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.
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
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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
Greetings from Évora 🇵🇹, where our founder and Co-Executive Director, Ellen Fay is representing the SSA at a two-day session of the #EUSOLO "Footprint on Soils' project as part of the wider flagship initiative 'A Soil Deal for Europe' 🇪🇺
#SOLOMeetsEvora #Evora #HorizonEurope
#SOLOMeetsEvora #Evora #HorizonEurope
October 15, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Greetings from Évora 🇵🇹, where our founder and Co-Executive Director, Ellen Fay is representing the SSA at a two-day session of the #EUSOLO "Footprint on Soils' project as part of the wider flagship initiative 'A Soil Deal for Europe' 🇪🇺
#SOLOMeetsEvora #Evora #HorizonEurope
#SOLOMeetsEvora #Evora #HorizonEurope
The Week in Soil is back with key #soil related news stories from the past month.
This edition includes news on the cabinet reshuffle 🔀 , EU passing the Soil Monitoring Directive 🇪🇺, fungi, hedgerows and soil carbon 🍄🟫, Sahil Jha cycling to Save Soil 🚴 and much more!
Read it here ➡️ bit.ly/4q5hH1h
This edition includes news on the cabinet reshuffle 🔀 , EU passing the Soil Monitoring Directive 🇪🇺, fungi, hedgerows and soil carbon 🍄🟫, Sahil Jha cycling to Save Soil 🚴 and much more!
Read it here ➡️ bit.ly/4q5hH1h
October 13, 2025 at 11:31 AM
The Week in Soil is back with key #soil related news stories from the past month.
This edition includes news on the cabinet reshuffle 🔀 , EU passing the Soil Monitoring Directive 🇪🇺, fungi, hedgerows and soil carbon 🍄🟫, Sahil Jha cycling to Save Soil 🚴 and much more!
Read it here ➡️ bit.ly/4q5hH1h
This edition includes news on the cabinet reshuffle 🔀 , EU passing the Soil Monitoring Directive 🇪🇺, fungi, hedgerows and soil carbon 🍄🟫, Sahil Jha cycling to Save Soil 🚴 and much more!
Read it here ➡️ bit.ly/4q5hH1h
“The soil was ready to turn on."
A truly inspiring example of how soil lifeforms have the capacity to regenerate and restore soils to health under the right circumstances - even after being buried metres deep for more than a century! 👏
#SoilHealth #SoilLife
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
A truly inspiring example of how soil lifeforms have the capacity to regenerate and restore soils to health under the right circumstances - even after being buried metres deep for more than a century! 👏
#SoilHealth #SoilLife
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Creatures buried in soil for over a century burst back to life in Toronto waterfront
A project to restore coastal wetland leads to astonishing discoveries of a host of life: seeds and plant scraps, as well as water fleas, worms, larvae and plankton
www.theguardian.com
October 13, 2025 at 11:16 AM
“The soil was ready to turn on."
A truly inspiring example of how soil lifeforms have the capacity to regenerate and restore soils to health under the right circumstances - even after being buried metres deep for more than a century! 👏
#SoilHealth #SoilLife
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
A truly inspiring example of how soil lifeforms have the capacity to regenerate and restore soils to health under the right circumstances - even after being buried metres deep for more than a century! 👏
#SoilHealth #SoilLife
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Fantastic news - the EU has passed the Soil Monitoring Law,
setting the foundation for healthy soils by 2050! 👏🪱
With common standards, this marks a huge milestone in restoring one of our most vital natural resources.
#SoilHealth #EUSoilLaw #MissionSoil
www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/pre...
setting the foundation for healthy soils by 2050! 👏🪱
With common standards, this marks a huge milestone in restoring one of our most vital natural resources.
#SoilHealth #EUSoilLaw #MissionSoil
www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/pre...
Council adopts new rules for healthier and more resilient European soils
Today the Council adopted the soil monitoring law to track soil health, manage contaminated sites and mitigate land take, aiming for healthy soils by 2050.
www.consilium.europa.eu
October 2, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Fantastic news - the EU has passed the Soil Monitoring Law,
setting the foundation for healthy soils by 2050! 👏🪱
With common standards, this marks a huge milestone in restoring one of our most vital natural resources.
