Expand citizen science projects
Collaborations & Partnerships
Common to soil LLs
The PREPSOIL Business Model Canvas (BMC) for Living Labs (LLs) & Lighthouses (LHs) in the Mission Soil is a tailor-made tool that considers the specificities of Soil LLs and LHs to support and inspire these initiatives to find a strategy for their long-term sustainability. [read more]
To achieve this, the PREPSOIL BMC offers practical examples based on different exercises conducted in the PREPSOIL project. These examples can be found below and can be filtered according to different soil uses (agriculture, forestry, (post-)industrial, and (peri-)urban), as well as different elements, and spheres of intervention within each of the elements.
These examples are to serve as guidance and inspiration for the design of Business Models for Soil LLs, acknowledging the uniqueness of each of them in terms of the ambition, capacities, and context in which the LL operates.
For more information on the BMC methodology please see PREPSOIL Report on LL/LH business model plans (D4.2)
For a step-by-step guide on how to use the BMC see Business Model Canvas for Soil Living Labs and Lighthouses: A guide for users
Download your working copy of the BMC here
More discussions with stakeholders of different nature on how tools can be improved from a soil point of view
Collaborations & Partnerships
Common to soil LLs
Foster collaboration between landowners, managers and researchers
Collaborations & Partnerships
Common to soil LLs
Support experiments under real-life conditions in field experiments on research field stations and lighthouse farms
Research & Development
Agricultural land use type
Initiate and support focused scientific work in controlled laboratories and field experiments
Research & Development
Agricultural land use type
On farm step by step experimental set ups which include nature-based solutions, integrating mixed production systems like cover crops, no till, diversity over and underground, grazing strategies, holistic approaches, agroforestry, etc.
Research & Development
Agricultural land use type
Develop business models for farmers willing to apply new ways for improving soil health
Research & Development
Agricultural land use type
Pilot education projects to reconnect farmers and citizens or to educate independent / critical farmers
Education & Training
Agricultural land use type
Establish demo farms with organic / regenerative agriculture to the spread use of techniques across farmer community and raise citizens awareness of sustainable production issues by allowing them to visit demo farms
Education & Training
Agricultural land use type
Share new insights about soil mechanisms in favour of agroecology to conservative researchers and policy-makers
Comms & Dissemination
Agricultural land use type
Share knowledge about resilience when talking about agroecology to all sectors
Comms & Dissemination
Agricultural land use type
Integrate governmental regulators in the co-design process to design more socio-economically sustainable solutions and overcome regulatory barriers
Collaborations & Partnerships
Agricultural land use type