ECHO meets MISSION SOIL projects

Last week, we spent our Thursday morning in the excellent company of other Mission Soil projects: CURIOSOIL project, LOESS, SOILL-Startup, MONALISA, Project Credible, InBestSoil, NBSOIL Project, DeepHorizon Project, SOILL and ENoLL (European Network of Living Labs)! We believe we can all benefit from each other’s experiences, the problems we faced, and their solutions 🧪 We […]
ECHO x Österreich forscht

As part of the ECHO project, we are active across Europe, inviting citizen scientists interested in the condition of the soil to get involved.We just had to be there in Austria!Thank you The Citizen Science Network Austria and Österreich forscht for promoting ECHO in your database of projects, in which interested people can participate. 🌿 See our […]
Digging deep in Mokoszyn

Last week, we visited the Agricultural Education Centre in Mokoszyn – Sandomierz, Poland to thank them for participating in the project and for the exceptionally large number of samples collected. We would like to thank the school’s headmistress, Alicja Szatan, and ECHO ambassadors: Hubert Krakowiak and Anita Łukawska for coordinating these activities.We hope that ECHOsoilproject […]
SOIL BIODIVERSITY DATA in practice

Thanks to the contribution of our speakers, we have prepared a webinar dedicated to soil biodiversity data collected with ECHO 🌱Dr. Ilaria Fracasso (Free University of Bozen-Bolzano) presented the soil biodiversity data collected with ECHO, helping participants better understand the importance of soil biodiversity, as well as the taxonomy and microbial functionality data from your […]
ECHOREPO is growing!

We now have over 5000 data entries – entries provided by you, our dear participants! Each soil sample taken with the #ECHOsoilkit turns into data, later accessible through the ECHOREPO website. Make sure to check it out! https://echorepo.echosoil.eu
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 […]