Enhancing Environmental Education Through NBS

New publication Enhancing Environmental Education Through Nature-Based Solutions New publication about 'Enhancing Environmental Education Through NBS' is now available! Within the 24 chapters the book presents mixed focus of Nature-based solutions with Environmental Education. Contains a internationally diverse authors giving a global and contextualized perspective of the topic. Includes technical and educational content, aiming towards the need to disseminate environmental ...

2nd Grow & Harvest Call

2nd Grow & Harvest Call The GROW/HARVEST call intends to stimulate EU-wide collaboration of SMEs to allow them to detect market opportunities and establish partnerships that they are not naturally prone to look for. Cross-border collaborations of 2 or more SMEs from different eligible countries are mandatory. Two types of collaborative innovation projects with a maximum duration of 6 months ...

BAD PRACTICE of green roofs – learning from mistakes

BAD PRACTICE of green roofs – learning from mistakes Share mistakes from various green roofs projects we encountered in our careers so that they are not repeated. As part of the online seminar series the EFB gave an overview of different mistakes that can be made when planning green roofs. To secure high quality in planning, building and maintaining green ...

AIPH World Green City Awards

AIPH Partners with the European Federation of Green Roof and Living Wall Associations (EFB) for Greener Cities The International Association of Horticultural Producers (AIPH), the world’s champion for the power of plants, is proud to welcome EFB as a partner for the AIPH World Green City Awards and beyond The partnership between AIPH and EFB showcases the strong alignment of ...

EILO Best Project Awards 2021

EILO Best Project Awards 2021 52 indoor greenery projects from 15 countries show that the future is green! Every two years EILO – the European Interior Landscaping Organisation – organises its Best Project Competition. EILO’s aim is to connect professional interior landscapers to share knowledge, expertise and inspiration and with this competition it wants to generate attention for interior landscaping ...

BuGG Advanced Training Programme on Building Greening

Introductory Seminar on Building Greening [E01_EN] The German Association of Building Greening „Bundesverband Gebäudegrün e.V. (BuGG)“ just launched their basic seminars on green roofs and facades in English language. Seminar content Theoretical basics of greening buildings: General conditions, planning principles for construction and vegetation techniques and characteristics of the most important forms of roof and facade greening; with reference to ...

Urban Gardening

URBAN GARDENING – THE WAY TO CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE Society is at a breaking point as far as sustainability is concerned and we need to act, because the degradation of the balances on which nature depends is accelerating uncontrollably. The word sustainability is present in everything we read and hear. Citizens are increasingly aware that action is needed, however, the ...

Green roof of Nivy Mall – an oasis within a vivid city district

Green roof of Nivy Mall An oasis for leisure and retail in the heart of a vivid city district Bratislava’s New Nivy zone, located at the border with the Old Town, was always an important transportation hub. With lots of new development over the past few years, including both offices and housing, the brand-new Nivy Mall (a part of New ...

Conference on “Green building and urban biodiversity”

Conference organized by Adivet on “Green building and urban biodiversity” – 21.10.21 Adivet organized a one-day conference on “Green building and urban biodiversity” last October. Almost 150 people attended this conference to listen and talk with the major French experts in the field – university teachers, research institutes, policies. Marjolaine Meynier-Millefert, Vice-President of the Committee on Sustainable Development at the ...

New nation-wide subsidies for green roofs in the Czech Republic

Czech households can now enjoy a renewed and better support for the greening of buildings. The Czech Ministry of the Environment has announced the prolongation of a popular subsidy program New green savings. Since its inception in 2016, the program has been supporting the construction of low-energy housing together with renovations aiming at increasing energy efficiency of the current housing ...