Updates
Keep up to date with the latest Soilsafe news.
Here we post the most exciting and latest news from the programme so you can get to know us better and keep up with our progress.
Congratulations to Lianne!
CONGRATULATIONS are due to Lianne Edwards-Maas who is the first Honours student to have completed their research dissertation with Soilsafe Aotearoa, on our Soilsafe Kids programme! Lianne's excellent dissertation examined the ways that outputs from children's...
Soilsafe Aotearoa Activity and Impact Report – 2023
In 2023 we've been talking about and presenting Soilsafe Aotearoa, Dustsafe Aotearoa, and delivering more workshops for Soilsafe Kids. This has meant more work with different schools and community groups in different parts of the country, researching alongside...
1000 household gardens tested!
This month we received soil samples for screening from our 1000th garden! We've now returned 4767 sample results to 1035 households! THANK YOU to everyone who has taken part and spread the word so that we might better know our soil, and think a bit more about why...
Are there pesticides in my commercially bought compost?
Good question! Over the last two years, we, at Soilsafe Aotearoa, have received many enquiries about possible pesticide residues in soil and compost. Pesticides are very expensive to analyse and while we cannot offer pesticide analysis as a routine service, a small...
Soilsafe Kids’ workshops – getting in the gardens!
Our Soilsafe Kids workshop series continues in 2023! We're enjoying being back in classrooms in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland (shout out to Riverina School, pictured here!) and soon we'll be working alongside students in Te Tai Tokerau Northland schools. In Tāmaki this...
Congratulations Declan!
A huge CONGRATULATIONS to Declan Fisher who is our most recent Masters student to have completed his research thesis under the Soilsafe Aotearoa programme. Declan's thesis examined the outputs from Dustsafe Aotearoa which examined environmental exposures and...