ECHO Publicaties

Een archief van publicaties met betrekking tot ECHO, inclusief downloadbare bronnen en links naar online inhoud.

It’s not hopeless: Scientists want to learn lessons from climate change communication to save our soil

Soil is an often-ignored natural asset that contributes to our daily life. Soil supports food production, is core to our iconic landscapes, hosts approximately 60% of all biodiversity, helps mitigate climate change impacts and underpins our daily infrastructure such as roads and buildings…

JHI study calls for new communication on soil health protection

Join ECHO and help investigate soil health

Warzywa, 2025 (article available in Polish)

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Living Labs, suolo e comunità. L’11 giugno l’appuntamento a Torino

Available in Italian.

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ECHO: la salute del suolo passa dal coinvolgimento dei cittadini

Available in Italian.

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Progetto ECHO, aperte le candidature per gli “Ambasciatori del suolo”

Available in Italian.

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“Che uso fate dei dati sul suolo?”. Il progetto ECHO lancia un sondaggio

Available in Italian.

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L’educazione alimentare passa dal suolo: laboratori didattici a ColtivaTo

Available in Italian.

Scientists at The James Hutton Institute want to learn lessons from climate change communication to save our soil

An article by soil scientists from The James Hutton Institute, published in the European Journal of Soil Science.

SCIENTIFIC PAPER

The Language of Soil: Learning the Lessons From Climate Change

The issues of both soil health and climate change can be characterised as a so called ‘wicked problem’….

PRESS RELEASE

ECHO -hanke, kansainvälinen maaperätutkimus Suomessa

Available in Finnish.

PRESS RELEASE

Impulsan una campaña de ciencia ciudadana en Burgos para el estudio de la salud del suelo

Available in Spanish.

SCIENTIFIC PAPER

Enhancing farmers’ soil conservation behavior: Beyond soil science knowledge

Attaining sustainable agriculture requires acknowledging the impact of human behavior. Despite the pivotal role of soils in agriculture, our understanding of the psychological drivers that motivate farmers to adopt soil conservation practices remains limited. Our objective was to explore the influence of soil science knowledge and connection to soil on farmers’ soil conservation behavior….

Maaperän terveyttä selvitetään laajassa eurooppalaisessa  ECHO-​tutkimuksessa

Available in Finnish.

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Citizens leading a soil sample collection effort across Scotland

The James Hutton Institute is engaging 1200 citizens in an effort to increase soil literacy and map the state of soil across Scotland.

PRESS RELEASE

Hutton Institute launches Echo project to map soil health in Scotland

Scientists dig deep for UK soil research

The Courier, November 2024

Hutton launches hunt for soil ambassadors

Ellon Times, November 2024

Training and Citizen Engagement to tackle Soil Health Challenges

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ECHO's Citizen Science Initiatives for Soil Literacy Take Off

ECHO in the January 2025 issue of Open Access Government

Read about ECHO and our approach to Citizen Science initiatives (see pages 450 and 452 of the publication)

La ciencia ciudadana de Echo y Vigilantes del Suelo contribuye al cambio de comportamiento respecto al suelo en España y Europa

Available in Spanish

Citizen science initiatives for soil literacy

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Advancing the soil deal for Europe through cyberinfrastructure and citizen science

ECHO in the July 2024 issue of Open Access Government

Alba Peiro and Francisco Sanz from the Ibercivis Foundation, Claudia Cappello and Tanja Mimmo from the Free University of Bolzano, guide us through citizen science initiatives for soil literacy that are integral to the ECHO project…

Protecting and Improving soil fertility in Europe - prof. Lidia Sas Paszt

Prof. Sas Paszt is the Head of the Department of Microbiolgy aand Rhizosphere at the National Institute of Horticultural Research in Poland.

Scientific evidence shows that around 60–70% of the soil in the EU is currently in poor condition. All Member States are facing the problem of increasing soil degradation in Europe. The causes and effects of this problem transcend national borders…

PUBLICATION

Gesunder Boden

Available in German

PUBLICATION

Eine Mission zur Rettung der Böden

Available in German

PUBLICATION

Firmato anche in Alto Adige il "Manifesto Missione Suolo"

Available in Italian

PUBLICATION

Firmato il "Manifesto Missione Suolo"

Available in Italian

PUBLICATION

Für Bodengesundheit

Available in German

ZENODO PUBLICATION

Preliminary Stakeholder Mapping and Engagement Tracking matrix

Available via Zenodo

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ECHO: Engaging citizens in soil health and science

Originally published on openaccessgovernment.org on 11 January 2024.

While often overlooked, soil is the cornerstone of life on Earth. Soil plays a crucial role in regulating our planet’s health and provides multiple benefits to society…

ECHO Deliverables

Certain deliverables created as part of the project are available for viewing here.

Deliverable 1.1

Report on the state of the art of citizen science applied to soil

Deliverable 1.2

Assessment framework for citizen science methods for soil monitoring

Deliverable 1.3

Citizen-generated Soil Data Quality Assessment Framework

Deliverable 1.4

Monitoring and Evaluation Framework (version M12)

Deliverable 2.1

List of methods to leverage citizen science methods for soils

Deliverable 2.3

Handbook of agreed methods to assess soil health

Deliverable 2.3

Handbook of agreed methods to assess soil health

Deliverable 3.1

Report on identified communities of stakeholders and engagement activities

Deliverable 3.2

Report on Citizen Science initiatives participating in the project and initiative activities

Deliverable 4.1

Report on identification and engagement of end-users of citizen science generated soil health data

Deliverable 6.4

Web-based education kit on soil health

Deliverable 6.4

Web-based education kit on soil health

Deliverable 7.1

ECHO Project Handbook

Deliverable 7.2

Data Management Plan

Deliverable 7.3

Ethics Requirements (version M8)