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Welcome to the Nature of Cities Festival 2024! A gathering to get inspired, to learn, to present, collaborate, or to meet hundreds of new best friends and urban nature co-conspirators. The Berlin segment is an all-inclusive multi-day experience featuring field-trips, in person talks, workshops, art interventions, a film festival, Farm-to-Table dinners, various opportunities for socializing, and much more. All of it takes place at the Atelier Gardens venue, and various other locations around Berlin.

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Oberlandstraße 26-35, 12099 Berlin
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Monday, April 15
 

05:00 EDT

Nature-based Play Cultures
Participants from different geographies and ages will think, write or draw about 3 nature-based play activities that relate to their traditions. We will map ways that connect specific territories with play and cultures, and speculate how can our built environments support nature-based play in 3 urban environments: an office building, a train station and a residential neighbourhood sidewalk.
Virtual Speakers
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Monday April 15, 2024 05:00 - 06:30 EDT
Virtual
  Seed session

05:00 EDT

Shaping the Greenest Cities in the World: Harnessing the Power of Plants
This seed session will bring together city shapers from different backgrounds, sectors, and contexts who represent the urban greening supply and value chains. It will aim to showcase the many stakeholders involved in shaping greener cities, discuss challenges and gaps, and ultimately explore ways to better enable bold action and effective delivery of urban greening initiatives that harness the power of plants. Join the discussion and contribute to the session by sharing more about your role in shaping greener cities. 
Virtual Speakers
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Audrey Timm

Technical Initiatives Manager, AIPH
The International Association of Horticultural Producers (AIPH) members consist of thousands of growers of flowers and ornamental plants around the world who are together united by one essential goal – promoting the place of plants in people’s lives.
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Timothy Blatch

Green City Consultant, AIPH
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Hannah Pinnells

Digital Marketing & Communications Executive, AIPH
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Francesca Boyd

Consultant, AIPH
My area of interest is the opportunity to integrate nature into urban environments for people’s wellbeing. I work as part of the AIPH green city team, leading on the connection between research and practice for the power of plants to create resilient cities. 


Monday April 15, 2024 05:00 - 06:30 EDT
Virtual
  Seed session

05:00 EDT

What can nature-positive cities look like? An application of the Urban Nature Futures Framework.
Recognising diverse nature values is crucial for fostering nature-positive futures. This is especially important for cities, given their significant impact on global and regional resources and biodiversity. The Urban Nature Futures Framework (UNFF) is introduced as a tool during the session, facilitating the identification of various nature values and the creation of future scenarios for urban areas. Participants will apply the UNFF to generate nature-positive scenarios across different scales and urban contexts while brainstorming ways to materialise these futures. This exercise aims to operationalize the UNFF and gather insights for refining the framework's application in various contexts, contributing to future engagement with non-academic stakeholders.
Virtual Speakers
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Fairul Edros

PhD Candidate, Nanyang Technological University

Sponsors and Partners
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Monday April 15, 2024 05:00 - 06:30 EDT
Virtual
  Seed session
 
Tuesday, April 16
 

11:00 EDT

A time travel to the future of the Latin American Landscape Convention (Dreaming through action)
ENG: Landscape and nature are fundamental pillars for building just, healthy, beautiful, resilient, and sustainable territories in Latin America. In this Seed Session, we will immerse ourselves in a speculative exercise that will take us to the year 2034, where we will visualize a scenario in which the Latin American Landscape Convention has been successfully adopted. We will explore this desirable future together to reflect on the necessary steps that will allow us to achieve it, thus promoting dialogue and joint action among the different stakeholders, including governments, civil society, and professionals, among others.

ESP: El paisaje y la naturaleza son pilares fundamentales para la construcción de territorios justos, saludables, bellos, resilientes y sostenibles en América Latina. En esta Sesión Semilla, nos sumergiremos en un ejercicio especulativo que nos llevará al año 2034, donde visualizaremos un escenario en el que el Convenio Latinoamericano del Paisaje ha sido adoptado exitosamente. Exploraremos juntos este futuro deseable para reflexionar sobre los pasos necesarios que nos permitirán alcanzarlo, promoviendo así el diálogo y la acción conjunta entre los diferentes actores, incluyendo gobiernos, sociedad civil y profesionales, entre otros.

PT: A paisagem e a natureza são pilares fundamentais para a construção de territórios justos, saudáveis, belos, resilientes e sustentáveis na América Latina. Nesta Sessão Semente, mergulharemos em um exercício especulativo que nos levará ao ano de 2034, onde visualizaremos um cenário no qual a Convenção Latino-Americana da Paisagem foi adotada com sucesso. Exploraremos juntos esse futuro desejável para refletir sobre as etapas necessárias que nos permitirão alcançá-lo, promovendo assim o diálogo e a ação conjunta entre diferentes atores, incluindo governos, sociedade civil e profissionais, entre outros.

