Nature at the heart of the new normal: interview with Ukkel’s deputy mayor
Photo: Ev-Atsug Kopé-Yanss, Comité Parc Raspail
Photo: Ev-Atsug Kopé-Yanss, Comité Parc Raspail
Join in on two interesting webinars this October about Low Carbon Construction– From Urban Planning to Building Design and Forests and trees of the Metropolis. Benefits, functions and experiences.
Trees are the solution!
This is the motto of Clearing House, a Sino-European project aiming at deepening the knowledge about trees and forests that can be found in metropolises, as nature-based solutions, in order to improve their management and strengthen their presence in our cities.
On 19 October the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN, the Royal Forestry Department of the Government of Thailand and the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration will hold an online event: Urban forestry innovations: Transforming landscapes for human well-being in the post-Covid-19 era.Read more
CLEARING HOUSE kicked off a collaborative learning process with first co-design workshop in Gelsenkirchen
At first glance, not much. Nevertheless, both cities – along with Barcelona and Krakow, Hongkong and Beijing, among others – were selected as “case study cities” for CLEARING HOUSE (CH), the first Sino-European research project on urban forests.Read more
Image by Carolina Madruga on Flickr
The number of people living in metropolises will rise to 3.47 billion by 2035. In other words, 39% of the entire world population. This rapid global urbanisation is taking place alongside countless social, economic and environmental challenges, including climate change, poverty, social inequality, natural disasters and epidemics, to name just a few.
There is increasing recognition of the important contribution of trees, parks, gardens, and other natural settings to public health and community welfare. By improving air quality, promoting physical activity, reducing mental stress and enhancing the immune system, trees and green space have the potential to help address problems ‘upstream’, through prevention – a more efficient approach than simply dealing with the ‘downstream’ consequences of ill health.
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Photo by Jakob Derks (EFI)
During the Coronavirus lockdown period in Bonn (Germany), when visiting the local urban forests and green spaces, we quickly realised that the number of newcomers to urban green spaces and in urban forests significantly increased because people found themselves restricted from meeting others and moving freely.
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Program under Grant Agreement 821242.
