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Soil Stories – ECHO Soil Challenge

We’re proud to announce the “Soil Stories” ECHO Soil Challenge – a contest celebrating creativity in service of soil science 🧪 We’re looking for drawings, collages, photos, infographics, experiments, educational projects, videos, reels, musical content and even podcasts – anything you can use to tell your Soil Story! APLY NOW! If you’d like to find […]

ECHO Ambassadors from UBU

We are proud that the Universidad de Burgos (UBU), through ICCRAM University of Burgos and the Soil Science area (Edafología), is part of the ECHO Horizon Europe Project as ambassadors, contributing its expertise developed through many years of research in soil health and citizen science. From this role, they support strengthening soil awareness, knowledge exchange […]

ECHO at the ESCA Conference 2026

Recently, from 2 to 6 March, the ECSA Conference 2026 took place in Oulu, Finland, a city that has recently been named European Capital of Culture for 2026. Representing ECHO, and as part of the Agri-food Working Group, we contributed to the panel “Cultivating collaboration: Citizen science across farmland, food systems, and communities.”  This session […]

ECHO Second Open Call

We’re proud to announce that we’re extending our reach!. We are currently widening our search for ECHO Ambassadors Cooperation with new countries is now possible:🇸🇮 Slovenia | 🇮🇪 Ireland | 🇳🇱 The Netherlands | 🇩🇰 Denmark | 🇸🇪 Sweden🇪🇪 Estonia | 🇱🇻 Latvia | 🇱🇹 Lithuania | 🇱🇺 Luxembourg | 🇧🇪 Belgium🇨🇾 Cyprus | 🇧🇬 […]

Soils for Europe Conference

We are proud to announce that #echosoilproject is part of the Soils for Europe Conference, co-organised by several Mission Soil projects! This event will showcase cutting-edge innovations developed within a wide range of European Union–funded projects. Open to scientists and practitioners alike, the conference aims to bring together the most impactful and forward-thinking soil initiatives […]

Sampling process documentation

In November, our partners at the University of Extremadura gathered a group of students eager to help us with an important task. Their job was to not only take valid samples using the #ECHOsoilkit, but also document the process in minute detail for future analysis. So, stopwatches and cameras in hand, they got to work! […]

ECHO on Flower meadows

Thank you to “Blumenwiesen” (The Flower meadows) Project for inviting us to take part in this inspiring and insightful event! During the conference, several initiatives supporting biodiversity in South Tyrol were presented. Prof. Tanja Mimmo from the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano introduced the #echosoilproject and other fascinating research projects focused on soil quality — including […]

ECHO on AgroShow

We couldn’t miss such an event! Agro Show Bednary in Poland is the perfect place to meet ECHO ambassadors, partners, and participants. It is the largest outdoor agricultural exhibition in Europe, attracting nearly 80,000 visitors each year. As we do across Europe, we collect soil samples in Poland and provide data on their condition, creating […]

Brokerage Extremadura 2025

Brokerage Extremadura 2025 is a unique European event focused on fostering research and innovation collaborations to address new European challenges. It brings together research institutions, companies, public entities, and other stakeholders from across Europe to showcase regional research expertise, explore future R&D trends, and facilitate networking and partnership building for Horizon Europe projects. Its primary […]

ECHO at the 2nd NATIONAL CONFERENCE Citizen Science in Italia

In April, Citizen Science Month, we turn our attention and appreciation towards thousands of citizen scientists. It is their commitment that makes our projects possible. Thanks to the ECHO Ambassadors we are building the community of citizen scientists at ECHO. We celebrated people-powered science with one of our leaders – Riccardo Borgia from University of […]