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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 […]

World Soil Day 2025

Saluti da Roma! 🇮🇹 As part of this year’s World Soil Day celebration, our team got to visit the headquarters of the Italian Council for Agricultural Research and Economics (CREA). There, we discussed the future of #soil among fellow scientists, researchers, and stakeholders. Amid the topics mentioned throughout the event, there was the importance of […]

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 at the Farmers and Agribusiness Forum

The 10th Farmers and Agribusiness Forum, one of the most important events for the agricultural sector in Poland, has just wrapped up in Poznań. Organized by AgroHorti Media, one of our ECHO Partners, the Forum hosted seven sessions, each dedicated to a different topic, giving all attendees a chance to discuss the future of the […]

Mission Soil Week 2025

This year, we got together in Aarhus, Denmark to discuss ways of improving the overall condition of European soils, with a special focus on funding and financing our initiatives 💰 Thanks to Céline Laurent, ECHO was part of the project trail session. Let us know if you were there, and if you had a chance […]

Team ECHO, assemble!

Yesterday, we had the pleasure of getting together for our General Assembly in Dundee, Scotland. As an international team, usually sprinkled all around Europe, we really enjoyed working together in the same space for a change! 🤝 We discussed our progress when it comes to our project’s main goals, and confirmed we’re on the right track! […]