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Save the Date: AGM Workshop March 28, 2015

Save the Date: AGM Workshop March 28, 2015

SAVE THE DATE March 28th, 2015 Be part of the 2015 PRSSS spring workshop and AGM celebrating the International Year of Soil. Aligning with the main objective of the International Year of Soil, this years theme is Broadening Horizons: Innovations in Soil Science Communication.  

Watch “Symphony of the Soil” Online until December 12th!

Watch “Symphony of the Soil” Online until December 12th!

The documentary Symphony of the Soil will be streamed free online now until December 12th, 2014! Check it out! Click HERE to watch the documentary! “This documentary by Deborah Koons Garcia, director of The Future of Food, is an artistic exploration of the miraculous substance soil. Filmed on four continents, it gives voice to an amazing cast of soil […]

Happy World Soil Day from the PRSSS!
Provincial Soil Initiative Update: The winner is…

Provincial Soil Initiative Update: The winner is…

Hi everyone! …and the winner is: the Sombric Brunisol!  Here’s the official final ranking: Sombric Brunisol Neptune Soil Series Eunice Soil Series Deserters Soil Series Abbotsford Soil Series Ossoyoos Soil Series Delta Soil Series You can see the distribution map for Sombric Brunisols here, and read more about them here. Many thanks to the 80 soil aficionados […]

VOTE for the BC PROVINCIAL SOIL TODAY!

VOTE for the BC PROVINCIAL SOIL TODAY!

Hi everyone, Today is the day! You can now vote here for your favourite soil series candidate to be elected as the provincial emblem! Here are the candidates : Abbotsford Soil Series Delta Soil Series Deserters Soil Series Eunice Soil Series Neptune Soil Series Osoyoos Soil Series Sombric Brunisol Do it quickly! Voting ends on […]

Subscribe to European Soil Portal for More Soil News

The European Soil Portal, through the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre, is host to many resources related to soil and soil science. Subscribe to their monthly newsletter or check out their Updates page for even more soil related news! You can find it here!  

ANNOUNCED: The Nominees for the BC Provincial Soil

ANNOUNCED: The Nominees for the BC Provincial Soil

Provincial Soil Initiative Update from Jacynthe Masse:   I’m happy to announce that the soil community didn’t take a lot of days off during the summer, because we received seven soils as proposed candidates for the provincial soil! Here they are! Abbotsford Soil Series Delta Soil Series Deserters Soil Series Eunice Soil Series Neptune Soil […]

The PRSSS has soil ID kits!

The PRSSS has soil ID kits!

A big thank you to all the soil scientists whose donations made it possible for the PRSSS to purchase the equipment needed to make five soil identification kits. For years the PRSSS has borrowed equipment each year from senior soil scientists in order to teach the summer soil ID course. The use of this equipment […]

Celebrating the International Year of Soils with a soils-inspired art installation

Starting in September, Rodríguez-Gerada will begin constructing a landscape portrait using GPS technology to determine where to place wooden pegs that will become the guideline for a face. Then, with the help of construction companies, he will place 2,000 tons of sand and 800 tons of soil in the exact spots needed to achieve the […]