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Sustainable Planet

Green Canopies: Nature’s Cool Response to Warming Cities and Climate Change

As cities grapple with the escalating challenges of climate change, Green Canopies offers a nature-inspired solution, combating the sizzling heat and…

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Sustainable Planet

Rotterdam Is Greening With Street Full of ‘Plantar Poles’ Thanks to Engaged Residents

Thanks to concerned residents, Rotterdam is greening up with a street full of ‘Plantar Poles’. Yes, you read it right… Rotterdam’s…

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Sustainable Planet

NASA explores potential for green roofs to mitigate heat-island effect in cities

Using satellite imagery, NASA has found that rooftop gardens can offer substantial temperature reductions in cities.

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Sustainable Planet

How cities will feed their citizens in the future

Henry Gordon Smith, CEO of global urban agriculture consultants Argitecture, explains why bringing food production into cities is so important, and…

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Better Society

Introducing the 3-30-300 rule: promoting health and wellbeing through urban forests

The recommended “rules” are that every citizen should be able to see a minimum of 3 trees from their home, with…

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Sustainable Planet

Smaller gardens may be just as important as large ones for conserving bees, study suggests

Gardens in cities provide a long and continuous supply of energy-rich nectar from March to October, scientists at the University of…

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Sustainable Planet

THE POWER OF MOSS: BIO-RECEPTIVE CONCRETE CAN HELP CITIES BREATHE AGAIN

Respyre is a ‘Bioreceptive’ concrete that can transform dull grey façades into green and living expanses, increasing local biodiversity and providing…

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Inspiring People

This ‘Airbnb for gardens’ connects would-be growers with a place to get their hands dirty

AllotMe is a digital platform helping more people grow their own food in the city by pairing local green-fingered residents with…

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Sustainable Planet

South Korea approves plans for flood-resistant ‘floating city’

Spurred on by COP26 and seeking to innovate breakthrough solutions for coastal cities threatened by sea level rise, the South Korean…

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Sustainable Planet

How preventing the urban “Heat Island Effect” can help cool down cities and even decrease flooding

With an increasing number of towns and cities either sweltering with the summer heat, or suffering from flooding, the phenomenon of…

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Green Canopies: Nature’s Cool Response to Warming Cities and Climate Change

Rotterdam Is Greening With Street Full of ‘Plantar Poles’ Thanks to Engaged Residents

NASA explores potential for green roofs to mitigate heat-island effect in cities

How cities will feed their citizens in the future

Introducing the 3-30-300 rule: promoting health and wellbeing through urban forests

Smaller gardens may be just as important as large ones for conserving bees, study suggests

THE POWER OF MOSS: BIO-RECEPTIVE CONCRETE CAN HELP CITIES BREATHE AGAIN

This ‘Airbnb for gardens’ connects would-be growers with a place to get their hands dirty

South Korea approves plans for flood-resistant ‘floating city’

How preventing the urban “Heat Island Effect” can help cool down cities and even decrease flooding

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