Festive event at the World Soil Day 2020
Loess soil – Soil of the Year 2021
For 15 years now, on the International Soil Day (5 December) the ‘Soil of the Year’ for the following year has been presented. This choice, which is made by the Soil of the Year Kuratorium, is intended to raise the public awareness of soil.
The Soil of the Year 2021 was presented one day earlier, on Friday 4 December 2020, at a festive event. This year, the event took place online. The event was organised by BGR and broadcast live on the internet.
The programme can be downloaded here (in German only):
| Welcome Dr. Ilke Borowski-Maaser, Moderator |
| Greetings Elisabeth Winkelmeier-Becker, Parliamentary State Secretary at the BMWi Download (in German only) |
| Greetings Prof. Dr. Ralph Watzel, President of the BGR Download (in German only) |
| Greetings Dr. Christian Ahl, Deputy Speaker for the Soil of the Year Kuratorium Download (in German only) |
| Music Simon & Jan "Liegt der Käfer auf dem Rücken" |
| Laudatio Prof. Dr. Tamás Harrach ‘The loess soil: What makes it the best arable site? Dynamics of soil quality during the history of use’ Presentation (in German only) |
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| Music Simon & Jan "Urlaub" |
| Film (WDR programme Quarks) Loess: the most fertile soil treasure |
Discussion ‘How do we maintain the fertility of loess soils?’ YouTube Video (in German only) | |
| Herr Joachim Lüpschen, Farmer, Onnau Estate (Kerpen) |
| Dr. Dipl.-Ing. agr. Gerhard Dumbeck, Recultivation (Kerpen) |
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| Prof. Dr. Tamás Harrach |
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| Music Simon & Jan "Hat sich nicht bewährt" |
| Presentations ‘Loess soil as part of the region: weighing up utilisation interests’ | |
| Prof. Dr. Jan Siemens, Justus Liebig University Giessen ‘Loess soil as part of the region: weighing up utilisation interests’ Presentation (in German only) |
| Dr. Elisabeth Benecke, TenneT TSO GmbH, Bayreuth „Weighing the interests of use: Soil as a protected good from the perspective of power grid expansion“ Presentation (in German only) |
Discussion ‘Loess soil – too good for ...?’ | |
| Prof. Dr. Christine Fürst, MLU Halle-Wittenberg |
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| Dr. Elisabeth Benecke, TenneT TSO GmbH, Bayreuth |
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| Prof. Dr. Jan Siemens, JLU Gießen |
| Prof. Dr. Thomas Himmelsbach, Head of department at BGR |
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| Closing words & music Dr. Ilke Borowski-Maaser, Moderatorin |
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| Simon & Jan "Halleluja" |
Image source unless otherwise stated: BGR/BILDKRAFTWERK/Bernd Lammel