Soil Your Scarf: a citizen science project, Wednesday 30 April 2025
Join ecologist Jess Leonard in a citizen science project that invites you to knit a tiny scarf (knitting is optional and all materials are provided) while talking about soil ecology and care. The tiny scarf then becomes a measuring device that can be buried within the topsoil to gauge soil life activity and health (you are welcome to take a knitted scarf home with you if you would like to do this in your own time). In the lab you’ll get to look at soil life from previously buried scarves under the microscopes and talk about how to implement changes to protect and care for our soils for sustainable soil biodiversity in our own environments.