SAFE - Fit for the Future

The SAFE project aims to make our soils healthier and, in doing so, protect nature, people, and our climate in a sustainable way. Healthy soils are very important: they store water, provide nutrients for plants, store carbon, and help prevent floods and droughts. But today, many soils are damaged by farming, cities, or industry. The project wants to show how we can restore soil fertility and protect the climate at the same time. To do this, SAFE is creating an inviting outdoor learning and teaching space that is free for everyone to visit. Here, people can experience with all their senses how to care for soils in a sustainable way, how to adapt forests to climate change, and how to encourage more biodiversity. There will be different interactive stations: a learning path for soil health, a Forest of the Future, areas that promote biodiversity, raised garden beds, beehives, and a relaxation zone with berries and fruits to pluck and eat. Everyone should be able to understand how practical solutions, like using biochar in the soil, actually work. Along these stations, SAFE is developing new teaching and learning activities for children, young people, and adults. This way, everyone can learn why healthy soils matter, what they can do themselves, and how to use and share their knowledge. Its important that everyone can take part no matter their age, gender, or background. The goal is for local people to get involved, expand their knowledge, and pass it on. This should help inspire a shift in thinking: away from short-term decisions, towards making choices that are sustainable in everyday life. Through shared events, guided tours, workshops, and projects, a strong network will grow. SAFE wants to be a place where research, education, business, and above all, people come together to work on practical solutions for using resources responsibly and teaching others how to do the same. In the long term, SAFE hopes to become a role model for other regions, showing how to care for nature and resources responsibly for a future worth living for everyone.