Sustainable Soils Alliance
@sustainablesoils.bsky.social
We campaign to restore UK soil to health within one generation. For food security, biodiversity, flood protection & climate change mitigation.
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🔁EU Agriculture🌱
🎉Happy #WorldSoilDay!
🌱Let's celebrate the success of #MissionSoilWeek 2025where over 1,000 participants - onsite and online - came together!
🎥Catch the key insights, panels and inspiring messages driving #EUSoil forward.
Highlights 👉 link.europa.eu/fqdWQm
🎉Happy #WorldSoilDay!
🌱Let's celebrate the success of #MissionSoilWeek 2025where over 1,000 participants - onsite and online - came together!
🎥Catch the key insights, panels and inspiring messages driving #EUSoil forward.
Highlights 👉 link.europa.eu/fqdWQm
December 5, 2025 at 3:48 PM
🔁EU Agriculture🌱
🎉Happy #WorldSoilDay!
🌱Let's celebrate the success of #MissionSoilWeek 2025where over 1,000 participants - onsite and online - came together!
🎥Catch the key insights, panels and inspiring messages driving #EUSoil forward.
Highlights 👉 link.europa.eu/fqdWQm
🎉Happy #WorldSoilDay!
🌱Let's celebrate the success of #MissionSoilWeek 2025where over 1,000 participants - onsite and online - came together!
🎥Catch the key insights, panels and inspiring messages driving #EUSoil forward.
Highlights 👉 link.europa.eu/fqdWQm
Today on #WorldSoilDay we're celebrating soil’s urban superpowers: it feeds cities, stores carbon, cools streets, supports biodiversity, absorbs water, reduces floods & creates healthier environments.
Watch this great video from the @fao.org
#HealthySoilHealthyCities #SoilHealth #SustainableSoils
Watch this great video from the @fao.org
#HealthySoilHealthyCities #SoilHealth #SustainableSoils
December 5, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Today on #WorldSoilDay we're celebrating soil’s urban superpowers: it feeds cities, stores carbon, cools streets, supports biodiversity, absorbs water, reduces floods & creates healthier environments.
Watch this great video from the @fao.org
#HealthySoilHealthyCities #SoilHealth #SustainableSoils
Watch this great video from the @fao.org
#HealthySoilHealthyCities #SoilHealth #SustainableSoils
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Soil is a miracle material providing us with food and medicine, and yet we treat it like dirt. Find out more about the wonder of soil on #WorldSoilDay. Made in partnership with #BBCIdeas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmJUj4Aa2kM
Why soil is one of the most amazing things on Earth | The Royal Society
YouTube video by The Royal Society
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December 5, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Soil is a miracle material providing us with food and medicine, and yet we treat it like dirt. Find out more about the wonder of soil on #WorldSoilDay. Made in partnership with #BBCIdeas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmJUj4Aa2kM
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On #WorldSoilDay, we highlight some #EUfunded projects safeguarding Europe’s soil and water from harmful chemicals.
Their actions include:
- Developing better chemical detection methods
- Improving remediation strategies
- Finding safer alternatives
🔗 link.europa.eu/jwYPVF
Their actions include:
- Developing better chemical detection methods
- Improving remediation strategies
- Finding safer alternatives
🔗 link.europa.eu/jwYPVF
December 5, 2025 at 11:57 AM
On #WorldSoilDay, we highlight some #EUfunded projects safeguarding Europe’s soil and water from harmful chemicals.
Their actions include:
- Developing better chemical detection methods
- Improving remediation strategies
- Finding safer alternatives
🔗 link.europa.eu/jwYPVF
Their actions include:
- Developing better chemical detection methods
- Improving remediation strategies
- Finding safer alternatives
🔗 link.europa.eu/jwYPVF
This #WorldSoilDay, we're celebrating the key role that soils play in urban environments. From mitigating against flooding and rising temperatures, our urban soils deserve to be protected and nurtured in order to sustain our cities.
#HealthySoilForHealthyCities #SustainableSoil @fao.org @unep.org
#HealthySoilForHealthyCities #SustainableSoil @fao.org @unep.org
December 5, 2025 at 12:16 PM
This #WorldSoilDay, we're celebrating the key role that soils play in urban environments. From mitigating against flooding and rising temperatures, our urban soils deserve to be protected and nurtured in order to sustain our cities.
