SOILSCAPE

Category 1: SOILSCAPE FSTP

Strand 1 - Innovative communication campaigns

IMAGINE-SOIL: Communicating Soil Futures with Citizens and Communities (ES)

Description: Combines science, digital art, and citizen participation to help people in the Ulla River basin understand local soil degradation and imagine possible future soil conditions.

Responsible organisation: Tesla Technologies, VOGA, AMABUL

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SOIL: Subterranean Organisms Investigation & Learning (IT)

Description: Engage children, schools, families, and citizens through workshops, interactive installations, videos, and the #SoilHeroes campaign to reveal soil biodiversity, inspire everyday soilregenerating practices, and build an active community of soil stewards.

Responsible organisation: Studio Naturalistico Hyla, AboutUmbria

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REmuer CIel et Terre, an educationAL playground (FR)

Description: A nationwide educational game rolled out through environmental education centres that lets people explore soil functions through playful,artistic, science-based treasure-hunt activities.

Responsible organisation: Manon Thedrez (individual), Zahrane Garczarek (individual), Arnaud Vautier (individual)

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SoilSparks (BE, DE)

Description: A youth-led initiative where young people co-create messages, challenges, and microlearning modules that connect soil protection to everyday life and motivate practical soilfriendly actions.

Responsible organisation: Bantani Education vzw, EUROPARC

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Strand 2 - Organize and promote artistic-soil related activities

Love for Soil (FI)

Description: Worm Box, composting with participatory music, theatre workshops and artistic exercises.

Responsible organisation: Osuuskunta Ehta Raha, TOTEM-teatterin kannatusyhdistys ry, Loiskis ry

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ART-SOIL-URFA (TR)

Description: A blending of Şanlıurfa’s soil heritage with creative arts to help gifted young people and their communities understand soil’s value through hands-on, soil-based artistic work.

Responsible organisation: KARAKOPRU SCIENCE AND ART CENTRE

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Touching Landbodies – Unearthing soils above forgotten wastescapes (NL)

Description: A travelling art–science project that reveals the hidden soils of Dutch landfills through mapping, installations, and local field trips that prompt new perspectives on post-natural landscapes and material circularity.

Responsible organisation: Sigrid Schmeisser, ISRIC

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Seeds of Connection – Soil Literacy & Innovation through Digital Arts (AT, BE, PL)

Description: A cross-European art–science collaboration that turns soil’s invisible ecological functions into interactive digital cultural experiences, enabling citizens to explore, interpret, and experiment with soil systems in creative ways.

Responsible organisation: Ars Electronica, KIKK, WRO Art Cente

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Strand 3 - Deploy innovative, creative, and participatory methodologies to engage citizens with soil protection and preservation

Regenerar 2026 – Regenerar 2026: Thriving Soil and Culture across Generations (PT)

Description: A community-based programme that brings together schools, farmers, universities, and citizens to learn about, restore, and care for local soils through regenerative gardens, training, networks, and public events.

Responsible organisation: Fundação Mendes Gonçalves

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SENS : Sensory Exploration of Nexus in Soils (FR)

Description: A multisensory soil-biodiversity workshop that helps people experience soil as a living ecosystem and provides an open toolkit for schools and communities to adopt sustainable soil practices.

Responsible organisation: CIRAD, Conservatoire Botanique National et CPIE Mascarin

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Living Soils Project – Creative Communities for Healthy Urban Soils Project (ES)

Description: A national effort to restore urban soils while engaging diverse citizens in ecological restoration, citizen science, and participatory art to turn soil health into a shared cultural and educational experience.

Responsible organisation: SDL, INVESTIGACIÓN Y DIVULGACION DEL MEDIO AMBIENTE, S.L

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Immersive XR Living Labs for Soil Awareness and Education (IT, CY)

Description: A combined physical and virtual learning programme where communities, especially young people, monitor real soils in Living Labs and explore soil processes through augmented reality to build practical soil skills and literacy.

Responsible organisation: BLUEZONA

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Category 2: SOIL ORCHESTRAS FSTP

INFRATERRA (FR)

Description: A participatory dance and sound-art project that uses scientific soil data to guide collective explorations and performances that reshape how people perceive and relate to living soils.

Responsible organisation: n-Kerminy, Compagnie Hèliotropion

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Sols en Scenes (FR)

Description: A documentary-theatre project that blends staged storytelling with hands-on scientific and artistic workshops, enabling participants to study, handle, and create with local soils to build deeper soil literacy and appreciation.

Responsible individuals: Compagnie A VUE D​E NEZ

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Those who live on it (FR)

Description: A multi-media storytelling pathway centred on a short fiction film that connects everyday life with soil issues through sensory imagery and expert insights, helping unfamiliar audiences understand and value soil as a vital living system.

Responsible organisation: Oeil de Brume

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Living Grounds (BG)

Description: An artistic and educational project that reveals urban soil as a living ecosystem through sensory workshops, soil walks, and interactive mapping to foster ecological awareness and community connection.

Responsible organisation: n-Kerminy

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SoilMe Connecting Soil Culture & Community (BG)

Description: A combination of exhibitions, workshops, lectures, screenings, and participatory experiences including a “soil bar" with local produce to engage the public in soil literacy and community-based environmental care.

