SPIN-FERT at Earth Day in Torino: Soil, Memory, and Collective Awareness

Torino, Italy

On Saturday, April 25, SPIN-FERT joined the celebrations of Giornata della Terra in Torino, hosted in the beautiful Royal Palace of Turin Gardens. Organised around Earth Day (April 22), the event brought together citizens, science, and sustainability in the heart of the city.

As part of the programme, we presented Breath of Soil – Memory Nexus, an art–science activity that invited participants to reflect on their personal connections to soil through memory and sensory experience. The response was remarkable: in just a few hours, we collected a rich constellation of “Memories,” demonstrating how deeply soil resonates across individual and collective narratives.

🌿 At the same time, we engaged visitors in discussions on the importance of peat-free and peat-reduced growing substrates, highlighting their role in protecting biodiversity and promoting sustainable resource use—key objectives of the SPIN-FERT project.

🧬 The collected memories will now be transformed into a new RNA-based artistic structure, soon to be shared on our website—bridging science, art, and lived experience in a truly transdisciplinary form.

✨ Thank you to everyone who joined us in Torino and contributed their memories!

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