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AIPH Green City promotes the power of plants in creating resilient cities. We lead global thinking on the integration of nature into the built environment 🌱

#Greencity #urbannature #NbS
Green spaces can be the link between generations, species and communities.

Today's Briefing highlights the need for interspecies empathy, thinking about bringing together young school kids and volunteering older people.

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July 17, 2025 at 1:10 PM
For our second speaker, Antonieta Peregrina demonstrates the transformation and partnership working happening in Huerto Roma Verde, Mexico City.

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Green City Case Study: Mexico City, Mexico: ResiLab BioSocial, Huerto Roma Verde • AIPH
A Green City Case Study for the ResiLab BioSocial in Mexico City which was entered into the AIPH World Green City Awards 2024.
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July 17, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Our first speaker at today's Briefing is Dominic Regester, Director of the Center for Education Transformation at Salzburg Global, his presentation brings to life the importance of changing education and how it can become nature based in response to the climate crisis.

#GreenCity #Education #Nature
July 17, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Gil Penalosa provides an overview to why green spaces matter so much to urban environments.

How can the impossible become possible? How can cities transform their streets to include everyone from 8 to 80 years old?

#Greenspace #Paris #Naturebasedsolutions #placemaking

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July 17, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Join internationally renowned speakers Dominic Regester and Antonieta Peregrin, with MC Gil @penalosag.bsky.social Founder and Chair @880cities.bsky.social, at today's free #webinar 'Growing communities and embracing nature'

#GreenCity #UrbanNature #Community #MexicoCity

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July 17, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Each month the Global Green City Update captures news, resources, policy and events from around the world.
Last month's research feature included The Healthy Urban Design Index published in the @thelancet.com Planetary Health.

#urbannature #greenspace #research
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Creating healthy cities of all sizes • AIPH
As populations become increasingly focused in the urban environment the focus of integrating health into urban design becomes equally increasingly important. The Healthy Urban Design Index (HUDI) deli...
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July 4, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Today's webinar has touched on the importance of green space design and how we bring the connection with the community into our own connection with nature.
May 15, 2025 at 12:49 PM
There's still time to register!

Join MC Giselle Sebag, Executive Director of ISUH, speakers Dr Nathalie Röbbel, Lead for the WHO's work on #Urban #Health, and Samanta Pereira de Souza from the Municipal Health Department of #São #Paulo.

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AIPH Green City Briefing: Urban green spaces for health and wellbeing • AIPH
The May 2025 AIPH Green City Briefing will feature the winner of the 'Living Green for Health & Welbeing' category.
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May 13, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Is your city greening its future?

The AIPH World #Green #City Awards is the first and only global awards for cities where plants and nature are the core focus.

Discover how to enter: aiph.org/green-city/g...
#WGCA2026
AIPH World Green City Awards 2026 • AIPH
The AIPH World Green City Awards celebrate the innovation, achievement, and commitment to embrace a nature-orientated approach to city design and operation.
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May 8, 2025 at 11:57 AM
From wool to wildlife-friendly planting schemes, the shift away from plastic #tree guards is helping cities and landscapes in the UK grow greener, cleaner, and more #circular - as featured in FCI
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Latest Edition of the FloraCulture International Magazine • FCI
The latest edition of the FloraCulture International (FCI) magazine - your gateway to international ornamental horticulture.
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May 6, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Projects around the world are changing cities through integrating innovation into the urban landscape from renewable energy to flourishing cycle paths...

This Earth Day discover the projects transforming lives
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#EarthDay2025 #OurPowerOurPlanet #ClimateChange
April 22, 2025 at 2:15 PM
As featured in our monthly newsletter - Outdoor and classroom based learning with opportunities such as growing, eating and caring for plants is amongst the researchers recommendations for developing plant awareness.
#eduction #horticulture #school #forestschool

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Towards a model of plant awareness in education: a literature review and framework proposal
The inattention to plants, known as ‘plant blindness’ or ‘plant awareness disparity’, is an established concern amongst biologists and educational practitioners alike. Many studies have called for ...
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April 8, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Next week we'll be exploring the development of climate resilient cities. Join the Briefing to discover how street trees, green roofs, and other green infrastructure is moderating the impacts of climate change.

#urbannature #environment #sustainability
Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
April 3, 2025 at 3:47 PM
There are many benefits to urban greening, including the promotion of outdoor movement leading to healthier lifestyles.

Prof. Dr. Jakob Brandtberg Knudsen, Dean of Architecture at the Royal Danish Academy, showcased sustainable design in practice.

Watch his presentation here: youtu.be/7zsM0OnxzCg
Architectural education, urban development, and sustainable design practice | Prof. Dr. Knudsen
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April 1, 2025 at 12:36 PM
A street can be transformed and be given a unique characteristic thanks to the beautiful blooms of trees. Selecting species that bloom at different times or particular features can create beautiful, culturally significant landscapes that residents and visitors both enjoy.
#urbanplanning #greencities
March 25, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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🌳 Today is the #InternationalDayofForests!

In Sierra Leone, Dr Jessica Thorn is planting trees as part of Free Town City Council's #FreetownTheTreeTown campaign - helping restore urban forests, protect against landslides & build climate resilience. 🌱🌍

📸 from the field:
March 21, 2025 at 9:43 AM
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🌱Urban ecosystem restoration: a webinar series for cities, regions and national governments

Join urban planners, policymakers, national ministries, and environmental professionals, to discuss how to put the Nature Restauration Law into practice.

25 March at 10.00

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March 20, 2025 at 10:09 AM
🌳 Establish Minimum #Green Space Requirements
🚲 Encourage Connectivity through Green Corridors
🌱 Incentivise #Sustainable Land Management Practices
👀 Implement Regular Monitoring and Accountability Mechanisms
🫂 Enhance Public Awareness of Institutional Green Space Benefits
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Five approaches to support sustainable green spaces in cities • AIPH
Research from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia has explored how the green spaces found within buildings have changed over the past 20 years.
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March 18, 2025 at 10:05 AM
In April, join Kobie Brand, @icleiafrica.bsky.social as we discover the power of plants to create #climate change resilient #cities 🌱

With speakers Robert McDonald @nature.org and Hon. Saleh Maalim Ali from County Government of #Mandera, Kenya
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March 11, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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Comics are for everyone! 🎨📖 So why not use them to share knowledge, science & nature-based solutions?

🌿 NBS Comics: Nature to Save the World is now on Webtoons! Dive into stories where people & nature thrive together.

📲 Read, follow & join the community! ➡️ www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/na...
March 6, 2025 at 2:31 PM
AIPH Green City promotes the power of plants in creating resilient cities. We lead global thinking on the integration of nature into the built environment 🌱

#Greencity #urbannature #NbS
March 11, 2025 at 3:24 PM