Hello, Earlier in the week we sent out emails to people who had expressed an interest in SoilHack or who we thought may be interested. If you didnt receive it you may like to check your email SPAM folder (apparently some people found our mail there) or have a look at the SoilHack wiki which also explains what is going on with SoilHack. http://farmhack.org/wiki/soilhack-wiki Here is our current list of soil related events in the UK or available over the internet, a few of them you may recognize from the wiki. If you have any more please share them by replying to this mail. FREE 4 week online course on soil science started Mon 6th July - but you could jump in now and catch up https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/soils Soil Culture at Create, Bristol http://www.touchstonecollaborations.com/soil-culture-create - art exhibition about soils, with free events on Saturdays, running until 22nd August http://www.touchstonecollaborations.com/soil-culture-create/ Soil Biodiversity: How to Explore and Utilise Life in Soils? Event date: Thursday, July 16, 2015 Event venue: Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Hertfordshire UK Exploring the challenges and advances in the study of soil microbes, the interactions between plants and soil, and how findings can be used to benefit humans and the environment. http://www.rothamsted.ac.uk/events/soil-biodiversity Regenerative Agriculture courses with Jairo Restrepo Ragman's Lane Farm, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire. http://www.ragmans.co.uk/home/news Three courses, running between July 18th-25th: one 5 day, two one day, including a more affordable one http://www.ragmans.co.uk/learn_with_us/ragmans_courses/applied_agroecology_workshop_id_59/ Building UK Soils with the Soil Association Wednesday 22 July 2015, 2pm-3.20pm (followed by refreshments) Biomedical Science Conference Room, Alfred Denny Building, The University of Sheffield http://grantham.sheffield.ac.uk/soil-association/ Soil Matters Panel Breakfast at The Royal Welsh Agricultural Show 2015 22 July 8.30am 11am Royal Welsh Showground All Royal Welsh Show attendees are welcome to attend this free event. You do not need to register, but you will need to purchase a ticket to the Show to access the venue. http://www.fao.org/soils-2015/events/detail/en/c/296945/ Optimising Output: Soil & Grass 28 July 2015 14:00 17:00 Nethy Bridge near Grantown-on-Spey A practical afternoon on farm looking at soil, grassland and nutrient management for optimum productivity and utilisation. Booking is required as spaces are limited http://www.soilassociation.org/scotland/newsandevents/articleid/8055/optimising-output-soil-grass Free Webinar: Using Biochar as a Tool for Restoration! Tuesday July 28, 2015 Time: 12 pm 1 pm MST (thats 7 pm and 8 pm UK time) Chris Peltz, Soil Scientist and Darren McAvoy, USU Forestry Extension Associate http://www.mail-archive.com/ecolog-l@listserv.umd.edu/msg40140.html Soil Resilience and Global Change - SEESOIL Event Wednesday, September 9, 2015 Forest Research, Alice Holt, Surrey UK http://soils.org.uk/event/519 Public Lecture (with video streaming) Prof. Jane Rickson of Cranfield University 11 November 2015 http://nrn-lcee.ac.uk/future-lectures.php.en World Soil Day 5 December https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Year_of_Soil Also this free presentation/networking event in Brussels may be of interest "SmartSOIL: Sustainable soil management aimed at reducing threats to soils under climate change" 30 September 2015 http://smartsoil.eu/smartsoil-final-conference-30-sept-2015/ There area also more international events listed at http://soils.org.uk/calendar/month and http://www.fao.org/soils-2015/events/en/ Best Darren _______________________________________________ soilhack-announce mailing list soilhack-announce@lists.ourproject.org https://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/soilhack-announce