Certificate of Achievement
has completed the following course:
Citizen Science: Living Soils, Growing Food
University of Dundee and GROW Observatory
This course explored current issues in the global food system and introduced learners to food growing techniques that can help reduce soil degradation and regenerate soils and ecosystems. Participants were able to learn to design a robust research experiment and about participatory governance.
3 weeks, 3 hours per week
Professor Mel Woods
Chair in Creative Intelligence
University of Dundee
Transcript
Learning outcomes
- Debate the challenges facing global food and farming systems and potential solutions
- Identify regenerative practices that you could implement in your growing site, and learn how to evaluate them to improve your growing
- Describe key research principles and their importance in designing robust growing experiments for your garden and your community
- Become familiar with different types of soil nutrients and how to balance them in your soil
- Reflect on how to move from data to positive action and take part in participatory governance opportunities
- Explore key approaches to food growing that can ameliorate soil degradation and regenerate soils and ecosystems
Syllabus
- Challenges and opportunities facing global food systems
- Citizen Science and Fieldwork
- The GROW Observatory
- Regenerative practices for food growers - exploring the effectiveness of approaches like mulching, no dig, cover crops, creating wildlife friendly areas and more
- Identifying the steps to design your own robust research experiments to investigate the effectiveness of regenerative practices in your growing site
Issued on 9th June 2019
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