TIME
New York, USA Tue, 16 Apr 2024 at 11:00 EDT
San Jose, Costa Rica     Tue, 16 Apr 2024 at 09:00 CST
Bogota, Colombia     Tue, 16 Apr 2024 at 10:00 COT
Mexico City, Mexico     Tue, 16 Apr 2024 at 09:00 CST
Santiago, Chile     Tue, 16 Apr 2024 at 11:00 CLT
Buenos Aires, Argentina    Tue, 16 Apr 2024 at 12:00 ART
Montevideo, Uruguay     Tue, 16 Apr 2024 at 12:00 UYT
Brasilia, Brazil     Tue, 16 Apr 2024 at 12:00 BRT
Madrid, Spain Tue, 16 Apr 2024 at 17:00 CEST
Virtual Speakers
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Claudia Misteli LALI

Head communications, LALI
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Martha Fajardo Pulido

Architect and Landscape Architect, Grupo Verde SAS
Martha FAJARDO is a Colombian architect and landscape architect with a master's degree in landscape design and honoris causa Doctor of Letters (DLitt) from Sheffield University. She is the CEO of Grupo Verde, specializing in landscape architecture, urbanism, and urban design. Martha... Read More →
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Lucas Períes

Research professor, National University of Córdoba, Argentina
Doctor in Architecture, Master in Landscape Architecture, Architect.Executive Co-director of the Latin American Landscape Initiative LALI.University professor and visual artist.busy and passionate about Design and nature in all its fields and possibilities!
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Sponsors and Partners
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Tuesday April 16, 2024 11:00 - 12:30 EDT
Virtual
  Seed session

11:00 EDT

From Manifesto to Action: Cultivating Sustainable Communities through Urban Community Gardens
In this virtual event as part of the TNOC Festival, Himmelbeet, a community garden in Berlin, (Germany), collaborates with ANCI Lazio (The Association of Municipalities of the Lazio Region, Italy) to introduce a "SEED SESSION” designed to interactively and playfully present the International Manifesto on Governance for Urban Community Gardens, developed within the "GenerACTOR" cooperation project (2022-2024) funded by the European Union and aimed to promote innovative models of urban development in Barranquilla (Colombia).

Our proposal involves engaging participants in an interactive session to identify concrete actions that foster interaction between urban gardens at an international level. Furthermore, we aim to underscore the significance of the community approach for both urban and peri-urban gardens. This joint celebration among urban community gardens at an international level and interested citizens, provides a platform for sharing effective ideas and solutions.

Participants from Germany, Italy, Colombia, Cuba, and New York, who have already shown interest, and elsewhere will have the opportunity to add their names and associate them with specific actions. Additionally, they can connect with representatives from urban garden communities to establish friendships, even from a distance, and exchange valuable experiences.Join our virtual event for a Global Initiative for the Governance of Community Gardens. Explore how to implement the Manifesto for the Governance of Urban Community Gardens, promoting active participation and sustainability. Join experts and enthusiasts to discuss practical strategies and concrete initiatives that will turn words into tangible actions for green, resilient communities.
Virtual Speakers
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Yolanda Gonzalez

Urban Agriculture Specialist, CCE New York City
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Giorgio Scavino

Consultant in multi-governance, ANCI Lazio
I am a certified European planning expert with extensive experience since 2003. Throughout my career, I've provided technical assistance for EU-funded projects, serving public and private entities. Holding a degree from the Academy of Fine Arts, I further trained in Psychodynamic... Read More →
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Micol Sonnino

With a background in Asian studies & Sustainability, I am involved in European-funded projects on sustainability and participative governance, with a particular focus on the Commons.https://www.linkedin.com/in/micol-sonnino/?lipi=urn%3Ali%3Apage%3Ad_flagship3_detail_base%3B3KglMQ... Read More →
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Tuesday April 16, 2024 11:00 - 12:30 EDT
Virtual
  Seed session

11:00 EDT

Growing and harvesting: second beginnings after displacement.
In this session EMARA Studio and Atelier ZA’ATAR are exploring growing and harvesting as practices of memory and belonging. The two design studios are juxtaposing two projects: one based in a home for elderly people in Ladakh and the other based in a migrant community in a remote town in France.
Virtual Speakers
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Anna Lena Hahn

Co-founder, Atelier Zaatar
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Amrita Kaur Slatch

EMARA
A Landscape Designer by profession. I have a Bachelor in Architecture from Mumbai University and a Masters in Landscape Design from CEPT University, Ahmedabad. I am currently a DAAD doctoral fellow at RWTH Aachen University, Germany. My dissertation topic explores the field of post-industrial... Read More →


Tuesday April 16, 2024 11:00 - 12:30 EDT
Virtual
  Seed session

11:00 EDT

Soluções baseadas na Natureza no Sul Global
O objetivo central desta sessão é fomentar uma discussão ampla sobre soluções baseadas na natureza no contexto do Sul Global. Os participantes explorarão e compartilharão insights sobre a utilização da natureza para enfrentar desafios ambientais, adaptar cidades, promover o desenvolvimento sustentável e fortalecer a resiliência comunitária.
Virtual Speakers
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Cecília Herzog

Professor, PUC-Rio
Cecilia Polacow Herzog is an urban landscape planner. She is adjunct Professor at the Department of Architecture and Urbanism at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, where she is the Chair of the master’s degree on Ecological Landscape Planning and Design. Cecilia... Read More →
avatar for Daniela Rizzi

Daniela Rizzi

Senior Expert for Nature-based Solutions, ICLEI Europe
Senior Expert on Biodiversity and Nature-based Solutions. Architect and Urban Planner (University of São Paulo) with a doctoral degree in Landscape Planning (Technical University of Munich). Licensed by the Brazilian Council of Architecture and Urbanism. UNEP GEO-7 Expert Peer Reviewer... Read More →
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Riciane Pombo

Director, Guajava Arq. da Paisagem e Urb
As one of the founders of Guajava, I serve as a creative leader and experienced architect, bringing expertise and passion to the forefront of our innovative endeavors. As chief architect, I develop, coordinate and lead the team of professionals who work on projects, such as architects... Read More →
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Viviane Japiassú Viana

Professor, UVA & IFRJ
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Giuliana Velasco

researcher, IPT

Sponsors and Partners
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Tuesday April 16, 2024 11:00 - 12:30 EDT
Virtual
  Seed session
 
Wednesday, April 17
 

17:00 EDT

Global to Local Workshop: Jumpstart the Creation of a Frameworks Guide for Practitioners
This interactive session invites participants to discuss global and international frameworks to monitor biodiversity and nature-based strategies. Local governments often don’t have the capacity to review the available frameworks and select the best one for their application. We aim to harness knowledge and discuss how to best support cities in connecting their local strategies to global frameworks and targets.

