Soil Collection Status Chart

Common Ground 191 is a large scale art project by artist Gary Simpson.  His vision involves creating a large series of 196 abstract panels created with a mixture of soil collected from 192 countries.

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1/18/12 Posted Journal Entry for Ethiopia: "The Common Ground of Cancer"
12/17/11 Posted special memoir "Out of Africa" about Zimbabwe
11/22/11 Add new Links under the Earth & Science category
10/26/11 Posted journal entry for Liechtenstein
10/26/11 Added Facebook link
10/26/11 Updated Links page
10/11/11 Posted photos of CommonGround 191 display at John Wayne Airport
09/28/11 Posted L.A. Times article
09/13/11 Posted photo of soil necklace (above)
09/13/11 Posted photos from recent soil collections in North Korea and China.
08/23/11 Journal entry for Libya posted
08/23/11 Master list of Soil Collection Volunteers posted
08/18/11 Kickstarter fundraising campaign successful.
08/03/11 Posted photos of Common Ground soil under microscope.
08/03/11 Article in Huffington Post about Common Ground 191 project.
07/19/11 Launched Kickstarter fundraising campaign!
05/18/11 See BBC's photo of Tahrir Square in Egypt during height of demonstrations
05/17/11 Posted Journal entries for Bhutan and Mauritania
05/17/11 Photos of soil at the Birthplace of Aphrodite (Venus) in Cyprus. View >
02/23/11 Collector Spotlight: Wossene Bowler, Ethiopia. Click here to view video
09/10/10 Added journal entries to Kazakhstan.
07/29/10 Added journal entries to Comoros and Madagascar
06/30/10 Equatorial Guinea was collected the week of 6/21/10. Click here for photos.
03/18/10 Added journal entry to Germany and Venezuela
11/05/09 News Release: INTERNATIONAL ‘SOIL ART’ FEATURED AT JOHN WAYNE AIRPORT
10/22/09 More US soil needed-FORM provided here
10/19/09 Be sure to check out BBC's World Challenge
09/21/09 Added pictures to Liechtenstein II
09/14/09 Added journal entry to Papua New Guinea
09/04/09 Added photos to East Timor
08/28/09 Added journal entry to Marshall Islands and Marshall Islands II
08/7/09 Added photo to Andorra.
Added photos to Trinidad and Tobago.
Added photos to Micronesia.
07/13/09 Added photo to Libya. Story to follow!
07/10/09 Added photos to Guinea-Bissau. Story to follow!
07/06/09 Updated Andorra Entry
06/26/09 Added Romanian Mysteries to the journal page.
06/22/09 Added Andorra Image
06/05/09 Added Kiro Collections in the following countries: Burundi II, Democratic Republic of Congo II, Kenya II, Rwanda II, and Uganda II
05/29/09 Added Moldova Journal
05/21/09 Added Rwanda Journal
03/11/09 Washington DC soil submitted! Check out the photo here.
01/30/09 We are now on Facebook! Add our page or add Gary Simpson as a friend! Facebook me!
01/15/09: Continuous redesign of navigation
11/24/08 Added reliefweb.org, humanrightsinitiative.org, humanrightswatch hrw.org, globalnetworkinitiative to link section

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