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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…

ReLeaf Cascais: 2024 Campaign Highlights

3min • January 2025

The ‘An Urban Park for the Future’ 2024 Campaign successfully engaged over 1,000 citizens in Cascais, Portugal. Between May and December 2024, data collection was…

Athens Enhances Environmental Strategy with Air Quality Sensor Rollout 

4min • October 2024

The City of Athens, as Greece’s largest municipality, faces a range of environmental challenges including heatwaves, flash floods and poor air quality. These concerns are…

Volunteers Lead the Way in Dundee’s Greenspace Strategy 

3min • September 2024

Following the launch of public data collection in July, Dundee is now focused on sustaining its campaign over the coming year, with the goal of…

‘Adopt a Sensor’ Success: Riga Engages Citizens in Air Quality Monitoring   

4min • September 2024

We are excited to announce a significant milestone in Riga’s urban air quality initiative: the successful installation of 20 air quality sensors across the city,…

Meer dan meten: Biodiversiteit en gemeenschap bouwen in Utrecht 

4min • September 2024

‘Groene Buurt, Koele Buurt’ is meer dan alleen meten   Deze hele zomer hebben meer dan 100 inwoners uit de Utrechtse wijken Ondiep, Zuilen, Rivierenwijk en…

Building a Greener Cascais, ‘An Urban Park for the Future’ engages more than 300 citizens

3min • September 2024

‘An Urban Park for the Future’ Summer Campaign has successfully engaged over 300 citizens in Cascais, Portugal. Participants contributed their ideas and experiences to map…

Interview with Dr. Rensing, Head of Mannheim’s Climate, Nature and Environment Department

4min • September 2024

Mannheim is one of the hottest cities in Germany. In 2019, the city introduced a strategic concept for climate impact adaptation, followed by the implementation…

Hittestresscampagne ‘Groene Buurt, Koele Buurt’ van start in Utrecht 

3min • September 2024

Deze zomer is de Utrechtse hittestresscampagne ‘Groene Buurt, Koele Buurt’ officieel van start gegaan. Bewoners van vier wijken kregen Urban ReLeaf-sensoren om te dragen. Er…