Virtual Speakers
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Laura Costadone

Assistant Research Position, Old Dominion University
I am a broadly trained urban ecologist with expertise that spans from ecosystem services, human-environment interactions, and environmental data science.  My research focuses on identifying ways to enhance resilience in coastal and urban environments. I co-design and co-create pathways... Read More →


Wednesday April 17, 2024 17:00 - 18:30 EDT
Virtual
  Seed session

17:00 EDT

Reclaiming Equity: Unveiling Hidden Injustices in Nature-Based Solutions
The workshop focuses on the absence of social justice in nature-based solutions. Using the framework of critical environmental justice, it will emphasize a discussion on race and colonialism, which are concealed by terms like “nature-based solutions”. Through activities, participants will grasp the concept of interconnectedness, understand nature’s non-neutrality, and realise that global decisions and actions impact us locally.
Virtual Speakers
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Ambika Tenneti

Ph.D. Candidate, University of Toronto
Environmentalist | Interests: Urban Ecology, Immigrant and community engagement, Environmental and social justiceI am an environmental scientist by training with over 20 years of experience working with diverse communities in India and Canada. The interdisciplinary nature of my training... Read More →
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Jacqueline L Scott

PhD Candidate, Writer, Hike Leader, Black Outdoors
Jacqueline L. Scott is a PhD candidate at the University of Toronto, OISE, in the department of Social Justice Education. She is a fellow at the Safina Center.She volunteers as a land steward, and as a hike and bike leader with outdoor clubs. Jacqueline leads Black History Walks in... Read More →


Wednesday April 17, 2024 17:00 - 18:30 EDT
Virtual
  Seed session

17:00 EDT

Transformative Environmental Education: Nurturing Seeds for Sustainable Cities
This Seed Session will bring together participants from diverse backgrounds to collaboratively explore innovative approaches to environmental education. Through interactive discussions and activities, we aim to plant seeds of transformative change that contribute to the development of more sustainable, just, and resilient urban environments. Participants will engage in hands-on exercises, envisioning the role of education in shaping future cities, and work towards actionable insights.
Virtual Speakers
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Yuliya Dzyuban

Assistant Professor, Pratt Institute
I study lived experiences of heat using mixed-method approaches to alleviate urban heat in cities. I am interested in relationships between, microclimate, urban design, and perceptions of heat.
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Maitreyi Koduganti

Researcher - Climate Team, Indian Institute for Human Settlements (IIHS)
With over 8 years of experience, I specialize in water and climate policy, gender equity, urban water governance, sustainability, and nature-based solutions. As an independent researcher affiliated with ODI and The New School New York, I lead literature reviews and studies on Nature-based... Read More →
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Lelani M Mannetti

Assistant Professor, Georgia State University
Dr. Lelani Mannetti, a researcher in urban futures and futuring for transformative change, delves into envisioning and effecting radical shifts towards sustainability and resilience in cities. With a focus on integrating diverse perspectives and disciplines, she operates at the Science-Policy... Read More →

Wednesday April 17, 2024 17:00 - 18:30 EDT
Virtual
  Seed session

17:00 EDT

Washington DC: Capital of Nature
What does it mean to live in the nation's capital? We envision a city where nature is at the center of our social identity, and healthy nature is central to our daily experience. From vision to action, we'll explore how we are making this happen as cultural workers, ecologists, and activists in Washington DC--where what is happening down the river is as important as what happens On the Hill.

Virtual Speakers
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Stella Tarnay

Executive Director, Capital Nature


Wednesday April 17, 2024 17:00 - 18:30 EDT
Virtual
  Seed session

17:00 EDT

What does a more-than-human city “look” like?
Authors from the book, ‘Urban Natures: Living the More-than-Human City’ will discuss the need to shift to a more-than-human perspective; the power of imagining new relationships and cityscapes; and the importance of introducing cross-disciplinary, -sectoral, and -cultural perspectives to envision this change. Contributors will aim to produce an ‘urban manifesto’ towards realizing what a more-than-human city could look like.
Virtual Speakers
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Lucia Alexandra Popartan

Dr. Lucia Alexandra Popartan has a background in Political Science and a PhD in Water Science and Technology. She is currently a postdoctoral researcher at LEQUIA (University of Girona) one of the top research groups on environmental science and technology in Spain. Her research interests... Read More →
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Nick Dunn

Executive Director, Imagination
Nick Dunn is Professor of Urban Design and Executive Director of Imagination, the design and architecture research lab at Lancaster University. Nick's work examines the ways we think, envision and analyse the futures of people, places, and planet. His research has been funded by numerous... Read More →
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Ferne Edwards

Research Fellow, Centre for Food Policy, City University London
I am a cultural anthropologist with extensive international research and teaching experience on just and sustainable cities, food systems and social change. My work explores the socio-cultural contexts, ethics, politics and sustainability potential of diverse social food economies... Read More →
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Lisa de Kleyn

Research Fellow, Climate Change Adaptation Lab, La Trobe University


Wednesday April 17, 2024 17:00 - 18:30 EDT
Virtual
  Seed session
 
Thursday, April 18
 

11:00 EDT

Ferramentas de Engajamento Comunitário - Ciência Cidadã e Biomapas
Reconhecer o território onde se vive e frequenta é um fator essencial para desenvolver pertencimento e também senso crítico das oportunidades de melhoria perante os desafios encontrados. Nas ações conduzidas com crianças e adolescentes, e os profissionais das instituições públicas parceiras, apresentamos a ferramenta de Biomapa como parte do diagnóstico e da estruturação de propostas para a melhoria da qualidade ambiental da região. Também apresentamos a ferramenta de ciência cidadã online e estratégias analógicas de identificação e reconhecimento de organismos vivos para valorização dos ativos ambientais presentes nestes espaços de forma a estimular integrações propositivas entre a comunidade.
Virtual Speakers
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Juliana Gatti Pereira Rodrigues

