On 20 March the Healthy Municipal Soils (HuMUS) Project hosted its second webinar to discuss training and education for improving soil health. This event convened soil experts, educators, community organisers, representatives of European municipalities and regions, and EU policymakers to co-create knowledge on the potential of training and education programs for enhancing the health of European soils.

HuMUS is developing training programmes that are publicly available to increase awareness and understanding of the value of soils and soil health challenges and their bio-physical and socio-economic drivers across Europe. These resources aim to provide regions and municipalities with information to make informed decisions. The webinar soundboarded preliminary progress from the HuMUS Soil Stewards Training Program, shared challenges of the development process, and drew inspiration from successful training methodologies. 

Participation is at the heart of the EU Soil Mission. The HuMUS project works together with inspiring EU projects to advance our common mission: improve soil health across Europe. We welcome the participation and input from all Mission Soil projects in the webinar to foster a common understanding of the benefits, challenges, and priorities for soil health education. 

Watch the recording here!

Register at the link below! Once your registration is approved, you will receive the link to the Zoom meeting.

Agenda

Download the presentation master slide deck here!

Welcome

• Francesco Molinari, project manager, ANCI Toscana: Introduction to the HuMUS Project

Presentations

Mayte Gallego, FUNDECYT-PCTEX (HuMUS)

• HuMUS Soil Steward Training Course

Manuel Pulido, University of Extremadura (ECHO)

• Soil Health from an educational and citizen perspective

Margherita Caggiano, Re Soil Foundation (PREPSOIL)

• Opportunities and challenges in soil health education: the Re Soil Foundation experience

Ayfer Koçak Yılmaz, ANS Education & Consultancy (LOESS)

• LOESS-Literacy Boost Through an Operational Educational Ecosystem of Societal Actors on Soil Health

Alice Martin-Prével, Terre de Liens, European Access to Land Network (RURALIZATION)

• Farmland for public good? Local authorities take action to enable access to land for agroecology and regenerative farming

Moderated discussion and Q&A

• Moderator: Boglarka Bozsogi, Agroecology Europe (HuMUS)