World Soil Day

  Three different attempts to services and evaluation of urban soils will be presented: 1. " Does city need the soils? " Prof. Dr. Katarzyna Tokarczyk-Dorociak. 2. " Urban soils under lens: the presence of microplastics and its impact on plants and humans " Prof. Dr. Agnieszka Medynska-Juraszek 3. " Arthropods as an indicator of ecological state of the urban soils " Prof. Dr. Iwona Gruss. Zdrowe gleby dla zdrowych miast . Poland (Poland), 08/12/2025 - 08/12/2025.

Cities generate about 70% of global waste. Improving how cities manage waste can directly benefit urban soils. When organic materials are safely separated and processed into compost, biochar , or biowaste through black soldier fly , and then applied to perennials or urban farms, they return nutrients back to the soils and support urban farming and healthier urban soils. FAO’s Green Cities Initiative (GCI), which aims to build vibrant, inclusive and resilient places that are good for people and nature. Redesigning cities to be truly sustainable requires reimagining how we manage our spaces, produce our food and use our resources. This transformation can start with one fundamental element: healthy soils.