We are looking for a postgraduate student to join us! Soilsafe Kids has a domestic, fees-only Masters scholarship (to a maximum of $8,947.20 NZD) for a student interested to join our research team. The thesis would look at kids’ values of soil and what...
Hot on the heels of our 2000th sample, we can now say we’ve tested our 500th household. Thanks to all of our participants – spread the word so others can get to know their soil too.
As we embark on our new soil adventure, Soilsafe Kids, we are producing new materials for kids to learn about soil and what’s in it! Try these exercises at school or at home (downloadable PDFs below)! Soilsafe Kids organic matter colour Soilsafe Kids pH Soilsafe...
We have reached the astounding figure of 2000 soil samples in 8 months of Soilsafe Aotearoa’s soil testing programme. We look forward to continuing to provide this service to the public. Keep the samples coming!
Thanks Consumer NZ for the article, which can be found here . We’re still able to receive soil samples in to our labs at GNS in Dunedin as usual, so wherever you are in NZ, if you’ve been thinking about getting your soil tested, send over your...
We were very lucky to be able to visit one Early Childhood Education Centre this year. The tamariki loved getting their hands in the soil, making worms, doing some soil experiments, and thinking about how their lunchtime kai was connected to these things. Great to...
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