Mission Soil Living Labs and Soil Literacy: Empowering Communities for Healthy Soils
This thematic engagement event is jointly organised by SOILL-Startup and ECHO projects and aims to build momentum for the 2025 Mission Soil call by engaging with key stakeholders and future applicants aiming at establishing soil health living labs.
Soil literacy is essential for enabling change. It empowers citizens, educators, landowners, businesses, and public authorities to understand and act on the importance of soil health. Enhancing soil literacy helps ensure more informed engagement in Soil Health Living Labs, fosters public support, and strengthens the societal impact of the Mission Soil.
Objectives of the event
- Raise awareness of the Mission Soil initiative and funding opportunities for creating Soil Health Living Labs.
- Foster understanding of soil literacy as a driver of systemic change.
- Equip participants with examples, methodologies, and tools to promote soil literacy in Living Lab contexts.
- Inspire cross-sector stakeholders to engage in co-designing proposals addressing the Mission Soil call topics funding the establishement of Soil Health Living Labs and Lighthouses.
Target: National contact points, Participants
Themes: Cluster 6 Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment, Pillar 2, Soil health and food, Missions in HE