Founder and CEO, Instituto Arvores Vivas
POSTER: "Developing Environmental Culture through Memories, Multisensorial Experiences, Science and Empathy"Arvores Vivas Institute promotes action and projects that bring people closer to nature through art and information since 2006. Our initiatives work together with many different... Read More →


Thursday April 18, 2024 11:00 - 12:30 EDT
Virtual
  Seed session

11:00 EDT

Make it Round: Tools for a Circular Design Practice
A workshop focused on how to create a more circular/sustainable practice. I will work with the group to consider ways to source, produce and mindfully waste or reintegrate materials and design tools into art, planning, and other forms of production.
Virtual Speakers
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Olivia a Carye Hallstein

Founder/Designer, Edible Nest Studio
An artist, chef, educator, urban gardener, activist, and writer, Olivia Ann Carye Hallstein founded the Edible Nest Studio in Cambridge, Ma, USA. The studio specializes in sustainable artistic and culinary practices with a focus on whole systems circular design that minimizes waste... Read More →


Thursday April 18, 2024 11:00 - 12:30 EDT
Virtual
  Seed session

11:00 EDT

Sharing Experiences about Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) in Small and Medium Islands
Nature-based solutions (NBS) are actions that use nature to address societal challenges in a sustainable way while providing multiple co-benefits. Small-medium islands (SMI) are home to a significant portion of the world's biodiversity and are often at the forefront of the impacts of climate change, and while several challenges and gaps still exist, NBS can play a critical role in helping SMI to adapt and thrive in a changing world. As part of the EU COST Action SMILES, we aim to share experiences of NBS uptake in SMI and across an urban-rural-semi-/natural gradient to develop new learnings.
Virtual Speakers
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Mario Balzan

Director, Ecostack Innovations
I am an applied ecologist and my research focuses on pollination, ecosystem services assessment and mapping, and the responses of society to biodiversity and ecosystem services decline, including through green infrastructure, nature-based solutions and sustainable development policies... Read More →
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Thursday April 18, 2024 11:00 - 12:30 EDT
Virtual
  Seed session

11:00 EDT

SolucionARTE
Un programa que busca soluciones funcionales con una fusión entre la expresión artística y una perspectiva sustentable

Presentamos uno de nuestros proyectos: "Colector de agua de lluvia", obra que busca reflejar lo imprescindible del agua para la vida y suplir la falta de este recurso mediante una solución ecológica, práctica y de gran impacto visual.
Virtual Speakers
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CRISTIAN SZEWAGA

Fundación A4
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Thursday April 18, 2024 11:00 - 12:30 EDT
Virtual
  Seed session

23:00 EDT

Happy park or park
Parks become important spaces in cities, and nature exploration is a popular lifestyle. When we talk about park, what do you think about your feeling? Happy, silent, or other word？So, in this session, we would like to invite you to join in us to discuss about “park or happy park”. Meanwhile, several park designers and researchers will give three key talks, then a freestyle discussion with moderator’ presentation to explore about “Park or happy park”? Let’s make a difference for our park! 

Organizer:  Shanshan Chen, Asso Prof, School of Architecture and Design, China University of Mining and Technology.

Invited Speaker 1: Prof. Jean- Marie Cishahayo , Director of Capacity training/ UN- Habitat/ ICCCASU Canada , Research Affiliate/ Centre on Governance/ University of Ottawa, Professor at Burgu

Invited Speaker 2: Sunli Xiao, researcher, Leibniz Institute for eco-urban and regional development (IOER)

Session assistant:  
Jie Lin,  Ph.D candidate  York University  
Yuelin Zhang, Master student, Harbin Institute of Technology

Virtual Speakers
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Shanshan Chen

Assistant Professor, China University of Mining and Technology
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Suili Xiao

Researcher, IOER, Dresden


Thursday April 18, 2024 23:00 - Friday April 19, 2024 00:30 EDT
Virtual
  Seed session

23:00 EDT

Inclusive Design for Urban Nature-based Solutions: Bridging Gaps and Enhancing Ecosystem Well-being
Developing Nature-based Solutions (NbS) through participatory and inclusive design is crucial for just and sustainable outcomes. The NbS interventions in urban areas, oftentimes, directly or indirectly tends to exclude certain groups of people in both design and implementation stages. A participatory approach, co-designed with the concerned stakeholders, acknowledging the cultural nuances, can help make the intervention holistic. This inclusive design fosters equal accessibility and benefits, enhancing ecosystem services for the well-being of all.
Virtual Speakers
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Swarnika Sharma

Associate - Climate Team, Indian Institute for Human Settlements
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Thursday April 18, 2024 23:00 - Friday April 19, 2024 00:30 EDT
Virtual
  Seed session
 
Friday, April 19
 

05:00 EDT

Do-It-Yourself Nature Action Plan
How can we empower people/communities to set their own nature targets? Once a target is set it becomes easier to get the politicians and companies on board to join in reaching the target.
Virtual Speakers
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Gitty Korsuize

Urban ecologist, City of Utrecht
I like real conversations. I like to be inspired by your projects. And I like bats, plants, wild bees and people.


