutter of a Life

By Jody Tishmack, Anima/Soul

The older I get the less I enjoy having stuff.  When we moved three years ago it was shocking to find how much stuff we had accumulated, and how much work it took to pack and move it. 

  • January 28, 2019
praying mantis

Environmental Awareness

By Jody Tishmack, Anima/Soul

We need to find affinities with the natural world and connect with them.  For when we do we will find it is easy to love the world, to naturally care for and renew it… just as it cares for and renews us.

  • January 22, 2019
Simon the Zelot

The Religion of American Politics

By Jody Tishmack, Anima/Soul

We each in our way must do what we can, even in the absence of faith, to make our future tenable.  We can’t expect others to take care of us.  We can’t expect solutions.  But we can treat others with respect and dignity…the way we all want to be treated.

  • December 31, 2018
Sunrise

Wake up. Stop Dreaming!

By Jody Tishmack, Anima/Soul

The illness of American life is our ignorance of the energy we consume, the products made from it, and the luxuries we take for granted. It's time to wake up and stop dreaming.

  • November 1, 2018
imagination

Our Opposable Thumb

By Jody Tishmack, Anima/Soul

Can we use our opposable thumbs, our love of tools, our hyper-ability to communicate,  and our unending need to conquer new challenges to reverse climate destabilization?  What will it take for you to believe it’s worth trying?

  • October 11, 2018
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