Project Brief

Landlife's soil inversion concept is an elegant approach to landscape change of national significance that does break new ground.

Objectives

• To raise awareness of a potential better way of doing things.
  
  
• To establish the validity of the concept of soil inversion.
  
  
• To adapt working practices through new thinking to create a better environment for the future.
  
  

Year One

• Outline the concept of soil inversion with clarity and honesty - establish a discussion network with major agencies
  
  
• Research and agree practical steps to take the project forward
  
  
• Identify barriers (e.g. subsoil mapping and archaeological concerns) consider simple approaches to overcoming obstacles.
  
  
• Use Landlife's Woodland Wildflower Project to raise awareness with communities nationally.

Year Two

• Demonstrate Actions to prepare sites and involve communities in sourcing seed locally where possible.
  
  
• Arrange demonstrations of subsoil inversion with appropriate equipment.
  
  
• Establish record and interpret sites with help of partner groups.

Year Three

• Confirm carbon position.
  
  
• Record and monitor sites and publish findings, peer group assessment.
  
  
• Promotion through the woodland wildflowers project and Eden Project.