Friday April 19, 2024 05:00 - 06:30 EDT
Virtual
  Seed session

05:00 EDT

Interspecies Emotional Mapping for Planetary Health
Overview:

The nature of encountering other species can lead to multiplicity of emotional reactions that would be impossible to transcribe in complete detail here. This seed session aims to open a dialogue in which people can express their relationships with nature and look to how we can see the nature that is all around us. The session will look at the species found in our urban cities before looking more hollistically at wider global natures. Rather than looking at why people do not choose to engage with the outdoors, the focus of this session is to spotlight the ways people unknowingly connect with nature. The premise of this session is that the acknowledgement of humanity with natural systems allows everyone to engage with nature in unique ways.Subsequently, by looking at people's emotional reactions to species encounters wider questions will be asked about how to build conservation capacity for the benefit of planetary health.

About the session host:

The session will be run by Keir Chauhan a third-year undergraduate student specialising in Environmental Histories at University College London. Keir has worked with numerous conservation organisations especially on the subject of engagement and history. Keir is also a passionate birdwatcher and enjoys the benefits of being outside for his health when living in London.
Virtual Speakers
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Keir Chauhan

Keir Chauhan is a third-year undergraduate student specializing in Environmental Histories at University College London. Keir has worked with numerous conservation organizations, especially on the subject of engagement and history. Keir is also a passionate birdwatcher and enjoys... Read More →


Friday April 19, 2024 05:00 - 06:30 EDT
Virtual
  Seed session

05:00 EDT

Mangroves Matter: Mangroves for African Coastal Cities' Climate Resilience
In the wake of increased manifestation of climate catastrophes in coastal cities around world-with disproportionate impact on coastal communities in Africa-mangroves stand out as bankable nature-based solutions to most of these challenges. In addition to sequestering 50 times more carbon than tropical forests, mangroves protect coastal cities from storms, heat waves, coastal erosion, sea level rise, and tsunamis. The Kenyan Youth Biodiversity Network restores degraded mangrove ecosystems in Kenya's South Coast to enhance resilience of communities who depend directly on the Indian Ocean for livelihoods. This session is an open dialogue on how to enhance youth-led mangrove restoration in Africa.

www.youth4biodiversity.org
Virtual Speakers
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Kevin Lunzalu

Co-founder, Kenyan Youth Biodiversity Network
Kevin Lunzalu is a marine ecologist, researcher, and ocean campaigner from Kenya. He has deep interest and experience in working with youth at grassroots level, governance and policy, environmental storytelling, and climate action. Lunzalu was listed among the Top 100 Young African... Read More →
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Sponsors and Partners
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Friday April 19, 2024 05:00 - 06:30 EDT
Virtual
  Seed session

05:00 EDT

Mobilising Indigenous Voices Against Plastic Pollution in Ilaje Coastal Communities.
Poor waste management in urban cities has exacerbated urban flooding and sea level rise which has subsequently increases urban pollution. Our proposed seed session is designed to be an interactive panel discussion on "mobilisation of indigenous peoples' voices against plastic pollution" using Ilaje coastal communities as case studies of sustainable solutions to plastic pollution in coastal and marine communities.
Virtual Speakers
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Friday April 19, 2024 05:00 - 06:30 EDT
Virtual
  Seed session

05:00 EDT

Reimagining waste within the urban metabolism - towards healthier cities
Waste is a common thread which connects us all. By reimagining waste through the lens of urban metabolism we can uncover a plethora of avenues leading towards a zero waste future. Informed by concepts of circular economy, degrowth, social ecology it’s possible to devise a blueprint which reflects the requirement for a broad systemic change in the nature of cities.
Virtual Speakers
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Andrej Fideršek

Andrej Fideršek is the cofounder and an active member of the Zero Waste Žalec collective as well as an independent researcher who seeks paths towards a utopian society through the theory and praxis of social ecology. After graduating from Glasgow Caledonian University, he returned... Read More →
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Milja Vuković

Art historian and environmental activist. Leading two eco initiatives: For Less Garbage and More Happiness - Zero Waste Serbia, focused on finding and promoting ways to create less waste and Wild Belgrade, dedicated to urban ecosystems. Member of Extinction Rebellion Serbia.Loves... Read More →
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Federico Venturini

activist-researcher, University of Udine
Federico Venturini is a Research Associate at the University of Udine (Italy). His current research focuses on river contracts, Zero Waste, the Kurdish question and social ecology. In 2016, he earned his PhD at the University of Leeds. Focusing on the experiences in Rio de Janeiro... Read More →


Friday April 19, 2024 05:00 - 06:30 EDT
Virtual
  Seed session
 
Monday, April 22
 

09:00 EDT

Teias Sustentáveis: Diálogo sobre Economia Natural Positiva e Saberes Indígenas no Sul Global
A sessão 'Teias Sustentáveis' é uma experiência dinâmica de 90 minutos que explora o conceito da economia positiva para a natureza na América Latina, enfatizando a importância dos saberes indígenas. Nosso objetivo é promover uma economia que não se baseie na exploração da natureza, mas sim que impulsione a regeneração de ecossistemas degradados e a proteção da biodiversidade por meio de soluções baseadas na natureza. Planejamos explorar ativamente a integração dos saberes indígenas na economia positiva para a natureza.
Virtual Speakers
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Daniela Rizzi

Senior Expert for Nature-based Solutions, ICLEI Europe
Senior Expert on Biodiversity and Nature-based Solutions. Architect and Urban Planner (University of São Paulo) with a doctoral degree in Landscape Planning (Technical University of Munich). Licensed by the Brazilian Council of Architecture and Urbanism. UNEP GEO-7 Expert Peer Reviewer... Read More →

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Monday April 22, 2024 09:00 - 10:30 EDT
Virtual
  Seed session

