About the IUSS Congress Logo
The logo is a montage of Australian colours and
design depicting the four divisions of the congress, being soils in
space and time, soil properties and processes, soil use and management
and the role of soils in sustaining society and the environment.
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Our logo is a montage of Australian colours and
design. It represents the four divisions of the congress, Soils in
space and time, soil properties and processes, soil use and management,
and the role of soil in sustaining society and the environment.
It's just as much about soils as it is about the people who inhabit and manage them across Australia.
Division 1 - Soils in space and
time, is represented by a multi-coloured stylised portrait of a soils map
(top left hand corner). We use maps to describe visually how soils are
distributed in our landscape, and also to build a picture of how time
has influenced the structure of the landscape and what we see today.
In parallel this division will focus on the events of the past,
present, and future which influence our soils and their expression
across the landscape.
Division 2 - Soil properties
and processes segment (top right hand corner), tells a story about how
the soil has developed from its former life as rock somewhere in the
landscape. The different colours in the profile and distinct layers
can give us clues about its unique properties and an insight into how
the layers formed, whether it be directly from rock many thousands of
years ago or by movement of the landscape not so long ago in geological
time. The key to soil solutions for the 21st century lies largely in
understanding soil's unique properties and the processes which formed
them in this changing world.
Division 3 - Soil use and
management segment (bottom left hand corner) represents a ploughshare,
specifically the cutting or leading edge of a mouldboard which closely
follows the coulter (one or more ground-breaking spikes) when
ploughing. It is often used to symbolise creative tools that benefit
mankind. For us as represented in this congress, the ploughshare
transports a simple and basic, yet positive connotation of sustainable
soils management and use.
Division 4 - Role of soil in
sustaining society and the environment segment (bottom right hand
corner) depicts a backdrop of a undisturbed rugged mountainscape on
which lies a stylised cityscape representing the enmeshed and
intertwined existence of society in our changing world. As world
populations increase and technology changes we will need to be
thoughtful about the role soils retain in giving life and providing the
basic foundations for life (through food) and society (as foundations
for buildings and roads).
