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UrbanByNature: Going through Step 5 IMPLEMENT
In this Learning Unit, you will enter the role of a stakeholder at the fictional Evergreen School. Located in a city with 200,000 residents, Evergreen is facing sustainability challenges after a city council report reveals its poor sustainability performance in areas such as emissions, energy inefficiency, and biodiversity decline. A student-led survey further highlights issues of food waste and a lack of green spaces to address these challenges. The school principal, Mx. Green, initiates a mission to transform Evergreen School into a model of sustainability.- you will collaborate and co-develop knowledge regarding key elements in the nature-based solutions implementation process.
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Educational Level: Higher Education
Language: English
Organisation: ICLEI
UrbanByNature: Going through Step 6 MONITOR, Collective workshop
This LU provides learners with key elements to understand the importance of the monitoring process before/during/after an NBS implementation. It provides some case studies from the MNHN in France about citizen science, to understand how citizen science can support NbS mainstreaming. Eventually, the last 35 minutes are dedicated to a collective workshop activity, gathering different departments from a municipality in order to develop their own citizen science monitoring protocol.
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Educational Level: Professional
Language: English
Organisation: ICLEI
UrbanByNature: Going through Step 7 UPSCALE
This LU provides a Brief dive into the world of Upscaling and elaborates the differences between the different scaling methods used, scaling out and scaling deep for example. The unit is meant to shine light on the UbN Step 7 on Upscaling for local governments as well as regional entities to think of ways on how to upscale NbS and what to consider when doing so. The role of standards is also highlighted here.
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Educational Level: Higher Education
Language: English
Organisation: ICLEI
Water Management Case (Irish Bog)
This unit covers bog restoration and its role as a Nature-Based Solution for carbon sequestration and water management. The session highlights the importance of protecting and restoring peatlands to mitigate climate change, conserve biodiversity, and manage stormwater. It also introduces the Clonbeale Peatland Conservation Project as a case study for effective NBS implementation.
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Educational Level: Higher Education
Language: English
Organisation: TCD
What is nature-based entrepreneurship?
All humans and all businesses need a healthy planet to survive and prosper. However, the steep decline in nature and biodiversity, intertwined with the climate and pollution crisis, are resulting in the increased frequency and severity of natural disasters with devastating impacts for nature and society. This learning unit sets the context for transformative change explaining how transforming businesses and economic systems to work with, and for, nature can help to reverse these negative trends. In this unit, participants will learn about nature-based solutions and nature-based enterprises and various initiatives supporting businesses in this transition. Participants will reflect and analyse the mission of their business (or idea) and consider their alignment with nature-based solutions, nature-based enteprises in the context of the wider economy. They will learn about and be invited to engage with new initiatives for businesses in the nature-positive economy.
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Educational Level: Professional
Language: English
Organisation: Horizon Nua
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