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SOLO celebrates 2,000 followers!

Today, SOLO celebrates 2,000 followers on its LinkedIn page. We want to thank everybody who supports the project, interacts with us, and who is dedicated to a future that prioritises soil health in Eu...

SOLO partners and stakeholders gather in Évora, Portugal

From 14-17 October 2025, SOLO’s consortium met in person once again. Hosted at the University of Évora in Portugal, the project partners were joined by external stakeholders for a four-day meetin...

Statement in support of the Soil Monitoring Law

In 2021, the EU Commission launched its EU Soil Strategy for 2030, aiming to achieve healthy soils by 2050. The strategy sets the ground and objectives for soil monitoring, protection, restoration and...

SOLO celebrates 1,000 followers!

Today, SOLO celebrates 1,000 followers on its LinkedIn page. This is an important milestone, indicating that SOLO’s mission reaches 1,000 people every time an update is made or a post is shared! ...

Save the date: a Soils for Europe conference is coming in 2026

With the support of various Mission Soil projects, SOLO is co-organising the Soils for Europe conference, scheduled to take place from 7-11 September 2026, in Coimbra, Portugal.  The conferenc...

SOLO chairs panel discussion at ESM Conference

The Ecology of Soil Microorganisms Conference (ESM) was held in Helsinki, Finland, on 17 June 2025. The event serves as an interdisciplinary forum exploring topics related to individual soil microbes ...

SOLO consortium discusses project's future in Lund

From 6 to 8 May 2025, the SOLO consortium joined in person once more to discuss the project’s progress and, most importantly, its future. This spring’s meeting was hosted by Lund University in Sweden....

‘Soils for Europe’ event at the EU Parliament recording is now available

On Wednesday, 30 April 2025, from 14:00 - 16:00 CET, Renew Europe, University of Coimbra, and PAN Europe hosted a ‘Soils for Europe’ hybrid event at the European Parliament. Organised within SOLO’s fr...

Register now for the ‘Soils for Europe’ event at the EU Parliament

On Wednesday, 30 April 2025, from 14:00 - 16:00 CET, Renew Europe, University of Coimbra, and PAN Europe are hosting a ‘Soils for Europe’ hybrid event at the European Parliament. The meeting is organi...

NMBU holds plenary session “Debates across borders”

The Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU) organised a plenary discussion titled “Debates Across Borders”, held on the University campus in Norway, on 10 April 2025.  Several speake...

SOLO Interviews MEPs on EU Soil Health Legislation: Insights into the Future of Soil Protection

Soil is one of the key components of life on Earth, hosting biodiversity and functions on which all life depends. Soils are estimated to be home to about 59% of the Earth’s species. About 90% of earth...

Second Swedish Regional Nodes workshop takes place

The second Swedish Regional Nodes workshop was held on 28 March 2025, at the Gamla Biskopshuset in Lund.  The meeting focused on the management of excavated soil masses as an important task in...

SOLO holds its second Regional Nodes workshop in the Netherlands

SOLO partner, the Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIO-KNAAW), alongside partners from ZALF and the University of Evora, led the second workshop within the scope of SOLO’s Regional Nodes on 19 M...

SOLO Partners Present Soils for Europe Project at Catalan Soil Cluster Meeting

The Bioeconomy Strategy of Catalonia (EBC2030) aims to support the sustainable production of biological resources, with a goal of eliminating net carbon emissions by 2050. It focuses on two key object...

Soil Week 2025: NOA leads webinar on soil health

On 25 February 2025, the National Observatory of Athens (NOA) organised its second Soil Week event under SOLO in the form of a webinar focusing on the critical challenges in soil health. The even...

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