Responsible organisation: n-Kerminy

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SOil Information and Literacy through contemporary DaNce and Awareness (BG)

Description: A multimedia performance using dance, music, and storytelling to engage youth and the public emotionally and intellectually with soil’s ecological and cultural value, empowering participants as soil ambassadors.

Responsible organisation: n-Kerminy

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Give soil a voice – a musical journey under the surface of Lippe (DE)

Description: A short immersive film that visualizes soil changes across global ecosystems, combining time-lapse, augmented data, and sound to engage young adults emotionally and intellectually with climate-driven soil transformations.

Responsible organisation: County of Lippe, RealTV group GmbH & Co.KG

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The Near and the Elsewhere: Reading the Soil's Unstable Archive (DE)

Description: The multi-media installation "The Near and the Elsewhere: Reading the Soil's unstable Archive" reflects REICHRICHTER's perception of soil, which is inspired by the idea that soil is a "humic resevoir of culture"- an arhcive that preserves historical, social and artisitc traces, and at the same time of constant transformation.

Responsible organisation: REICHRICHTER, Merzouga, Geological Survey of North Rhine-Westphalia (GD NRW)

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Sascha und der Erdgeist (Sascha and the Soil Spirit) (DE)

Description: An interactive, multilingual theatre experience where families and students co-create mythic stories linking soil health to human and community needs, learning soil science and pledging actions for local impact.

Responsible organisation: Compagnie L’instant même France, Instant MIX Theater Lab Europe

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Soil Explorers: Family Edition (IT)

Description: An eco-educational kit for children and parents that combines hands-on activities, storytelling, and reflection to teach soil value, biodiversity, and sustainable practices.

Responsible organisation: Fondazione per la Gestione dell’Orto Botanico Universitario

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Soil Guardians (IT)

Description: A cooperative Fortnite-based game where children learn soil science and urban sustainability by making decisions that affect soil health, water, and biodiversity in a simulated city environment.

Responsible organisation: Imagination of Things

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Raising Our Offspring Through Soil - ROOTS (IT)

Description: A participatory artistic performance for children and families that translates soil science into engaging, co-created experiences to foster soil literacy and long-term community awareness.

Responsible organisation: Fondazione Tones on The Stones ETS, Associazione culturale DRAGOLAGO

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Warsaw Soilcentrism: Urban Soil Encounters (PL)

Description: A series of interdisciplinary, participatory workshops blending art, science, and hands-on soil engagement to build ecological knowledge, emotional connection to soil, and sustainable action.

Responsible organisation: MOST Cooperative

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Relict Soil (PL)

Description: An artistic expedition across Poland where soil is used to naturally dye canvases and create art, combining workshops and exhibitions to explore human–soil relationships and raise environmental awareness.

Responsible organisation: Association of Polish Artists and Designers

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Solid Ground. Garden City – Living Soil (PL)

Description: A community co-created theatre project combining performance, workshops, and scientific insights to raise awareness of soil’s role in life and inspire local regeneration actions.

Responsible organisation: Centre for Culture and Civic Initiatives (CKiIO)

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Living Images of Urban Soil Memory (FI)

Description: A project combining visual art and soil science to reveal urban soil microbes and soil memory through participatory workshops, exhibitions, and multimedia, making microbial life tangible and relatable.

Responsible organisation: Mattila Creative Oy

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Urban Soil Literacies (FI)

Description: A participatory project using walks, installations, interviews, and home experiments to help urban residents reconnect with soils and explore ways to enhance everyday soil–society relationships.

Responsible organisation: Cooperative Vind

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The Soil is Art (FI)

Description: A project that combines artistic workshops, installations, and educational materials to deepen public understanding of soil as a living system and foster care for soil health.

Responsible organisation: Ellenor Rose Nish - Studio Moki

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SoilChange – Stories of Transformation (CH)

Description: A three-part documentary series showcasing urban, industrial, and agricultural soil restoration, highlighting soil’s renewal potential and inspiring public awareness and action.

Responsible organisation: Schubkraft Lernmedien GmbH

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Soil Bodies- the Living Tapestry (CH)

Description: An art–science project that uses soil to transform textiles, creating participatory installations and garments that make soil’s ecological and cultural impact visible through fashion.

Responsible organisation: Edie Lou Studio, Agroscope

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Monoculture Mod (CH)

Description: A Minecraft modification where players restore or deplete post-industrial soils, learning soil literacy and ecological principles through immersive, interactive gameplay.

Responsible organisation: UBEMA GMBH

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The Great Succession (PT)

Description: A youth-led concert where children and festival visitors create music and art from soil-based materials, learning about ecological succession and soil protection while participating in a large-scale interactive festival finale.

Responsible organisation: LANDRA, TEQUE

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GRAIN (PT)

Description: An open-air performance combining soil-based musical instruments, aerial circus, and motion sensors to explore the connection between earth, seeds, and ecosystems, engaging audiences through interactive art and science.

Responsible organisation: Fernando Mota

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MESH (PT)

Description: An artistic installation using transparent soil columns and multisensory experiences to reveal soil biodiversity, structure, and resilience, fostering public awareness and hands-on learning about soil systems.

Responsible individuals: Madalena Vidigal, Joana Albuquerque, Luís Cunha