On the literature review

I knew I should stop looking up additional info when I ended up here...

Nalini Nadkarni
 I want to meet this Professor.
On conserving the canopy (and really creative outreach)

Cymatics (sweet video)
In search of Hans Jerry the soil scientist I found the Hans Jenny who studies wave phenomoena. He also has a youtube video on the subject, not at all pithy but entertaining for a bit.