This event will be held in Lab E1.52 on the 2nd floor of the O’Brien Centre for Science, Belfield
10:30am – 1:00pm (with 30 min break included)
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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.
Jess is a Co-Director of Fibreshed Ireland – this is based on the soil-to-soil model, meaning that any textiles produced are grown from a biodiversity promoting, carbon farming approach and can be returned to the soil through organic material applications once a textile is composted at the end of its useful life. The Soil Your Scarf project highlights the use of compostable fibres by using 100% Irish wool while educating about the precious nature of our degraded soils and how we can better care for them.
