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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,…

More Than Measurements: Building Biodiversity and Community in Utrecht

4min • September 2024

‘Green Neighbourhood, Cool Neighbourhood’ is more than just measuring . Throughout the summer, over 100 residents from the Utrecht neighbourhoods of Ondiep, Zuilen, Rivierenwijk, and Kanaleneiland…

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…

‘Green Neighbourhood, Cool Neighbourhood’ Kicks Off to Tackle Heat Stress in Utrecht 

3min • September 2024

July marked the official launch of the Utrecht Heat Stress Campaign ‘Green Neighbourhood, Cool Neighbourhood.’ Residents from four neighbourhoods were introduced to Urban ReLeaf wearable…

Sunny Celebrations for the Launch of Urban ReLeaf Dundee  

3min • August 2024

On a gloriously sunny day in July, we launched our Dundee campaign, kicking-off an ambitious year-long data gathering initiative aimed at strengthening the city’s greenspaces…

Mannheim Launches Tree Registry Campaign at the City’s First Greening Fair

3min • July 2024

On Saturday, 8 June 2024, The Kapuzinerplanken, in the city centre of Mannheim was transformed into a green oasis dedicated to urban greening. The first…