Resources for NBS Education

Nature Based Solutions in education

Provide an overview of 15 learning scenarios to develop innovative educational programmes and resources that raise awareness on NBS and their benefits among children, young people and their families.

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NBS EduWORLD Baseline Assessment Template

The baseline assessment template provides guidance to the Tier-2 partners, to explore their current NbS education landscape. The template has been developed keeping in mind that there might be many interlinkages and complex connections among the set cornerstones. However, to get a comprehensive picture, almost all cornerstones have a crucial role in determining the structure of the NbS education landscape in terms of policies, finance, governance, and businesses, etc. This will be the basis for carrying out further work with the Tier-2 partners to support them in identifying, prioritising, and implementing their NbS education initiatives.

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NBS EduWORLD Initial report on NBS in higher education

This milestone report explores the current understanding, approaches, and pedagogies of higher education in NBS, encompassing vocational, entrepreneurial, and tertiary domains.

The primary aim of the report is to summarise existing and potential needs-based education approaches at higher level to present a state of the art. This output will form the core input on which the design of educational learning units can be based. These learning units will be developed for NBS EduWORLD Work Package 4 (WP4).

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NBS EduWORLD Living Labs Roadmap

This roadmap provides a comprehensive approach and structured path to embed environmental and social responsibility and active sustainability citizenship into school education through the integration of Nature-Based Solutions (NBS). It guides schools in reimagining infrastructure, curricula, teaching and learning, and community practices, inspired by nature and leveraging its power to solve real-world challenges. It aims to support the long-term strategy of mainstreaming NBS in education alongside the creation of vibrant, future-ready learning environments where sustainability is not just taught but is lived and practiced daily. Based on evidence and inspiring stories of implementation, it outlines objectives and key actions, highlights basic steps and lessons learnt, discusses opportunities and challenges, and explores the impact of setting up schools as NBS Living Labs for sustainability.

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Piloting and Assessment of Stepping Stones and Education Journeys

This work builds on earlier efforts in architecture and the evaluation of Nature-based Solutions (NBS) in education to advance institutional leadership through capacity-building initiatives. A comprehensive set of innovative guidance materials are developed, which aim at embedding NBS thinking within strategic and operational practices across higher education and industry. Central to this effort is the co-creation and delivery of interactive workshops designed to establish baseline knowledge, stimulate peer learning, and facilitate knowledge exchange among partners and stakeholders. As a key output, the project involved the design, testing and implementation of 50 modular Learning Units, structured to support both formal accreditation and informal learning. These units cover foundational to advanced concepts and are mapped as 'stepping stones' within a sequential learning framework. The resulting output of this report offers a scalable, adaptable resource to embed NBS literacy into educational ecosystems and workforce development strategies along with exploring the stepping stones of education journeys involving NBS.

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