Practical Guidance for Sustainable Strategies
This toolbox is co-designed, validated and refined to accelerate the adoption, maturity, and optimise the operation of soil-related Living Lab and Lighthouse initiatives under different land use contexts. [read more]
By leveraging existing tools and resources from the PREPSOIL project, as well as output from external initiatives and other projects working within the Soil Mission, this toolbox aims to provide practical guidance that will enable Living Labs to effectively implement soil health initiatives.
To find results faster, filters can be used to identify specific tools and resources;
- Learning area: the area of focus of the tool or resource, as briefly described below. Each learning area has several criteria.
- Criteria: subcategory of learning areas. Criteria provide a more detailed structure when comparing Soil Health Living labs and Lighthouse initiatives.
- Type of content: the way in which information is provided. For example via reports, an interactive website, online tools, guides, etc.
- Current status: selection that shows which resources are more interesting for emerging living lab and lighthouse initiatives, or more mature living lab and lighthouse initiatives.
- Source: the name of the project or organisation in which the information has been developed.
Learning Areas
Strategy
The long-term & strategic aspects of a Living Lab initiative, such as multistakeholder participation, the orchestration role of the Living Lab, the business model approach & stability of the Living Lab.
Including information pertaining to Governance, Business Model, and Ecosystem & Collaboration.
Operations
The way an initiative manages its operations, including the experience of an initiative in running Living Lab projects, the human resources, and the necessary equipment & infrastructure of an initiative.
Including information pertaining to Human Resources, Operations, and Equipment & Infrastructure.
Openness
Openness of initiative by focusing on the partnerships, processes, feedback, and intellectual property (IP) protection.
Including information pertaining to Innovation Partnerships, Projects & Processes, and Ownership of Results.
Users & Reality
The ways in which collaboration with users takes place and the levels of engagement and participation, by focusing on the implementation of an iterative Living Lab process in real life contexts.
Including information pertaining to User-Centricity and Lifecycle & Real-Life Contexts.
Impact & Monitoring
How the initiative is monitoring its progress, and which impacts it is creating. The scalability of developed products/services/solutions by the Living Lab initiative.
Including information pertaining to Impact, Scale-Up, and Monitoring.
More elaborate information about the learning areas and criteria is described in the SOILL project. The resources collected in this toolbox relate to soil health in different environments.
When looking for information as an emerging Living Lab or Lighthouse initiative the “Webinar: The Living Lab essential - How to set up a Living Lab” is a good starting point to get familiar with the terms and conditions used for Living Lab and Lighthouse initiatives.
For inspiration on how other Living Lab and Lighthouse initiatives have taken up specific soil concerns together with community-led initiatives, examples of community of practice are given on the PREPSOIL website. Many more insights and activities, such as workshops or examples of best teaching practices, can be found on the Prepsoil TV.