“Our Soil” – Soil Justice Program
Funded by a National Science Foundation grant, Our Soil involves community-engaged environmental research (“citizen science”). The Our Soil / Nuestros Suelos teams have been developing a DIY Community Soil Study Toolkit to test soils for three heavy metals (lead, arsenic, and copper) that may be found in urban soils. In addition to the research being done throughout Summer 2023 in North Troy, work is also being done in tandem with partners at a sister site in Arica, Chile, under the lead of Dr. Sebastian Ureta.
Research with The Sanctuary for Independent Media includes a series of hands-on workshops with North Troy neighborhood residents, to teach how to sample and analyze soil.
Check out the “Our Soil” Comic Book here!