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Sounding Soil – healthy soil makes noise

Soils that are alive make sounds – and soils that are cultivated in different ways sound different from one another. The research and art project “Sounding Soil” makes these sounds audible. Biovision uses “Sounding Soil” to sensitise the population, students, farmers and decision makers about sustainably managing soils.

Anna Schöpfer explains what the sound of Swiss soil tells us

Marcus Maeder, artist and researcher shows how to capture the sound

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Project country:
Switzerland
Participants:
School pupils
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Project Officer:
Franziska Fischer
Marilena Schumann
Project phase:
2022-2023
Partner organizations:

Zurich University of the Arts ZHdK
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich ETHZ
Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL
National Soil Monitoring Network NABO
Research Institute of Organic Agriculture FiBL

The project addresses the following SDGs from UN Agenda 2030:
Susanne Cetkovic hört in ihrem Garten Bodentöne ab.
"The sounds I now hear from my soil are living proof that all these years without poison—but full of manual labour, compost and mulch—have been worthwhile."
Susanne Cetkovic, Participant of the Citizen Science project for the collection of soil recordings

Facts and figures about the project

More than
People were able to borrow a ground microphone and listen to the ground during the “Listen to the ground” hands-on event
At more than
locations, visitors were able to learn more about soil and soil animals with workshops, listening stations and sound installations

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