#SoilHealth #EUSoilLaw #MissionSoil
www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/pre...
setting the foundation for healthy soils by 2050! 👏🪱
With common standards, this marks a huge milestone in restoring one of our most vital natural resources.
#SoilHealth #EUSoilLaw #MissionSoil
www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/pre...
More insight from @wclnews.bsky.social #WildSummit: in a session hosted by @rspb.bsky.social on the Business of Nature Recovery the discussion's on how combined effort by NGOs, businesses & govt is the only way to achieve common goal of resilience.
#NatureRecovery #Resilience #Collaboration
#NatureRecovery #Resilience #Collaboration
September 11, 2025 at 2:23 PM
More insight from @wclnews.bsky.social #WildSummit: in a session hosted by @rspb.bsky.social on the Business of Nature Recovery the discussion's on how combined effort by NGOs, businesses & govt is the only way to achieve common goal of resilience.
#NatureRecovery #Resilience #Collaboration
#NatureRecovery #Resilience #Collaboration
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As the first parliamentarian to get tardigrades into Hansard, the record of Parliament going back centuries, I am now having the best time of my week, my month and quite possibly my year in the House
#SoilHealth @sustainablesoils.bsky.social
#SoilHealth @sustainablesoils.bsky.social
September 8, 2025 at 4:19 PM
As the first parliamentarian to get tardigrades into Hansard, the record of Parliament going back centuries, I am now having the best time of my week, my month and quite possibly my year in the House
#SoilHealth @sustainablesoils.bsky.social
#SoilHealth @sustainablesoils.bsky.social
Great to hear about Govt plans to protect & restore nature, and see so many eNGOs gathering at @wclnews.bsky.social inaugural #wildsummitUK!
Takeaway from @marycreagh.bsky.social speech: "healthy soils, abundant pollinators and clean water" foundation for farming 👏🪱
#Soil #SoilHealth
Takeaway from @marycreagh.bsky.social speech: "healthy soils, abundant pollinators and clean water" foundation for farming 👏🪱
#Soil #SoilHealth
September 11, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Great to hear about Govt plans to protect & restore nature, and see so many eNGOs gathering at @wclnews.bsky.social inaugural #wildsummitUK!
Takeaway from @marycreagh.bsky.social speech: "healthy soils, abundant pollinators and clean water" foundation for farming 👏🪱
#Soil #SoilHealth
Takeaway from @marycreagh.bsky.social speech: "healthy soils, abundant pollinators and clean water" foundation for farming 👏🪱
#Soil #SoilHealth
Monday was a great day for soils advocacy!
Pleasure working with Merlin Sheldrake, Prof Karen Johnson, Adv Cairo Robb, and Roz Savage MBE on this event to demonstrate opportunities of the Climate & Nature Bill and call for environmental policies with soil at their heart.
Photo: Ellie Sandiford
Pleasure working with Merlin Sheldrake, Prof Karen Johnson, Adv Cairo Robb, and Roz Savage MBE on this event to demonstrate opportunities of the Climate & Nature Bill and call for environmental policies with soil at their heart.
Photo: Ellie Sandiford
September 10, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Monday was a great day for soils advocacy!
Pleasure working with Merlin Sheldrake, Prof Karen Johnson, Adv Cairo Robb, and Roz Savage MBE on this event to demonstrate opportunities of the Climate & Nature Bill and call for environmental policies with soil at their heart.
Photo: Ellie Sandiford
Pleasure working with Merlin Sheldrake, Prof Karen Johnson, Adv Cairo Robb, and Roz Savage MBE on this event to demonstrate opportunities of the Climate & Nature Bill and call for environmental policies with soil at their heart.
Photo: Ellie Sandiford
Stay up to date with this week’s #soil news with the latest edition of The Week In Soil. This edition includes news on the ELMS Test and Trial results 🚜, Scottish peatland emissions 🏴, and more!
Read it here ➡️ bit.ly/4ncNqLJ
#TheWeekInSoil
Read it here ➡️ bit.ly/4ncNqLJ
#TheWeekInSoil
September 5, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Stay up to date with this week’s #soil news with the latest edition of The Week In Soil. This edition includes news on the ELMS Test and Trial results 🚜, Scottish peatland emissions 🏴, and more!
Read it here ➡️ bit.ly/4ncNqLJ
#TheWeekInSoil
Read it here ➡️ bit.ly/4ncNqLJ
#TheWeekInSoil