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 tools and guides for greening.
We know, we know… there is so much information out there. It’s easy to get lost in all the data, dos & don’ts, guidelines, policies, ‘don’t forgets’, and more. That is why we have created this short and sweet list of essential and easy-to-follow guides to turn your firework of ideas into a clean mind map:
General
- Urban Green Infrastructure Planning – A Guide for Practitioners
This guide provides guidance, governance, and inspiration for urban green planners. - Guide to Valuation and Integration of Different Valuation Methods – A Tool for Planning Support
This guide is available to anyone interested in the valuation or prioritisation of green urban planning. - The Green Space Factor and the Green Points System
This expert paper explains the Green Space Factor (GSF) and how different points are allocated. - Heat Island Compendium
This collection of guides and handbooks ranges from explaining the heat island effect, all the way to presenting measures and activities that can be used to reduce its effect. - Understanding and Promoting the Values of Urban Green Infrastructure – A Learning Module
This learning module focuses on a better understanding of green urban infrastructure and its planning.
Financing & Policy
- 5 Steps to Stakeholder Engagement and Co-Creation
This provides an easy-to-follow guide for how to get stakeholders on board and lists and explains different methods that work best. - Innovative Governance for Urban Green Infrastructure – A Guide for Practitioners
This guide provides information into who it is that has the power to make legitimate decisions at different scale levels and provides guidance with different approaches. - Urban Green Infrastructure: Connecting People and Nature for Sustainable Cities – A Summary for Policymakers
This guide gives summaries of different types of research conducted through the GREEN SURGE programme and provides various short ‘how to’ guides to creating green infrastructure.
Green & Multifunctional Roofs
- DIY Green Roofs
This step-by-step guide provides information for creating a green roof for your home. - Rooftop Catalogue
This catalogue provides examples of all possible usages and combinations of functions for multifunctional rooftops. - Tool for Calculating Multifunctional Roofs Costs and Profits
This tool is free to use for everyone who wants to calculate the exact expenses and benefits of multifunctional roofs’ installation. - List of Worldwide Green Roof Policies
This interactive map provides information about green roof policies around the world.
Green Walls
- What is a Living Wall? – An Overview
This overview provides information on everything there is to know about living walls (from costs to maintenance).
Urban Gardening
- Starting a Community Garden Checklist
This checklist is useful for anyone interested in starting a garden. It asks all the right questions and points out all the things to keep in mind and not overlook. - Plan of Management Template
This info sheet provides guidance and information about community garden management plans. - Using Water Wisely
This info sheet provides guidance on how to sustainably use water in community gardens. - Thinking About Safety
This info sheet explains how to make community gardens safe.
Worldwide Projects
For inspiration and other guidance, check out these worldwide projects related to greenery:
- EU Projects Working Towards Greener Cities
A list of EU greening projects. - Micro-Gardening in Dakar: Fighting Food and Climate Insecurity
How an urban gardening project in Dakar helps fight its climate crisis and food shortage. - Flora Robotica: The Future of Growing Your Own House?
Will we be able to grow houses out of plants?