11:00 EDT

Empowering a traditional population through cultural tourism
A Biosphere Reserve, a NGO, a Traditional fisherman´s association and a Blue School program in a local public school are crafting a project to be developed at a traditional fishing beach, that resists to urban pressure, in Guarujá, São Paulo., BR. It is expected to receive inputs from participants to improve our proposal. Other Coastal Biosphere Reserves might be invited.
Virtual Speakers
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Monday April 22, 2024 11:00 - 12:30 EDT
Virtual
  Seed session

11:00 EDT

Worldly visions of a healthy living environment - what is yours?
Time to go outside! Nature in our daily lives helps us stay healthy, but a healthy environment looks different across the globe. Using Photovoice we are interested in seeing your interpretation of what nature keeps you healthy in your everyday life. We will discuss participants’ photos to derive design recommendations for a healthy environment, based on the diverse perspectives present.
In preparation for our discussion we would like to ask you about your perspective on what is a healthy living environment. Please upload a picture and answer three short questions through this form: https://forms.gle/Rkbu9rd6gxxr45ki9.
Thank you and see you on Monday!


Virtual Speakers
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Marthe Derkzen

Wageningen University & Research
Marthe Derkzen is a researcher and lecturer with the Health and Society group of Wageningen University & Research. She studies urban nature from a social justice perspective with an interest in participatory greening, climate adaptation, local food, healthy neighborhoods and stewardship... Read More →


Monday April 22, 2024 11:00 - 12:30 EDT
Virtual
  Seed session

11:00 EDT

¿Cuán lejos están las ciudades latinoamericanas del concepto de UNA sola SALUD y cuáles temas son relevantes?
La salud comprende todas las dimensiones del ser humano, tanto física, psíquica, social como cultural y ambiental. Es por ello que, para su abordaje, se deber tener en cuenta todos esos aspectos de una manera integral. El estudio del origen de los problemas que afectan la salud de las personas permite el análisis de las condiciones y las decisiones de las personas en sus formas de vida, la salud física y los contextos socioeconómicos y ambientales que participan de manera condicionante en los modos de vivir. El objetivo de esta sesion semilla es considerar, desde diferentes temas, la injerencia de la salud y la necesidad de un trabajo integral que contemple todas las dimensiones de las que se ocupa la salud urbana. Mediante el análisis de algunas temáticas como seguridad, alimentación, cultura, economía, entre otros, se observa la relevancia de algunas cuestiones a trabajar de manera profunda en espacios motivadores de acciones transformadoras y, especialmente, que permitan lograr unir a los pueblos latinoamericanos en las diferencias, similitudes e identidades.

Palabras claves: Salud integral. Determinantes sociales. Alimentación. Cultura. Economía circular
Virtual Speakers
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Silvana Baro

Docente, Universidad de Flores
Posdoctora en investigación de revisión sistemática. Doctora en Salud Pública. Licenciada en Psicología. Docente de grado y posgrado e investigadora. Autora de artículos con referato
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Beatriz Baroni

Director ot Internalization, UFLO
I have been working in Higher Education for over 25 years. Currently, I am the Director of Internationalization and Postgraduate Studies. Our university has a vision based on sustainability, the environment, and the importance of research and interdisciplinarity
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Martina Perduca

Decana de Facultad de Ingeniería, Tecnología y Arquitectura, Universidad de la Cuenca del Plata
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Monday April 22, 2024 11:00 - 12:30 EDT
Virtual
  Seed session
 
Tuesday, April 23
 

17:00 EDT

Cartographies Based on Natures
The formulation of the mapping workshop based on nature is part of a process of liberation of reflections on the responsibility of drawing, interpreting and recognizing territories.
Analyzing territories implies situating oneself as an observer. Recognizing the subjective gaze, implicit in discovering through drawing, naming and recognizing the values of the territories that which one seeks to describe or explain through cartographic elaboration.
Virtual Speakers
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Paula Erazo Patiño

voluntaria, SERes socioecologiar
Arquitecta apasionada.Creo en el poder que tiene la educación experiencial sobre todo en el campo de la arquitectura, en el poder que tenemos los y las arquitectas Junior para aprender, absorver, colaborar, empatizar y ser críticos con la profesión y en la medida del tiempo desarrollar... Read More →
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Tuesday April 23, 2024 17:00 - 18:30 EDT
Virtual
  Seed session

17:00 EDT

Como contação de histórias, filmes e cartas de atividades podem promover sensibilização ativa de crianças para a natureza nas cidades?
Vamos vivenciar uma seleção de filmes, leituras, jogos e outras propostas criativas especialmente selecionadas para sensibilizar educadores, mães, pais e facilitadores que atuam com crianças e adolescentes na promoção de mais oportunidades de contato com a natureza. Será uma sessão muito prática, com muitas trocas de percepção, poderemos avaliar os materiais vivenciados e também sugerir muitas outras referências com os participantes de todo o mundo.
Virtual Speakers
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Juliana Gatti Pereira Rodrigues

Founder and CEO, Instituto Arvores Vivas
POSTER: "Developing Environmental Culture through Memories, Multisensorial Experiences, Science and Empathy"Arvores Vivas Institute promotes action and projects that bring people closer to nature through art and information since 2006. Our initiatives work together with many different... Read More →


Tuesday April 23, 2024 17:00 - 18:30 EDT
Virtual
  Seed session

17:00 EDT

Envisioning Action for a Symbiotic Bogotá
Through this workshop we want to propel the creativity to make socio-ecological justice a radical reality in Bogotá, Berlin and cities across the world. We will co-envision action plans for 5 specific urban landscapes of Bogotá with a symbiotic perspective and making a parallel with Berlin. We will learn to ideate symbiotic solutions for situated contexts entangling the socio-techno-ecological.
Virtual Speakers
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Antonia Roda Otero

