Toulouse. Soil discovery day at the Gardens of the Museum
On the occasion of World Soil Day, the Gardens of the Museum are organizing discovery and awareness-raising activities for the general public, this Sunday, December 4.
They are a day early. world soil day was established by the United Nations on December 5 of each year. Corn the Gardens of the Museum organize a day of soil discovery this Sunday, December 4, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
This is an event in partnership with the French Association for Soil Studies (Afes). She has planned a six-day program in Toulouse. This Sunday, the general public is invited to Borderouge in the Gardens of the Museum for exchange, observe and learn about soils.
” Soils are complex ecosystems that use the amazing functions of produce, store, transform and recycle the essentials we all need and which are transferred from soil to plants and then to animals and the wider environment “, explains the Afès.
Activities in the Gardens of the Museum
This awareness day is punctuated by different activities. It is open to the whole family, with, for example, games and educational workshopsground school.
others soil observation discovery workshops are led by Afes, at 11 a.m. and 4 p.m., at the Gardens of the Museum gardening school. The first, “Fertile soils, secret lives”, was conceived at the initiative of the Senate to raise awareness among the general public of the issues of knowledge and preservation of soil resources. It was exhibited for the first time in the Orangerie of the Luxembourg Gardens in 2014, and has since been enriched.
The second exhibition is presented this Sunday. These are photographs by Philippe Lebeaux. They will grant a glance on these teemings of life which will follow their course under the feet of the Man, in the greatest ignorance of this one.