SOILSCAPE - Soil Literacy and Culture through Art and Education
Together with HAFL experts from soil and social sciences, SOILSCAPE harnesses the power of Cultural and Creative Industries, artists, and civil society organisations to promote soil preservation across Europe and beyond
Factsheet
- Schools involved School of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences
- Institute(s) Agriculture
- Research unit(s) Soils and Geoinformation
- Funding organisation Europäische Union
- Duration (planned) 01.06.2024 - 31.05.2028
- Head of project Dr. Tobias Sprafke
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Project staff
Dr. Tobias Sprafke
Prof. Dr. Stéphane Burgos
Prof. Dr. Sandra Contzen
Simon Diener -
Partner
European Commission
State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation SERI - Keywords soil literacy, sustainability, environmental education, creativity, networking
Situation
Soil is the spatially diverse multifunctional skin of the earth and barely forming or regenerating on human time scales. Soil degradation is a priority concern in Europe and beyond; yet, there exist major gaps in societal awareness and education on the importance of soil for humans. There is a need to accelerate the change towards sustainable soil governance and use.
Course of action
SOILSCAPE's objectives include: understanding human-soil relations; building a network of more than 120 relevant actors in 8 countries; onboarding at least 320 individuals from the society; providing 1,850,000 € as financial and technical support to CSOs, CCIs, schools, artists, and institutions; distributing 375,000 € as awards and 80 soil literacy certifications to inspiring initiatives; reaching international scales through UNESCO and Coalition of Action for 4 Soil Health