Anthropologist, Trophica Lab
I am an anthropologist with a minor in architecture interested in the bio-social and spatial relationships that happens in the built space. Through transmedia ethnographies and  methodologies of futures research, I approach social realities for the design of technological systems... Read More →
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Mateo Villegas Villegas

Trophica Lab, Universidad de Los Andes
As a biologist and anthropologist with a background in design and architecture, my ambition is to lead and articulate groundbreaking projects focused on climatic adaptation, biodiversity regeneration and social justice. I plan to utilize my experience in interactive and co-creative... Read More →
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Tuesday April 23, 2024 17:00 - 18:30 EDT
Virtual
  Seed session

17:00 EDT

Remake Wetlands in Latin American Cities
This seed session presents “tracks” recorded in short videos of actions on urban wetlands in Latin American cities. Each track presents different solutions based on spatial data and nature for the integration of wetlands into cities. The researchers will share in first person their experiences of networking for the restoration, promotion and rescue of heritage and biocultural landscapes.
Virtual Speakers
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Ana faggi

Dean, Flores University
Urban Ecology 
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Leo Datri

Professor and scientific researcher, Laboratorio de Ecología de Bordes (UFLO)
My research area is the ecology of wetland and river valley landscapes. In education I teach landscape ecology, simulations and models in ecology and biology. I actively promote urban sustainability in Patagonia.
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Edgardo Pero

Researcher, CONICET
Hi ! I am a biologist, researcher at the National Counsil of Scientific and Technical Research of Argentina (CONICET) and professor of Ecology and Stadistic at the National University of Rafaela (Santa Fe) and National University of Tucumán at the Horco Molle Botanical Garden and... Read More →
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Riciane Pombo

Director, Guajava Arq. da Paisagem e Urb
As one of the founders of Guajava, I serve as a creative leader and experienced architect, bringing expertise and passion to the forefront of our innovative endeavors. As chief architect, I develop, coordinate and lead the team of professionals who work on projects, such as architects... Read More →
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José Bueno

Social Architect and Urbanist, Rios e Ruas
I have worked as a facilitator and social urbanist at "Rios e Ruas" promoting and inspiring countless actions so that the Brazilian population discovers, sees and wants clean and free rivers, especially in urban centers. We have been working towards a new relationship between cities... Read More →
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Tuesday April 23, 2024 17:00 - 18:30 EDT
Virtual
  Seed session
 
Wednesday, April 24
 

09:00 EDT

Comunas Verdes y Ciudadanos Científicos del Bosque Urbano
Esta sesión será en Español. Discutiremos dos proyectos desarrollados en Colombia. El primero es el de Jardines Sanadores, implementado en Valledupar por la ONG Proárbol, con el apoyo del Servicio Forestal de los Estados Unidos. Esta es una iniciativa que contribuye a la seguridad alimentaria de la población y genera cohesión social a través de la agricultura urbana. El segundo es un programa de Ciencia Ciudadana llevado a cabo en Medellín por el Servicio Forestal de los Estados Unidos, en el cual los ciudadanos aprenden sobre los beneficios de los árboles urbanos mediante el uso de la herramienta MyTree.
This session will be in Spanish. We discuss two projects carried out in Colombia. The first is Wellness Gardens developed in Valledupar by Proarbol with the support of U.S. Forest Service. It is an initiative that contributes to food security and generates social cohesion through urban agriculture. The second project is about a Citizen Science Program carried out in Medellín by the U.S. Forest Service, in which citizens learn about tree benefits using the MyTree tool.
Virtual Speakers
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Duver Vides

Director, PROARBOL
Director de la Ong Proarbol, ingeniero ambiental de profesión. Trabajando en proyectos de forestería urbana desde el año 2017 en la ciudad de Valledupar, Colombia. Me interesa en aprender y aplicar nuevas soluciones basadas en la naturaleza que permitan construir comunidades mas... Read More →
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Maria Arroyave

Urban Forestry Coordinator - Colombia Program, U.S. Forest Service International Programs
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Wednesday April 24, 2024 09:00 - 10:30 EDT
Virtual
  Seed session

09:00 EDT

GROUNDWORK: Insight Through Process and Play
GROUNDWORK uses process-oriented creative direction to help individuals, institutions, and companies animate ideas and cultivate potential. In this session, Rita first introduces and describes GROUNDWORK’s foundational principles of engagement. She then hands it off to Chris who offers an interlude of her Dynamic Natural Attention (DNA) practice, opening us all up physically, emotionally, and creatively. Finally, Rita and Chris together welcome attendees to share their own projects, inquiries, or workshops and we expand the space into a reciprocal, imaginative, lively brainstorm on how to develop our various projects into more robust creative, educational, and/or research experiences.


Virtual Speakers
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Rita Leduc

Artist, Rutgers / Oika / Groundwork
Hi! I am an interdisciplinary artist whose creative practice absorbs insights from nature-grounded research and applies them to novel endeavors on human and social scales. Ultimately, my work - be it in a forest, classroom, studio, meeting, workshop, or retreat - uses participation... Read More →
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Chris Bodwitch

I am a creative movement educator, clown performer and trainer of Dynamic Emotional Integration® who teaches playful ways to access e/motional intelligence. This encompasses learning the language of our emotions through questions while engaging with subtle somatic sensations and... Read More →


Wednesday April 24, 2024 09:00 - 10:30 EDT
Virtual
  Seed session

09:00 EDT

Island Life, Anywhere
Island life is often touted as “the way it should be.” While conjuring idyllic visions, an island is vulnerable to harsh realities of climate, isolation, and limited resources; and inhabitants must be creative and mindful of all other life on it. Participants are invited to draw inspiration from these delicate ecosystems and their communities, so we might scale their wisdom.
Virtual Speakers
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Eulani Labay

