Join the NYC Urban Soils Institute for another Soil Testing Day at Governors Island! No need to register anywhere - simply bring your soil to us (maximum 3 bags per person) to Swale House (Building 15) in the Nolan Park Area of Governors Island from 12 noon - 4 pm on Saturday, June 26th to get it screened for heavy metals. Check out the flyer attached for more details on how to prepare your samples and find out why soil testing is important. Send it to your friends as well!

+ Wetlands Porch Chat, 4-6pm

Join interdisciplinary artist and 2021 Project: Soils Virtual Resident Simone Johnson, ecological engineer Paul Mankiewicz and soil scientist Donald Parizek
Swale House, Governors Island, NYC
Saturday, June 26 4:00pm-6:00pm 

We’ll be at Swale House on Governors Island for a Porch Chat about 

•soil life
•the relationship between water and soil, 
•wetland soils 
•the work of Urban Soils Institute (USI) overall
•USI's Artist Extension, and how it all relates to #TendingtheEdge, a collaboration between Works on Water, Culture Push & the Department of City Planning
•and more! 

This Porch Chat is organized and presented by USI and Blue Planet Free School, with thanks to #TendingtheEdge 

worksonwater.org

@blueplanetfreeschool

Photos by Simone Johnson: Wetlands I've been to; Yucca plant at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, Highbush Blueberries I found in a swamp last summer in upstate, NY; photo of Graniteville Wetlands in Staten Island, which are slated to have a BJs big box store built on the land soon. 

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Dirtball Preview! 
10-4 at Swale's Urban Farm 

Get a sneak peak at Kosmologym's Dirtball court ahead of the official opening in July. Dirtball is a re-imagined basketball court where humans, plants, animals, minerals and microorganisms can play together to nurture soil and increase its carbon sequestration. Kosmologym is a Project: Soils resident for the summer of 2021.