Fifty secondary school teams from Castelló take part in the "Vigilantes del suelo" project of the Ibercivis Foundation with the UJI as ambassador



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## Fifty secondary school teams from Castelló take part in the "Vigilantes del suelo" project of the Ibercivis Foundation with the UJI as ambassador

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Participation includes secondary schools in Burriana, Borriol, Onda, Sagunto, Castelló de la Plana, Nules, Torreblanca, Benicàssim, Segorbe, Benicarló, L'Alcora, Almassora, Atzaneta, Vilafranca, Betxí and Vila-real.

The Science Outreach and Citizen Science Unit of the Universitat Jaume I of Castelló has distributed more than fifty kits to centres throughout the province that will participate in the collection of samples of the "Vigilantes del suelo" [Soil Watchers] project, a citizen science initiative of the Ibercivis Foundation and the Centre for Agri-Food Research and Technology of Aragon, of which the Universitat Jaume I is an ambassador again in the territory of Castelló.

The staff of the Scientific Dissemination and Citizen Science Unit, coordinated by Professor Lluís Martínez, has distributed the work kits, consisting of hydrogen peroxide, a cylinder, a mallet, a shovel and three pH indicators, in centres in Burriana during the months of December and January, Borriol, Onda, Sagunto, Castelló de la Plana, Nules, Torreblanca, Benicasim, Segorbe, Benicarló, L'Alcora, Almassora, Atzeneta, Villafranca, Betxí and Vila-real, many of which have participated in an explanatory workshop held at the UJI yesterday afternoon with Ibercivis staff.

The workshop taught participants about conserving soil health for a sustainable future, including how to collect samples and share data for analysis. This was the second time the Universitat Jaume I of Castelló acted as an ambassador for the Ibercivis Foundation in a citizen science project. In the first project, participants studied air quality by caring for a strawberry plant for three months and analyzing the presence of heavy metals in its leaves.

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The Soil Watchers project is looking for citizens to collect samples of soil from all over Spain. Soil is a mixture of minerals, air, water and organic matter, and is one of the most important natural resources on the planet. When soil is healthy, it can support plants, animals, and humans, and can even increase its resilience to climate change.

The project participants will collect soil samples from their surroundings and analyse them to determine their health. Diagnosis indicators include soil cover index, compaction, water infiltration capacity, pH, macrofauna diversity, and the presence of earthworms and organic matter. The results will be used to create a national map.

The project has opened up participation to schools from secondary level upwards but also foresees data collection in rural areas and seeks the participation of an adult audience, including senior citizens. It has an App, Geonity, which allows the results obtained to be included and the place analysed to be geopositioned.

The data collected will contribute to the creation of a national map showing soil health in Spain, which will be available to everyone. This map will provide data not only to the scientific community, but also to the general public. In this way, the project will fulfil its goal of empowering citizens to become more involved in making more sustainable social and political decisions in their living environments.

"Soil watchers" is coordinated by the Ibercivis Foundation and the Centre for Agri-Food Research and Technology of Aragon (CITA), with the collaboration of the Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology (FECYT) of the Ministry of Science and Innovation. Ibercivis brings its experience in citizen science projects, ensuring active participation with social impact, and CITA leads the scientific part, developing the methodology and carrying out the analysis of the results. And it allows them to work together to raise awareness of the importance of soil: a natural, non-renewable resource, essential for life on Earth and often underestimated.

More information: <https://vigilantesdelsuelo.es>

**Photographs**: Àlex Pérez and Carles Garcia

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