#HealthySoilForHealthyCities #SustainableSoil @fao.org @unep.org
#HealthySoilForHealthyCities #SustainableSoil @fao.org @unep.org
Stay up to date with this week’s #soil news with the latest edition of #TheWeekinSoil. This edition includes gains for soil in the EIP and Senedd 🌱 how soil carbon could contribute billions to ecosystem services 🪱 Soil Farmer of the Year 2026 🧑🌾 and much more.
Read it here ➡️ bit.ly/3Ki0QZk
Read it here ➡️ bit.ly/3Ki0QZk
December 5, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Stay up to date with this week’s #soil news with the latest edition of #TheWeekinSoil. This edition includes gains for soil in the EIP and Senedd 🌱 how soil carbon could contribute billions to ecosystem services 🪱 Soil Farmer of the Year 2026 🧑🌾 and much more.
Read it here ➡️ bit.ly/3Ki0QZk
Read it here ➡️ bit.ly/3Ki0QZk
Happy #WorldSoilDay!
In line with this year's theme - Healthy Soils for Healthy Cities - we’re sharing good news stories of how soil is helping to make our urban spaces greener, healthier, and be a home to biodiversity.
#HealthySoilHealthyCities #SustainableSoils
@unep.org @fao.org
In line with this year's theme - Healthy Soils for Healthy Cities - we’re sharing good news stories of how soil is helping to make our urban spaces greener, healthier, and be a home to biodiversity.
#HealthySoilHealthyCities #SustainableSoils
@unep.org @fao.org
December 5, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Happy #WorldSoilDay!
In line with this year's theme - Healthy Soils for Healthy Cities - we’re sharing good news stories of how soil is helping to make our urban spaces greener, healthier, and be a home to biodiversity.
#HealthySoilHealthyCities #SustainableSoils
@unep.org @fao.org
In line with this year's theme - Healthy Soils for Healthy Cities - we’re sharing good news stories of how soil is helping to make our urban spaces greener, healthier, and be a home to biodiversity.
#HealthySoilHealthyCities #SustainableSoils
@unep.org @fao.org
Delighted to be at BSSS 2025 conference!
Inspiring insights from Paul Hallett, Tony Juniper, Prof Will Blake, Diana Mangalagiu & Bruce Lascelles on soil health, climate resilience & more.
Looking forward to more as soil gets the spotlight it deserves.
#SustainableSoils
Inspiring insights from Paul Hallett, Tony Juniper, Prof Will Blake, Diana Mangalagiu & Bruce Lascelles on soil health, climate resilience & more.
Looking forward to more as soil gets the spotlight it deserves.
#SustainableSoils
December 3, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Delighted to be at BSSS 2025 conference!
Inspiring insights from Paul Hallett, Tony Juniper, Prof Will Blake, Diana Mangalagiu & Bruce Lascelles on soil health, climate resilience & more.
Looking forward to more as soil gets the spotlight it deserves.
#SustainableSoils
Inspiring insights from Paul Hallett, Tony Juniper, Prof Will Blake, Diana Mangalagiu & Bruce Lascelles on soil health, climate resilience & more.
Looking forward to more as soil gets the spotlight it deserves.
#SustainableSoils
Stay up to date with this week’s #soil news with the latest edition of #TheWeekinSoil. This edition includes reports on COP30 🌍 organic farming in Wales 🏴 the dairy sector and soil health 🐄 how plants force their roots through compacted soil 🏋 and much more.
Read it here ➡️ bit.ly/4okRVnC
Read it here ➡️ bit.ly/4okRVnC
November 28, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Stay up to date with this week’s #soil news with the latest edition of #TheWeekinSoil. This edition includes reports on COP30 🌍 organic farming in Wales 🏴 the dairy sector and soil health 🐄 how plants force their roots through compacted soil 🏋 and much more.
Read it here ➡️ bit.ly/4okRVnC
Read it here ➡️ bit.ly/4okRVnC
From 0 birds, to 39,000 birds - all thanks to soil!
Congrats to @Natures_Voice on amazing work at Wallasea, through the re-use of 3million tons of soil excavated during the construction of @TfL's Elizabeth Line.
#Wallasea #SoilReuse #HabitatRestoration
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Congrats to @Natures_Voice on amazing work at Wallasea, through the re-use of 3million tons of soil excavated during the construction of @TfL's Elizabeth Line.
