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Co-Creating Change: Seedbed Interventions as Catalysts for Equitable Urban Planning—The Case of Umeå
This article introduces the seedbed intervention as a novel, community‐driven, co‐creative approach to Nature‐based Solutions (NbS) that addresses gaps in equitable and inclusive urban planning frameworks.
Publication Date: 31 Jan 2025
Author(s): Gäckle et. al.
Storybook of NbS interventions and activities in six Cultivating Cities
This report tells the story of six different NbS interventions targeting health and well-being in urban areas, carried out in various cities in Europe. Each Cultivating City came up with their own unique and innovative ways to address these topics. Beginning in summer of 2023, the interventions, like physical installations in public space, were built and replenished by community, business and research events. The...
Publication Date: 31 Dec 2024
Author(s): Julia Gäckle, Shreya Utkarsh, Jannis Meul, Simon Race
GGR Knowledge Brief 1 - Nature and Mental Health
Across Europe, mental health problems are exacting an increasingly heavy toll on people’s lives, while mental health needs remain largely unmet. This
is a cost for our societies and for our economies. We GoGreenRoutes project partners call on policymakers to better incorporate the links between nature
and mental health in decision making. We argue that – if this untapped resource is correctly harvested- mutual benefits...
Publication Date: 31 Dec 2024
Author(s): Francesca Centola, Adriana Duarte, et. al
GGR Knowledge Brief 2- Green Space and Gender
GoGreenRoutes (GGR) is committed to ensuring that the benefits of nature-based solutions (NbS) are shared fairly and equitably across society. In the
absence of intentional planning, this is however not guaranteed. Race, income, gender, and other marginalised identities/ways of being can exclude individuals and communities from receiving the full potential of NbS interventions. This knowledge brief outlines the...
Publication Date: 31 Dec 2024
Author(s): Francesca Centola, Adriana Duarte, et. al
GGR Knowledge Brief 3- Green Digital Innovation
Digital innovation, in particular virtual reality and digital placemaking, played a large role in GoGreenRoutes. This knowledge brief examines how virtual reality can be leveraged to increase nature connectedness, and potentially deliver some of the same health benefits conferred by time spent outdoors. Access to the outdoors can be limited, in particular for those spending extended periods in a hospital setting. There...
Publication Date: 31 Dec 2024
Author(s): Francesca Centola, Adriana Duarte, et. al
