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Taking a Step Towards a Greener Riga

5min • December 2025

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…

Measuring Heat Stress in Cascais: Citizen Science in Action 

4min • November 2025

Building on the success of the Greenspace Perceptions Campaign, which gathered over 1,500 citizen contributions on comfort in urban parks, phase two of the Heat Stress…

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…

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,…

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,…

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…