connecting urban change-makers to accelerate nature-driven transformation

This initiative thrives to be a platform for communicating and enabling visionaries to transform cities into biodiverse, healthy and sustainable spaces.

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We harvest the power of creative minds and offer you a platform to make your green ideas happen!

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Human | Nature Architecture as a Framework for Well-Being
This piece explores how the built environment can move beyond form and efficiency to center human well-being and ecological connection. It reflects the personal journey of Juan A. Vivas from Argentina to Canada up to his thesis Human | Nature Architecture,...
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Nature's classroom - Connecting Communities through conservation in Latin America
n this session, Valeria Sorgato and Francisca Tapia from Gaia liNc will share how their organization empowers Latin American communities through environmental education and conservation tools. With a strong international network across Latin America,...
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Episode #13: Ruderal – Tbilisi’s Urban Forest
In this episode of the What’s That Green? podcast, we head to Georgia’s capital city, Tbilisi, to hear from Ben Hackenberger. From diseased pine monocultures to a forest shaped by community, ecology, and design, this episode explores what it really means...
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Designing with Nature: Frankfurt’s Gallus District “Sponge City” experiments
Join Anna Yukelson, architect at the urban planning office of Frankfurt am Main, to discover an innovative Sponge City experiment in the Gallus district. Get a chance to interact and ask all your questions about water sensitive design!
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Green Threads - What is What's That Green?
Join us for a GREEN THREAD event – a live online meetup where we’ll open the doors to this growing community and answer all your questions.
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Green Threads - Rotterdam Meetup 13.09.25
Join Irina Khokhlova and Beatrice Egidi on Sept. 13 2025 to connect with local change-makers and explore ongoing and planned initiatives that are redefining a new relationship between the city and the river in Schiehaven, Rotterdam.
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Urban Future Series #2 - Tallinn gardens
How can a municipality encourage local residents to lead their own community garden project? In this second episode of the What’s That Green? podcast to be recorded LIVE at the Urban Future conference, we speak to Maria Derlõš, an urban gardening project...
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JUSTNature series: Episode #2 - Leuven
How can a city turn a road designed for vehicles into a climate street? And more to the point, how can urban transformations be introduced in a way that builds trust and enthusiasm? In this second episode of What’s That Green? 's collaboration with JUSTNature,...
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Asset-Based Community Development: Start with what’s strong, not what’s wrong
Communities can drive nature-based solutions by starting with their strengths,instead of their problems. Explore how to leverage the ABCD approach for local resilience and green change.
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