#Wallasea #SoilReuse #HabitatRestoration
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘A win for nature and people’: Elizabeth line soil used to create Essex bird haven
A record 39,000 birds are overwintering on Wallasea island wetlands thanks to soil transported from London tunnels
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:44 AM
From 0 birds, to 39,000 birds - all thanks to soil!
Congrats to @Natures_Voice on amazing work at Wallasea, through the re-use of 3million tons of soil excavated during the construction of @TfL's Elizabeth Line.
#Wallasea #SoilReuse #HabitatRestoration
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Congrats to @Natures_Voice on amazing work at Wallasea, through the re-use of 3million tons of soil excavated during the construction of @TfL's Elizabeth Line.
#Wallasea #SoilReuse #HabitatRestoration
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
We're at the #NatureFinanceUK conference this morning - looking forward to learning about how soils feature in the theme of 'rebuilding our natural infrastructure for a sustainable future'.
#NatureFinance #SoilHealth #Sustainability
#NatureFinance #SoilHealth #Sustainability
November 25, 2025 at 10:33 AM
We're at the #NatureFinanceUK conference this morning - looking forward to learning about how soils feature in the theme of 'rebuilding our natural infrastructure for a sustainable future'.
#NatureFinance #SoilHealth #Sustainability
#NatureFinance #SoilHealth #Sustainability
Peatlands are one of the world’s most effective carbon stores - saving them means saving an unsung hero in the fight against climate change.
If you agree, show your support by signing, and mailing your MP!
#PeatFree #SoilCarbon
actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sal...
If you agree, show your support by signing, and mailing your MP!
#PeatFree #SoilCarbon
actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sal...
Sign the petition to end peat sales!
No more delays: Let's get peat out of gardens once and for all. The time for uncertainty has ended.
actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk
November 21, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Peatlands are one of the world’s most effective carbon stores - saving them means saving an unsung hero in the fight against climate change.
If you agree, show your support by signing, and mailing your MP!
#PeatFree #SoilCarbon
actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sal...
If you agree, show your support by signing, and mailing your MP!
#PeatFree #SoilCarbon
actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sal...
Stay up to date with this week’s #soil news with the latest edition of #TheWeekinSoil. This edition includes a Senedd report on soil health 🪱Tesco's environmental programme 🛒 how soils adapt 🌍 lunar soil samples 🌙 and much more.
Read it here ➡️ bit.ly/47SSUql
Read it here ➡️ bit.ly/47SSUql
November 21, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Stay up to date with this week’s #soil news with the latest edition of #TheWeekinSoil. This edition includes a Senedd report on soil health 🪱Tesco's environmental programme 🛒 how soils adapt 🌍 lunar soil samples 🌙 and much more.
Read it here ➡️ bit.ly/47SSUql
Read it here ➡️ bit.ly/47SSUql
New @uniofnottingham.bsky.social research shows soil ‘memory’ helps plants respond to drought.
An amazing reminder healthy, living soil matters - not just for carbon, but for climate resilience and long-term ecosystem stability.
#SoilHealth #ClimateResilience
www.nottingham.ac.uk/news/soil-me...
An amazing reminder healthy, living soil matters - not just for carbon, but for climate resilience and long-term ecosystem stability.
#SoilHealth #ClimateResilience
www.nottingham.ac.uk/news/soil-me...
News - Soil ‘memory’ can help plants respond to drought - University of Nottingham
New research has found that microbial communities in soil have the capacity to remember and adapt to past environmental events, helping plants to withstand drought stress.
www.nottingham.ac.uk
November 20, 2025 at 11:44 AM
New @uniofnottingham.bsky.social research shows soil ‘memory’ helps plants respond to drought.
An amazing reminder healthy, living soil matters - not just for carbon, but for climate resilience and long-term ecosystem stability.
#SoilHealth #ClimateResilience
www.nottingham.ac.uk/news/soil-me...
An amazing reminder healthy, living soil matters - not just for carbon, but for climate resilience and long-term ecosystem stability.
#SoilHealth #ClimateResilience
www.nottingham.ac.uk/news/soil-me...
Stay up to date with this week’s #soil news with the latest edition of #TheWeekinSoil. This edition includes a new report from Scottish Government 🪱 Defra on the new SFI 🌳 soils in global NDCs 🌍 soil to solve crime 🕵 and much more.
