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Soils – Delivering ecosystem services
Thursday 8 October 2009
SCI, London, UK
Organised by SCI’s Agriculture & Environment Group
in association with the Institute of Professional Soil
Scientists (IPSS)
Presentations from this conference can be found on the SCI website.
Further details
Guardian online forum
IPSS members Malcolm Reeve and Bruce Lascelles will be joining the expert panel for the Guardian online forum - Science [So what? So everything] on Thursday 16th July from 12 pm – 3pm.
The aim of the event is to promote the varied and exciting careers available in science and has been set up in conjunction with the department for Business, Innovation and Skill’s Science [So what? So everything] campaign.
To take part in the forum follow this link
BSSS and IPSS are sponsoring Cranfield Environment open day
for more information see
http://www.cranfield.ac.uk/alumni/events/page39194.jsp
BSSS/IPSS Adminstrator and Policy officer
The Institute is pleased to announce that Dr Kathryn Allton will take up the post of Administrator and Policy Officer for BSSS and IPSS from 6th April 2009. Kathryn is currently a post-doc at Queen Mary College, London. Previously she studied for her PhD at Cranfield, working with Jane Rickman, Karl Ritz and Jim Harris. The new BSSS-IPSS office will be based at Cranfield; contact details (e-mail, post, telephone) will be available soon. Kathryn will work alongside Jim Gauld for a month or two as she learns the ropes.
EA Soil Strategy
Environment Agency recently launched a new Soil Strategy. Entitled ‘Soil: a precious resource', this strategy is aimed at protecting, managing and restoring soil. The strategy highlights the EA's priorities for soil and the actions they will take. The strategy was launched at the IPSS Conference 2007 'Soil and Water Protection through Integrated Catchment Management', held in mid-October at the SCI, London.
IPSS Practitioner Survey
Full details of the IPSS Practitioner survey completed by Rob Askew are now available. Rob has compiled a full analysis of the responses and a summary. If you have any questions or comments on the survey, please email Rob Askew
Soil Net project
After two years, the Soil-Net project, run by Cranfield University, is coming to an end. The aim of this project was to redress the poor representation of soil science and the functions of soil in the curriculum and in the classroom. A free website has been developed, providing teachers and students (Key Stage 1-4, ages 5-16 ) extensive curriculum-based information about soil . The site includes a great deal of information, including a range of related educational resources, from quizzes and games, to factual information sheets and case studies. The site also includes a teachers area setting out how the resources can be used in the classroom to meet different curriculum requirements. If you have a links section to your website it would be great if you could add a link to this fantastic resource!
Please contact Steve Hallett for further information
Soils - Moving up the Agenda
IPSS Conference 2006
University of Leeds
Presentations given at the IPSS conference in September can be viewed by
following the links below
‘Chartered Scientists – Science Council’s Vision for the Future’, Kristy MacDonald - Science Council;
‘Soils- Moving Up the Agenda’, Sharon Ellis
- Defra Soils Team;
‘Soil Quality Indicators’, Declan Baraclough - ADAS;
'Pedological Soil Survey – Back in Vogue? ’, Malcolm Reeve - Land Research Associates;
‘Utility of Agricultural Land Classification Data’, Rob Askew - Edafos
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