Resources for NBS Education
NBS EduDirectory - The resource landscape of NBS Education
This repository provides a comprehensive list of available resources, including guidance, reports, tools, and services developed around education about NBS. These NBS education resources and materials were discovered through EU-funded online repositories and through desk research. It is updated annually. You can also consult it as a database on PowerBI.
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A Rain Garden at My Schoolyard
Nature-based solutions (NBS) are interventions that use or mimic natural processes to address societal challenges, such as climate change, biodiversity loss, and sustainable development. Learning Scenarios integrating NBS can help students understand the benefits and potential of these solutions and encourage them to develop and implement NBS projects in their own communities. In this Learning Scenario, students learn about the benefits of rain gardens for reducing stormwater runoff and improving water quality. They design and install a rain garden in a schoolyard or in another public space, considering factors such as soil type, plant selection, and maintenance requirements.
Topic: Water Management
Educational Level: Secondary Education
Language: English
Organisation: European Schoolnet
Effectiveness of Green Cover on Water Retention in Cities
Many cities suffer the consequences of a flood after a large amount of water falls in a short period of time. This Learning Scenario aims to study which plant species are capable of storing the greatest amount of water in the soil in our city, in order to maximize the effectiveness of water retention in cities by the green cover (plants and vegetation that help absorb and retain water), putting into practice nature-based solutions (NBS). To do this, a humidity sensor is built with Arduino (open source electronic platform) and measurements of humidity and water infiltration capacity are made in the soils around different species of trees and shrubs.
Topic: Water Management
Educational Level: Secondary Education
Language: English
Organisation: European Schoolnet
Transform your school/town: design a constructed wetland
In this Learning Scenario, students will learn how to build a prototype of a constructed wetland. This Learning Scenario was developed as part of the Integrating Nature-Based Solutions in Education project, funded by the European Commission Directorate-General for Research and Innovation and coordinated by PPMI, in collaboration with European Schoolnet (EUN).
Topic: Water Management
Educational Level: Secondary Education
Language: Dutch English French German Greek Italian Lithuanian Polish Portuguese Romanian Slovak Spanish Swedish
Organisation: European Schoolnet
Water Management at Urban Areas
This Learning Scenario encourages students to learn and care about the importance of water management to tackle urban challenges such as floods and disruption of the water cycle in the urban environment via nature-based solutions (NBS). This Learning Scenario was developed as part of the Integrating Nature-Based Solutions in Education project, funded by the European Commission Directorate-General for Research and Innovation and coordinated by PPMI, in collaboration with European Schoolnet (EUN).
Topic: Water Management
Educational Level: Secondary Education
Language: Dutch English French German Greek Italian Lithuanian Polish Portuguese Romanian Slovak Spanish Swedish
Organisation: European Schoolnet
Water Warriors: Protecting Our Watershed Through Nature-Based Solutions
In this Learning Scenario, students will explore nature-based solutions (NBS) for water management in their local watershed, identify challenges related to water quality and quantity, and develop and implement NBS activities to address these challenges.
Topic: Water Management
Educational Level: Primary to Secondary Education
Language: English
Organisation: European Schoolnet
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