Book of abstracts of Nature Based Solutions Summit

Book of abstracts of Nature Based Solutions Summit  Discussing Nature-Based Solutions for Sustainable Urban Development From 23rd to 24th of May 2024 the event NBS Summit Urban Edition  was a great success including intense debate and sharing knownledge in Porto. The event, which drew over 500 attendees, featured numerous international experts and leaders in urban sustainability, creating a platform for ...

BuGG Awards 2024

BuGG - Award 2024 Here are the winners of Germany Every year, the Bundesverband GebäudeGrün e.V. (BuGG) organises the BuGG Award in three categories: roof, façade and interior. Once again this year, all BuGG members were invited to submit the best pictures and a short description of their projects - or projects in which they were involved. A total of ...

Book about Living roofs

The french asscociation ADIVET published a new book about Living Roofs- Building with plants on a roof! Even if they come from the dawn of time with the gardens of Babylon, green roofs have been rediscoverd with the developement of flat roofs since the 20th century. Now supported by the law, they have begun to be included in planning texts. ...

Nature-Positive leadership is essential to transform economic systems

About GoNatutePositive! GoNaturePositive! is a collaborative initiative backed by the European Commission dedicated to accelerating awareness and transformative action towards a nature-positive economy among policymakers, investors, businesses and wider society. Our partners have come together to address key systemic challenges through research, demonstration and transformational leadership. The consortium GoNaturePositive! is coordinated by Trinity College Dublin and involves 20 partners across …

SoGreen Alliance sends letters of support for EU Nature Restoration Law

SoGreen Alliance sends letters of support for EU Nature Restoration Law Brussels, March 27th , 2024 The SoGreen Alliance, a cooperation of eight European associations of urban green professionals, has sent today letters of support for the EU Nature Restoration Law to the Belgian Presidency of the Council of the EU and to EU-Commissioner Sinkevičius. On Monday March 25th it ...

Scandinavian Green Roof Award 2022

Scandinavian Green Roof Award 2022 The Green Roof Award has been awarded annually by the Scandinavian Green Roof Institute since 2000 to the best green roof project in Scandinavia, on the initiative of the City of Malmö. Last week, there was an award ceremony for the Scandinavian Green Roof Award 2022. Extensive green roofs Winner of the Scandinavian Green Roof ...

The results of the Green Roof of 2023 competition in Czech Republic

The results of the Green Roof of 2023 competition in the Czech Republic The Green Roof of the Year competition has been following the situation on the green roof market in the Czech Republic for ten years. Fifteen objects entered in this year's competition and were visited by members of the expert jury in mid-June. The results of the competition were solemnly ...

World Green Infrastructure Congress WGIC 2023

The World Green Infrastructure Congress WGIC 2023 will take place from the 27th – 29th of June 2023 in Berlin (and online): 2 days of specialist congress plus 1 day of excursions. The congress preparations are in full swing, the main focus now is to complete the program and prepare the accompanying trade exhibition. Lectures/program With the greetings of the Federal …

New MOOC, October 2022 – Nature-based Urban Regeneration!

New MOOC - Nature-based Urban Regeneration! MOOC = Massiv Open Online Course The next Nature-based Urban Regeneration course is starting on the 3rd of October 2022 on edX. The course gathers the best practices of the proGIreg Living Labs and will introduce participants to collaborative design, implementation and evaluation of nature-based solutions (NbS) for urban renewal with local communities and shares knowledge ...