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Useful Tools and Guides for Greening

Metka Novak - September 13, 2021

If our articles have lit the fire for greening in you, we suggest getting even more information and details here! Find and collect all the needed knowledge, information, and guidance in this list of...

Greenery & Biodiversity

The Challenge to Making Cities Greener

Metka Novak - September 2, 2021

The thing about greenery is there’s more to it than just planting a bunch of trees. Peeking behind the scenes, a lot of urban planning, designing, technical research, and policy writing goes into realising...

Greenery & Biodiversity

Greenery: Facts & Figures

Metka Novak - July 29, 2021

The basis for every city-changing venture is to do your research and to know your facts and data. For this very purpose, we have gathered the most important, surprising, or even uplifting ones in...

Greenery & Biodiversity

Micro-Gardening in Dakar: Fighting Food and Climate Insecurity

Metka Novak - July 28, 2021

In lands where proper growing soil is scarce, water supply is low, and food shortage is prevailing, cities need to resort to innovative means of obtaining the needed resources. The city of Dakar managed...

Green Buildings

Flora Robotica: The Future of Growing Your Own House?

Metka Novak - July 21, 2021

Let’s talk hypothetically – what if we had the ability to grow our own houses? Out of plants? No greenhouse gas emissions, no grey concrete, no building-material waste, no heat island effects. Wouldn’t it...

Greenery & Biodiversity

A Little Bit of Green Among the Grey: The Case for Greenery

Metka Novak - July 8, 2021

The United Nations’ article 'Cities and Pollution' states that cities use up 78% of the world’s energy and produce more than 60% of greenhouse gas emissions, all while covering less than 2% of our...

Greenery & Biodiversity

How to Include Greenery in Strategic Planning

Metka Novak - July 8, 2021

Everyone wants some sort of a green nook in their city. A place to relax, cool down and simply enjoy the fresh air. Perfectly fine, but the problem occurs when cities are too dense,...

Greenery & Biodiversity

Urban Gardening in Bustling Cities

Metka Novak - July 7, 2021

As the desire for eating healthy, fresh, organic and home-grown produce grows, naturally so does the desire for gardening. But where to garden when you live in a densely populated city? Urban gardens offer...

Greenery & Biodiversity

EU Projects Working Towards Greener Cities

Metka Novak - June 29, 2021

Green is the new black; or rather, ‘greenzoning’ is the new ‘grayzoning’. These EU projects are the ones painting the cities green, striving to protect the (urban) biodiversity, or focusing on social inclusion by...

Greenery & Biodiversity

The Case for Green Roofs

Metka Novak - June 28, 2021

How to incorporate greenery into urban spaces? Where to put green spaces in a densely populated area? Putting them on a roof is a way to go! The benefits of green roofs are being...

Greenery & Biodiversity

CityChanger Dusty Gedge: “A City Has the Responsibility to Deliver Real, Meaningful Biodiversity”

Metka Novak - June 23, 2021

A circus performer, an actor, and a birdwatcher – becoming the name in the field of green roofs certainly wasn’t on Dusty’s agenda. The current President of the European Federation of Green Roof and...

Greenery & Biodiversity

How Community Gardens Australia Helps Bring Residents Together

Metka Novak - June 9, 2021

Community gardens are on the rise, no question about it. Whether it’s providing space for residents to grow their own food or offering a green space to escape the concrete jungles and building a...

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