Urban Releaf

Earlier this year, Urban ReLeaf partners, including citizen science practitioners from academia, public administrations and city networks, gathered in our partner city of Mannheim for…

How do residents of Utrecht experience heat in their own neighbourhoods? How can these personal experiences be visualised?  An exhibition at Neude Library brought together residents’ stories and climate data to explore how…

Urban ReLeaf invites artists, designers, creative practitioners, and collectives to submit proposals for an exciting new opportunity in Mannheim, Germany.  We’re offering a €3,500 commission (gross) to co-create an original…

Last month, the Urban ReLeaf Athens team brought together families for an interactive workshop that combined digital citizen science with hands-on creative learning, encouraging children…

In November, the Urban ReLeaf Dundee team was invited to take part in Over the Garden Wall, an interactive weekend at V&A Dundee hosted by the University…

The summer campaign, ‘Take a step towards a greener city’, was a living experiment, combining insights from social science, heat island research, and the importance of…

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…

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…

Utrecht is experiencing hotter, drier summers due to climate change, but not everyone has access to cool, green spaces. This puts vulnerable populations at greater…