Read it here ➡️ bit.ly/4nYZAb8
Read it here ➡️ bit.ly/4nYZAb8
November 14, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Stay up to date with this week’s #soil news with the latest edition of #TheWeekinSoil. This edition includes a new report from Scottish Government 🪱 Defra on the new SFI 🌳 soils in global NDCs 🌍 soil to solve crime 🕵 and much more.
Read it here ➡️ bit.ly/4nYZAb8
Read it here ➡️ bit.ly/4nYZAb8
As #COP30 starts, we’re championing one of the most powerful climate solutions we have: healthy soils.
Why? Because they store more carbon than all vegetation and the atmosphere combined - and yet remain overlooked in climate finance and policy.
#SoilHealth #SustainableSoils
Why? Because they store more carbon than all vegetation and the atmosphere combined - and yet remain overlooked in climate finance and policy.
#SoilHealth #SustainableSoils
November 10, 2025 at 4:08 PM
As #COP30 starts, we’re championing one of the most powerful climate solutions we have: healthy soils.
Why? Because they store more carbon than all vegetation and the atmosphere combined - and yet remain overlooked in climate finance and policy.
#SoilHealth #SustainableSoils
Why? Because they store more carbon than all vegetation and the atmosphere combined - and yet remain overlooked in climate finance and policy.
#SoilHealth #SustainableSoils
Scientists, designers, communicators, educators, creatives - can you capture the magic of soil in 1 min?
Ahead of #WorldSoilsDay the @fao.org & partners are calling for explainers for kids on why healthy urban soils are key for healthy cities.
#Soil
www.fao.org/world-soil-d...
Ahead of #WorldSoilsDay the @fao.org & partners are calling for explainers for kids on why healthy urban soils are key for healthy cities.
#Soil
www.fao.org/world-soil-d...
Soil in 1 minute | World Soil Day | FAO
Video contest Soils in 1 minute | World Soil Day | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
www.fao.org
November 10, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Scientists, designers, communicators, educators, creatives - can you capture the magic of soil in 1 min?
Ahead of #WorldSoilsDay the @fao.org & partners are calling for explainers for kids on why healthy urban soils are key for healthy cities.
#Soil
www.fao.org/world-soil-d...
Ahead of #WorldSoilsDay the @fao.org & partners are calling for explainers for kids on why healthy urban soils are key for healthy cities.
#Soil
www.fao.org/world-soil-d...
What's the 1st thing you think of when you hear the phrase 'regenerative agriculture'?
During the intro speech by Dr Tamsin Blaxter at today’s ‘Reckoning with Regeneration’ event hosted by the @foodfoundation.bsky.social, the answer is clear - it's soil!
#Soil #RegenerativeAgriculture
During the intro speech by Dr Tamsin Blaxter at today’s ‘Reckoning with Regeneration’ event hosted by the @foodfoundation.bsky.social, the answer is clear - it's soil!
#Soil #RegenerativeAgriculture
November 10, 2025 at 11:30 AM
What's the 1st thing you think of when you hear the phrase 'regenerative agriculture'?
During the intro speech by Dr Tamsin Blaxter at today’s ‘Reckoning with Regeneration’ event hosted by the @foodfoundation.bsky.social, the answer is clear - it's soil!
#Soil #RegenerativeAgriculture
During the intro speech by Dr Tamsin Blaxter at today’s ‘Reckoning with Regeneration’ event hosted by the @foodfoundation.bsky.social, the answer is clear - it's soil!
#Soil #RegenerativeAgriculture
Stay up to date with this week’s #soil news with the latest edition of The Week in Soil. This edition includes a report on feeding Britain 🧑🌾 land reforms 🏴 no confidence in DAERA 🚫 soil microbe memories 💭 and much more.
Read it here ➡️ bit.ly/3Lu63NF
#TheWeekInSoil
Read it here ➡️ bit.ly/3Lu63NF
#TheWeekInSoil
November 7, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Stay up to date with this week’s #soil news with the latest edition of The Week in Soil. This edition includes a report on feeding Britain 🧑🌾 land reforms 🏴 no confidence in DAERA 🚫 soil microbe memories 💭 and much more.
Read it here ➡️ bit.ly/3Lu63NF
#TheWeekInSoil
Read it here ➡️ bit.ly/3Lu63NF
#TheWeekInSoil
Stay up to date with this week’s #soil news with the latest edition of #TheWeekinSoil. This edition includes a UK government report 📄 soil in the construction industry 🏗️ a film about farmers🧑🌾 a study linking soil and health 🪱 & more!
