Updates

Kia ora tātou, We were excited to have published a description of our approach to our 2022 MBIE Unlocking Curious Minds funded Soilsafe Kids soil knowledge workshops. We have provided the summary here along with some of our findings from last year, which we...

Last year was another big year for Soilsafe Aotearoa, launching Soilsafe Kids and Dustsafe Aotearoa, working with more schools and community groups, supporting our postgrads in their research, and testing more domestic soil - we've now screened soil for more than...

We can't believe we're more than halfway through the delivery of our Soilsafe Kids' soil education programme to schools in Tāmaki Makaurau! While we committed to delivering our 3-day workshops to 5 school classrooms in 2022, we've been busier than ever and have...

Ka pai Te Pātaka Kōrero o Waimāhia - Clendon Library! Congratulations on the beginnings of your new māra kai! Last Friday we spent our afternoon in the great company of Pacific Vision Aotearoa, Love Food Hate Waste - New Zealand and Auckland Botanic Gardens...

Giving the house a good clean this weekend? Why not bag up that dust while you’re at it, and send it through to us to test for metals in your home. W'e'd love your entire vacuum bag! Our sister project Dustsafe Aotearoa is a part of a larger international community...

We're delighted to be back in schools and talking environmental science, geology and soil chemistry with some enthusiastic kids! Wonderful to be back alongside our wonderful community artist colleague, Ekarasa Doblanovic, for some soil art workshops. Thank you...