SOILSCAPE
Spreading Open and Inclusive Literacy and Soil Culture through Artistic Practices and Education
SOILSCAPE is a 4-year project dedicated to supporting the implementation of the mission “A Soil Deal for Europe”, which aims to transition towards healthy soils by 2030.
The project will harness the power of soil scientists, cultural and creative industries, artists, and civil society organisations to promote soil preservation across Europe and beyond.
SOILSCAPE’s goal is to drive transformation through a collaborative journey that enhances soil literacy, deep understanding and awareness of human-soil relationships, and fosters care for soil as a vital natural resource.
By facilitating closer collaboration among soil scientists, researchers, public authorities, artists, and communities, SOILSCAPE seeks to inspire a collective commitment to soil preservation. This will be achieved through the creation of a dynamic and territorial network of 8 Artistic Creative Soil Orchestras (ACSOs), formed in 8 EU countries as multidisciplinary impact multipliers to expand the project’s reach, promoting the project and its outcomes as well as the soil-related objectives of the EU and international organisation and projects.
Coordinated by the French Soil Science Society (AFES), SOILSCAPE involves a partnership of 19 organisations from 11 countries.
| Funding program | Horizon Europe |
|---|---|
| Call | HORIZON-MISS-2023-SOIL-01 |
| GA No. | 101156511 |
| Duration | 2024 - 2028 |
| EC Funding | € 5,997,878.75 |
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| # Sectors | arts-based, biodiversity, climatechange, foodsystemsresilience, sustainability |
Harnessing the power of cultural and creative industries, artists and citizens to promote soil preservation across Europe and beyond
- 19 partners
- 11 countries
- 8 Artistic and Creative Soil Orchestras (ACSOs) to spread the activities and progresses of SOILSCAPE engaging 120-240 actors
- 3 editions of a Soil Festival
- FSTP budget of €2,010,000 to support 36 local, national, and translational projects and initiatives and 24 sub-projects in the countries hosting the ACSOs
reframe.food is leading the preparation, launch, implementation, and management of an Open Call to provide Financial Support to Third Parties (FSTP) as a mechanism for implementing unique, immersive, and participatory campaigns and tools across different scales (local, national, transnational) all over Europe. Sub-projects will develop activities along three methodological strands :
- Develop innovative communication campaigns
- Organise and promote artistic-soil related activities
- Deploy innovative, creative, and participatory methodologies to engage citizens with soil protection and
Additionally, reframe.food will participate in the mapping of soil literacy and artistic soil representation across 8 European Countries.