Read it here ➡️ bit.ly/3JpR0Ec
Read it here ➡️ bit.ly/3JpR0Ec
October 31, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Stay up to date with this week’s #soil news with the latest edition of #TheWeekinSoil. This edition includes a UK government report 📄 soil in the construction industry 🏗️ a film about farmers🧑🌾 a study linking soil and health 🪱 & more!
Read it here ➡️ bit.ly/3JpR0Ec
Read it here ➡️ bit.ly/3JpR0Ec
Stay up to date with this week’s #soil news with the latest edition of The Week in Soil. This edition includes a plea to homeowners 🏡 the world’s longest agricultural trial 🌱 hidden history in arctic soils ❄️ and much more!
Read it here ➡️ bit.ly/4ngWEGr
#TheWeekinSoil
Read it here ➡️ bit.ly/4ngWEGr
#TheWeekinSoil
October 24, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Stay up to date with this week’s #soil news with the latest edition of The Week in Soil. This edition includes a plea to homeowners 🏡 the world’s longest agricultural trial 🌱 hidden history in arctic soils ❄️ and much more!
Read it here ➡️ bit.ly/4ngWEGr
#TheWeekinSoil
Read it here ➡️ bit.ly/4ngWEGr
#TheWeekinSoil
Is your supermarket using the #RedTractor logo to reassure customers?
@riveractionuk.bsky.social have exposed the muck behind the mark - join us & take action TODAY.
Tell your supermarket to call out Red Tractor & enforce real environmental standards ➡️ bit.ly/47poOKA
#UpYourStandards
@riveractionuk.bsky.social have exposed the muck behind the mark - join us & take action TODAY.
Tell your supermarket to call out Red Tractor & enforce real environmental standards ➡️ bit.ly/47poOKA
#UpYourStandards
October 22, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Is your supermarket using the #RedTractor logo to reassure customers?
@riveractionuk.bsky.social have exposed the muck behind the mark - join us & take action TODAY.
Tell your supermarket to call out Red Tractor & enforce real environmental standards ➡️ bit.ly/47poOKA
#UpYourStandards
@riveractionuk.bsky.social have exposed the muck behind the mark - join us & take action TODAY.
Tell your supermarket to call out Red Tractor & enforce real environmental standards ➡️ bit.ly/47poOKA
#UpYourStandards
It's #WorldEarthwormDay 🪱 and we're celebrating these heroes of the soil in all their glory with some facts & figures. To find out more about these wriggly champions, click on ⬇️
#Earthworms #Soil #SoilHealth
#Earthworms #Soil #SoilHealth
October 21, 2025 at 1:27 PM
It's #WorldEarthwormDay 🪱 and we're celebrating these heroes of the soil in all their glory with some facts & figures. To find out more about these wriggly champions, click on ⬇️
#Earthworms #Soil #SoilHealth
#Earthworms #Soil #SoilHealth
Stay up to date with this week’s #soil news with the latest edition of #TheWeekInSoil. This edition includes news on funding for farmers 🚜 carbon permanence 👣 Lidl’s pledge🛒 astonishing discoveries of life 🪱 🌱 and more!
Read it here ➡️ bit.ly/4qug79E
Read it here ➡️ bit.ly/4qug79E
October 17, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Stay up to date with this week’s #soil news with the latest edition of #TheWeekInSoil. This edition includes news on funding for farmers 🚜 carbon permanence 👣 Lidl’s pledge🛒 astonishing discoveries of life 🪱 🌱 and more!
Read it here ➡️ bit.ly/4qug79E
Read it here ➡️ bit.ly/4qug79E
Great to enjoy a farm visit 🪱 organised by Évora University to see soil-centric approaches in practice on-farm, as part of the Soils for Europe Think Tank sessions – and work alongside Detlef Gerdts, Eric Struyf and @orsinyarai.bsky.social 🤝
#SOLOMeetsEvora #EUSOLO #Evora #HorizonEurope
#SOLOMeetsEvora #EUSOLO #Evora #HorizonEurope
October 16, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Great to enjoy a farm visit 🪱 organised by Évora University to see soil-centric approaches in practice on-farm, as part of the Soils for Europe Think Tank sessions – and work alongside Detlef Gerdts, Eric Struyf and @orsinyarai.bsky.social 🤝
#SOLOMeetsEvora #EUSOLO #Evora #HorizonEurope
#SOLOMeetsEvora #EUSOLO #Evora #HorizonEurope