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Urban Releaf

 We innovate together to empower citizens and create liveable,  greener and resilient  urban cities for all

Urban ReLeaf Engages Citizens in Greening Mannheim 

3min • August 2025

In May 2025, the Kapuzinerplanken in Mannheim was transformed into a dynamic showcase for urban greening as the city hosted Blumme & Bääm 2025, its second…

Call for Creative Proposals: Transform Urban Climate Data into Art in Cascais 

3min • July 2025

Urban ReLeaf invites artists, designers, performers, and creative practitioners to submit proposals for an exciting new opportunity in Cascais, Portugal. We’re offering a €2,500 commission…

Urban ReLeaf at Cities Mission Conference 2025: Empowering Climate Resilience Through Citizen Data

3min • May 2025

On the 6th of May, the Urban ReLeaf team took centre stage at the Cities Mission Conference in Vilnius, Lithuania with an engaging session showcasing…

Help Shape a Greener Riga: Join the Urban ReLeaf Citizen Science Project

2min • May 2025

Riga gets hot in the summer, especially in the city centre, where there are fewer trees and buildings trap heat. Can you help change that? …

What if citizens had the power to redesign their cities?

4min • May 2025

As we move into the second year of citizen data gathering, we reflect on the inspiring achievements of our six cities: Cascais, Mannheim, Utrecht, Dundee,…

Utrecht’s Digital Twin: Advancing Data-Driven Urban Planning 

4min • April 2025

What if city planners could test urban design scenarios before breaking ground?  Utrecht’s Digital Twin is making this a reality, as we discovered at the…

Urban ReLeaf Charts Future of Citizen-Led Urban Greening in Cascais

4min • February 2025

The historic Casa da Cal in Cascais, Portugal set the stage for Urban ReLeaf’s 2025 General Assembly, where our partners gathered to advance our approaches…

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Volunteer in your city

Discover how to participate in one of our six pilots in Athens, Cascais, Dundee, Mannheim, Riga or Utrecht and start collecting environmental data in your neighbourhood.

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Join our Working Groups

Urban ReLeaf is hosting three Working Groups as part of its Community of Practice.

Calls for participation will be launched in January 2024 and January 2025. More information will follow in our newsletter and on social media.

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Triggering innovation in public authorities with citizen-powered science.

Coupling citizen science & Earth Observation for European Green Deal & UN SDG 11 monitoring.

Urban design foresight for Nature Based Solutions (NBS) & Blue Green Infrastructure (BGI) scenario planning.

Our vision for future cities.

Urban ReLeaf believes in empowering vulnerable communities to shape climate change mitigation and green infrastructure actions in their neighbourhoods. Citizens in six cities across Europe are taking part in data collection campaigns on heat stress, humidity and air quality to improve the quality of life in their districts.

Comprehensive and reliable urban data ecosystems will allow policy-makers to develop more effective, tailored, city-specific strategies in the fight against climate change. Together, these can strengthen our cities, making them more resilient, liveable, and accessible for all.

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