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Teaching for Sustainability: Soil Literacy & Nature-Based Solutions in Teacher Training – Scientix® Policy Discussion
In November 2025, the Scientix Ministries of Education STEM Working Group convened online to examine how STEM education systems across Europe can strengthen sustainability learning through two emerging areas: soil literacy and nature-based solutions (NBS).
The session presented outputs and opportunities from two EU-funded initiatives supported by Scientix – LOESS and NBS Academy – and discussed how these can be integrated into national curricula, teacher training and wider educational ecosystems. Participants explored how the pedagogical and policy-oriented outputs of the two projects can support national systems to move beyond abstract environmental awareness towards experiential, inquiry-based and contextually grounded sustainability education.
We thank the STEM Representatives from the Ministries of Education of Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Flanders (Belgium), France, Luxembourg, Malta, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland and Türkiye for their contributions.
Read the full summary here and discover how soil literacy and NBS are being introduced in STEM education to strengthen learning for sustainability.