Newsletter #8 | December 2024
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As 2024 draws to a close, we reflect on a transformative year for NBSOIL. This special edition of the SoilHood newsletter highlights key moments from the past year. Explore perspectives from the NBSOIL community and beyond as we celebrate the achievements of 2024 and look forward to the opportunities 2025 will bring.
So, sit back, relax, and let’s explore the world of soil together!
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NBSOIL 2024 Wrapped: Milestones
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NBSOIL Academy
The NBSOIL Academy offers a unique, two-year multilingual training opportunity designed to support soil advisors, whether experienced or just starting out in implementing nature-based solutions effectively.
What to Expect?
Through four in-depth modules and a hands-on final project, you’ll gain both practical skills and theoretical knowledge to guide sustainable soil management. It’s an opportunity to deepen your expertise and make a real impact on soil health and sustainability.
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Visioning Cards
The final version of the Visioning Cards is now live, providing a flexible visual language for describing and defining soil problems and solutions. The cards help soil advisors and educators explain soil health concepts to diverse audiences and make learning about soil engaging and fun.
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The NBSOIL Marketplace was consolidated in 2024, one year after its launch. It is a collaborative space hosted on the Triple Performance platform. Designed to share knowledge about soil restoration, it is aimed at farmers, soil specialists, consultants and policy makers, and guides users through the various stages of soil restoration projects, from consideration to implementation.
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NBSOIL 2024 Wrapped: Events
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Module 2 Launch
The NBSOIL Academy Module 2 was launched online and face-to-face at Grow Wilder near Bristol. Our partners from the Soil Association, the main developers of module 2, which is focused on co-creation and living labs, led the launch events.
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Mission Soil Week
The NBSOIL project was spotlighted at the European Mission Soil Week 2024 with a presentation in the Mission Soil Project Trail, highlighting the innovative approaches and commitment of the NBSOIL project to promoting soil health and sustainable practices. Find out more about the news from the 2nd edition of Mission Soil.
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3rd Consortium Meeting
The 3rd NBSOIL consortium meeting took place in Albacete. Our Spanish hosts AgriSat and ITAP brought all partners together to discuss key topics like the NBSOIL Academy, digital tools, and communication strategies. We visited local farms demonstrating no-till practices in rainfed and irrigated crops, showcasing innovative approaches to sustainable agriculture.
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NBSOIL 2024 Wrapped: Social Media
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NBSOIL has discontinued its activities on X (Twitter), citing concerns about the platform’s declining accountability, rise in climate misinformation, and misalignment with its values of transparency and inclusivity.
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Introducing All About Soil Instagram Page
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EU projects may come and go, but our commitment to sustainable agriculture and healthier soils is here to stay. Meet @allabout_soil, your new hub for soil science. Learn more about soil health and NBSOIL updates. Because soils connect us all.
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As part of our work at the NBSOIL Academy, we are exploring nature-based solutions (NBS) across Europe using the IUCN Global Standard for Nature-based Solutions self-assessment tool. To get as wide a representation of the continent as possible, we’d like to invite you to help us!
- What is it? This is an online tool to self-assess new nature-based solutions design; upscale pilots by identifying gaps and; verify past projects and future proposals.
- Why engage?
This will allow your project to be represented in our work; and it is also a unique opportunity to get customised help from IUCN team members to understand and complete the assessment!
- How to engage?
Join our NBSOIL Academy and go to the level 3 course from Module 1 about Soil Health and NBS. There we explain what the tool is and how to use it; and allow you to do an assessment yourself and upload it.
- Until when?
We will be receiving submissions until 28 February 2025.
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What are Living Labs, what can they achieve, and how can you make one happen? Learn about Living Labs (LL) in this one-hour webinar with the Soil Association. Here they’ll discuss the Mirafiori Sud Living Lab in Turin (part of the proGIreg project).
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Soil Health Now is a 3-day international conference to be held at the Wageningen International Conference Centre from 8 to 10 April 2025. It will feature a varied programme of keynotes, discussions, oral presentations, workshops and demonstrations, as well as fieldwork.
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Get to know NBSOIL Partners
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