Are you participating or considering participation? Learn more about your role in ECHO!
The Project opens to participants starting from the spring of 2024.
Explore the tools of the ECHO’s citizen science toolkit! This all-inclusive kit is designed to empower you to contribute to valuable environmental research. Inside, you will find: clear and detailed instructions to walk you through each step of the citizen science journey, a shovel for soil sampling, a variety of containers to store and analyse the soil samples, pH evaluation strips, and sterile gloves for better sample handling. With these tools and our user-friendly app, you will become an essential member of the ECHO citizen science initiative, helping to deepen our collective understanding of the environment. Happy exploring!
As a citizen scientist, you will learn about many indicators used to assess soil health:
As a citizen scientist, you will learn about many indicators used to assess soil health.
Once you have your toolkit, you can head outside and select your perfect spot for soil sampling.
If you don’t have a site selected yet, consider one of the following: your garden, your vegetable patch, your field or orchard, a nearby meadow, a city park, a community garden, a lawn by a children’s playground, a nature trail, a forest, a patch of green by the road. Make sure the location you choose is safe (watch for car traffic!)
If you are taking multiple samples, or if you are a part of a group taking multiple samples, make sure to spread out. You can sample the same area, but try to keep the sampling sites at least 50 metres apart, if possible. Please remember that you will need a separate toolkit for each soil sample.
Click the button below to view the full playlist with instructions.
Sign up as an Ambassador today HERE, or follow ECHO on social media until signups open in your country.
Reach out to your Ambassador and ask them how to get started. If you don’t have an Ambassador yet, download the EchoSoil app and use it to connect with an Ambassador.
You can get familiar with the procedure even before sampling. Download training materials in your preferred language to get started.
PROJECT ECHO – ENGAGING CITIZENS IN SOIL SCIENCE: THE ROAD TO HEALTHIER SOILS IS FUNDED BY THE EUROPEAN UNION UNDER GA NO. 101112869 AND CO-FUNDED BY UK RESEARCH AND INNOVATION (UKRI) UNDER GA no. 10068004.
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