OUR INTENTION
Healthy Soil,
Healthy Communities.
Living Soil Asia is part of the Foodscape Collective ecosystem and has emerged from the work we have been doing through the Soil Regeneration Project.
VISION
A balanced ecosystem built on equity, care and regenerative ways of being.
MISSION
Living Soil Asia builds knowledge and awareness towards regenerative practices and processes, making it accessible and attainable in Singapore.
Our Values | What We Stand For
Values-Focused
We are here to express and act on our values
as part of our livelihood.
Care-Based & Person-First
We practice a culture of care for everyone we work with and how we interact with each person.
Community-Oriented
We believe that community is essential, and we seek to work together as a whole organism while acknowledging each person’s unique contributions.
Inclusive & Diverse
We welcome diverse and plural perspectives that can be a source of resilience in our complex world.
Regenerative & Abundant
We embrace an abundant mindset that embodies regenerative ways of living.
Intersectional & Intercultural
We engage in intersectional thinking and
seek intercultural collaborations.
Meet The Team
ADITI PUNJ SOOD
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Aditi’s journey in Anthropology led to a deep exploration of food and agriculture. She has worked on farms since 2012, spanning the US, India and Singapore.
She’s grown food in the ground and greenhouses, on rooftops and vertical racks. A big believer in food and farming as equalizers, Aditi has been teaching and designing engagement programs on environmental education for 10 years.
Most recently, she’s written a curriculum for the Living Soil Asia, with the intention of directing conversations from silos to soils about social-soil communities.
Connect:LinkedIn
VIVIAN LEE
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Vivian’s practice dwells at the intersection of art, ecology and well-being, focussing on creating intentional spaces for regeneration and healing for oneself, community and the planet. She enjoys bringing people together to explore meaningful ways of being. Inspired by her experience with the Transition Town community while serving as a yoga instructor in Los Angeles, California, she nurtures communities for regeneration and resilience.
Perpetually tuning in to Nature for guidance, Vivian co-created Garden of L.E.A.H. - a conscious-living space in Chiang Mai, where she holds space for gardening, natural building, mindful eating and co-living. Back in Singapore since 2020, she continues to heart-craft spaces for well-being with her capacity-building work with Living Soil Asia and as a trauma-aware somatic therapist at Sol Therapy.
Connect:LinkedIn
TOH HANJING
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Han Jing is a soil lover and a regenerative gardener. Having witnessed the issues of our food system, she is driven to make a difference by being the change she wants to see.
At Living Soil Asia, she takes on a duo role as a co-researcher on the ground and a facilitator for the education pod.
Han Jing also founded Little Green Chef, where she guides individuals to grow, eat and trash consciously.
She was also recently featured in a CNA Documentary, Growing Wild. As an educator at heart, Han Jing believes that no one is too young or too old to make a positive difference on this Earth.
Supporting Team
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Megan finds herself with different feet in different topics and fields — in performance, experimental writing, literature and in gardens. Seemingly unrelated, but all connected through love for food and care for nature and humans.
She lends her hands to Living Soil Asia by checking in with gardeners who practise regeneration, helping out with some gardening work and documenting insights and methods by them.
Connect:Website
MEGAN SIN
ANNE CHEW
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Inspired and nourished by her various encounters with the land, Anne is happy to support the team’s vision and mission and is aligned with what they stand for.
She works as part of a team to assist with curriculum review processes, collecting and organizing data for research and educational projects, reviewing budgets and timelines, and various day-to-day administrative and operational support.
Like a butterfly, Anne is drawn to nature, plants and gardens and believes in pollinating positivity and empathy, kindness and a sense of curiosity towards life and all living beings.
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A visual documentarian and bridge-woman of the natural and digital world.
Ruth is known to be the ‘eye of the heart’ when it comes to supporting the visions and dreams of like-minded people and organisations whose work centers around communing intentionally with care and the regeneration of body, being, life, and land—within and without. Her niche is working with sense-sitive souls.
Within Living Soil Asia, she listens intently to the underlying intentions that guide our team's paths, translating insights into strategic and inspiring visual and written languages that come alive on our communication platforms.
Connect:
Slow Ground
The Botanical Plate
RUTH SCHOOLING
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Huiying Ng works through research, art and advocacy to develop an iterative practice of knowledge gathering and transmission.
In shared collaborative practice, since 2019, she has been developing the city-wide Soil Regeneration Project, a community-led action research process, and has been part of Singapore-based groups (Foodscape Collective, TANAH, and soft/WALL/studs).
She is now based at the Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society in Munich, Germany, as a doctoral researcher on the Volkswagen Foundation’s Freigeist project Environing Infrastructures, researching futures of agroecology with a view from Thailand.
HUIYING NG
LOTUS LIOW OI LIAN
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A passionate urban farmer and a keen learner who connects people in holistic gardening that practices the following 3Cs: Conscious of social and environmental well-being, Care to share experiences and food produce, and Creativity in reusing or sharing resources to make edible gardening cost, time and effort more efficient.
She enjoys hosting community cooking and food art programs with plants freshly harvested from edible gardens.
She co-curates programs with Foodscape Collective team members, The Nature Service Party - an experiential learning journey that inspires peoples' appreciation of nature, soil, ecology and food. She takes pride in conservation actions for Earth.
Partner With Us
Connect & Unearth, Together
We are always open to partnerships and collaborations to make the world a more beautiful place that our hearts know is possible. Reach out if what we do resonates with you, for potential work together, or simply to connect and see what emerges!
Become a Community Partner
We are seeking venue and community partners to expand on and amplify the work that we do. If our values and practices resonate with you, do reach out!