Generation Soil CIC

01/07/2025

RESONATING FIELDS: SOUNDS OF THE SOIL

Stumble upon us at Groundswell in area DF H42, tucked away in a teepee in the woods…

Soil sounds will be playing at all times but please join us at:

9:30am and 3:30pm on Wednesday 2nd July

10:30am on Thursday 3rd July

Step into the hidden world beneath your feet in this interactive soil sound installation.

Resonating Fields invites you to listen to real bioacoustic recordings from around the UK.

These recordings capture the vibrations and soundscapes of soil organisms, bringing attention to the unseen layers of life.

Explore how this low-tech, low-invasive method offers new ways to potentially understand, relate to and monitor soil, biodiversity, and vitality.

This interactive installation provides a sensory window into how we can tune in to soil ecosystems and reimagine our relationship with the land.

30/06/2025

🪴 BRING PLANTS, BRING RECORDS, BRING GOOD VIBES 🪴

are hosting us on SUNDAY SIXTH JULY for…

🚨 A PLANT SWAP FUNDRAISING EXTRAVAGANZA 🚨

Come along for live vine-yls 🌿, beverages, and good vibes. Bring along anything planty to swap with others. Think houseplants, cuttings, plug plants… the worlds your oysterplant 😎

We are using any and all proceeds to help us launch a two acre food forest market garden for Bristol 🌳

Come down to the Wiper and True Barrel Store on York Street in St Werberghs from twelve noon til eight in the evening 🫶🏼

There’ll be a record player so bring any planty records you’ve got… I’ll be bringing Mother Earth’s Plantasia by Mort Garson and The Secret Life of Plants by Stevie Wonder 🌱

🪱 GET SOILY WITH SARAH TONIN 🪱

SARAH TONIN have wormed themselves in to the lineup at the Wiper and True Barrel Store to help strengthen our interconnectedness through the mycelial network. Get dirty with them as they ditch their muddy sounds to serenade you with an acoustic set so good you’ll simply soil yourselves.

SARAH TONIN FACTS:

Did you know that healthy living soil contains a microbe called Mycobacterium vaccae. This helps to boost feel good chemicals in the brain. Come for a fun lil sparkle to finish your weekend with plenty of soily tunes and the opportunity get yer hands in some of our soil

💩 BE THERE OR BE COMPOSTED 💩

12/05/2025

How many of you got into making sourdough bread during lockdown?

Did you know that making sourdough bread is similar to making compost?

It requires time, care, and the right microbes.

At first glance, a pile of food waste might appear to be just that – waste.

However, something magical occurs with the right balance of ingredients, moisture, air, and a bit of patience.

Just as flour and water become a bubbling sourdough starter, food ‘waste’ and wood chips transform into compost full of microorganisms that nourish our soil, cultivate our food, and support healthy ecosystems.

Much like baking bread, composting is part science, part art, and inherently human.

It connects us to the natural cycles that modern life often conceals.

In an era of climate crisis, food insecurity, and soil degradation, composting is not just a waste solution – it’s a climate solution.

Let’s treat our food scraps with the same respect we extend to our sourdough starters.

Because beneath every compost heap is the silent work of microbes, fungi, and worms… building the foundation for our future.

16/04/2025

🚨 GET INVOLVED 🚨

Are you passionate about food system transformation?

If you are, Generation Soil would love to hear from you.

There are various ways to get involved with us, from helping to spread the word on social media to fundraising or assisting with our admin and finances.

You might even consider joining the Generation Soil board.

We’re growing from the ground up, so we’d love to welcome your talents and hear your thoughts.

Click the link in bio to register your interest 🌱

Are you passionate about food system transformation? If so, you’re not alone and Generation Soil CIC would love to hear from you. We're building a movement rooted in community, regeneration, and nature-led solutions to address the environmental and social challenges of our current food system. Whe...

15/04/2025

A growing movement of local initiatives to tackle the city’s food waste and turn it into nutrient-rich compost was reported by Bristol Good Food 2030 🥔🍌🥦

“In Bristol, we generate around 48,000 tonnes of food waste every year, most of which is processed in anaerobic digesters or energy-from-waste plants. Such technology means that food waste is kept out of landfill, but its potential to become nutrient-dense soil is lost”. Hannah Shepherd.

The benefits of composting at home include less waste, permaculture principles of using what’s on site, saving money, high quality soil. The benefits of composting increase at a greater scale when composting for the community. Imagine a circular food system 🔄 with local composting, working with nature and giving back to the land with composted nutrient-rich soil. The way nature intended and has existed for millions of years!

Local initiatives leading the way include Generation Soil CIC Bristol Living Soil Heart of BS13’s ‘Closed Loop Club’ who also offer education and training about the benefits of composting and how we can all get involved.

“In Bristol, we’re lucky to have separate waste food collection by the council, meaning the majority of our waste food stays out of landfill sites. But rather than using it to create living soil and cycle it back into the growing cycle, this food waste is processed.” Bristol Living Soil.

“The food system is a mess, but we can fix it. Urbanisation and intensive farming have damaged the foundation of life on Earth - soil. This is negatively impacting human health, the quantity of nutrients in our food, and nature.” Generation Soil.

Learn more about this article, healthy soil and chemical free gardening and food growing:
https://www.avonwildlifetrust.org.uk/team-wilder-chemical-free-gardening-and-food-growing