Experience Designer
I believe people can be engaged to solve their own problems and can work together to solve problems bigger than themselves. In complex and uncertain environments, I find abundance by balancing the gravity of difficult domains with a combination of vision, compassion, storytelling... Read More →


Wednesday April 24, 2024 09:00 - 10:30 EDT
Virtual
  Seed session

11:00 EDT

Hay lugar para todos: interviniendo barrios populares latinoamercianos

Se presentan intervenciones en asentamientos informales latinoamericanos y reflexiones sobre el tema en base al pasado simposio “Luz, Cámara, Acción 2023” organizado por Redeus _LAC, Santiago de Chile. Margarita Green aborda la problemática. Manfredo Corado, Pablo Fuentes, Fedora Mora y Circe Monteiro presentarán casos de acciones de Guatemala, Argentina, Brasil, Chile, Colombia, Guatemala y Honduras.
Virtual Speakers
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Margarita Greene

Professor, Researcher, UC, CEDEUS
Social housing, informal settlements, urban renewal, urban projects


Wednesday April 24, 2024 11:00 - 12:30 EDT
Virtual
  Seed session

11:00 EDT

PAISAGEM, ARTISTAS E CIENTISTAS VIAJANTES/PAISAJISTAS, ARTISTAS Y CIENTÍFICOS VIAJEROS
O paisagismo na América do Sul tem sido objeto de interesse de naturalistas e artistas que visitaram o continente em diferentes épocas, buscando registrar e compreender sua diversidade e singularidade. Suas investigações e representações são fontes valiosas para a história e a arte sul-Americanas, assim como para a reflexão crítica sobre as relações entre naturalidade e sociedade no presente.
Virtual Speakers
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PD


Wednesday April 24, 2024 11:00 - 12:30 EDT
Virtual
  Seed session

11:00 EDT

Urban Oasis Unleashed: Empowering Your City with Lush Street Canopies through Advocacy

Chicago's Tree Ambassador Program partners with community groups to increase the tree canopy in underserved areas. This program is one way that the City of Chicago is growing its tree canopy. What are your city's policies, and are they working? The session aims to uncover barriers and inspire action for a greener community.
Virtual Speakers
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Melinda Escobar

Tree Ambassador Program Specialist


Wednesday April 24, 2024 11:00 - 12:30 EDT
Virtual
  Seed session
 
Thursday, April 25
 

05:00 EDT

Learning from Nature Based Solutions in African Cities
Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) offer opportunities to solve critical challenges in African cities. These solutions require continuous learning between research-based and on the ground actions. NATURA’s “Global Roadmap for urban NBS” initiative is identifying and comparing current research and practice of urban NBS. The Africa team is identifying gaps, opportunities and highlighting urban NBS in practice. This session will:
- Provide findings of NBS in African cities and identify trends
- Discuss the challenges of this in research and on the ground
- Seek input to see if these findings are valid and align with individual experiences
Virtual Speakers
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Pippin Anderson

Professor, University of Cape Town
Pippin Anderson, a lecturer at the University of Cape Town, is an African urban ecologist who enjoys the untidiness of cities where society and nature must thrive together.
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Thursday April 25, 2024 05:00 - 06:30 EDT
Virtual
  Seed session

05:00 EDT

NATURA Roadmap for Urban Nature-based Solutions: What are the implications for Asia?
“Mainstreaming Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) requires consolidating current learning and addressing challenges to move forward. NATURA’s “Global Roadmap for urban NBS” initiative sought to take stock of the current research and practice of urban NBS, identifying gaps and opportunities to unlock future pathways. In this session, we will:
o Provide an overview of the key findings from the Global Roadmap for Asia
o Discuss the limitations of such stocktaking exercise and practical implications for research and practice
o Compare key findings against individual experiences from participants from the region to discuss the validity of the results”
Virtual Speakers
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Erich Wolff

Research Fellow, Nanyang Technological University
Erich Wolff (he/him) is an interdisciplinary researcher and teacher working in Singapore, Brazil, Australia, Indonesia and Thailand. His work delves into citizen science, nature-based solutions and flood risk reduction. His publications examine the potential of citizen science and... Read More →
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Perrine Hamel

Assistant Professor at Nanyang Technological University (NTU)’s Asian School of the Environment
Perrine Hamel is Assistant Professor at Nanyang Technological University (NTU)’s Asian School of the Environment. Her research and teaching focuses on urban ecosystem services, ecosystem-based management, and water resource management. Prior to joining NTU, she was a senior scientist... Read More →

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Thursday April 25, 2024 05:00 - 06:30 EDT
Virtual
  Seed session

05:00 EDT

Nature and the City
🌱 Elevate your city living! Curious about permaculture and zero waste but unsure where to start? Dive into our innovative workshop! Uncover the "why" behind embracing eco-friendly city life. Learn practical steps to green your surroundings and reduce waste. Join us in reimagining your urban ecological transition. Be a catalyst for change! Sign up now to be part of this hands-on journey toward a sustainable, vibrant cityscape. 🏙️🌿 #UrbanEcoLiving #ZeroWasteCity #UrbanPermaculture
Virtual Speakers
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Lamiaa

Founder, Captain Forest
I became deeply concerned about the environmental crisis and developed a passion for nature. As a result, I decided to leave my corporate career and change my habits. Since 2019, I have been living a plastic and waste-free lifestyle and have been involved in European projects focused... Read More →


Thursday April 25, 2024 05:00 - 06:30 EDT
Virtual
  Seed session

05:00 EDT

Nature-based solutions for post-war reconstruction of Ukraine
The Ukrainian National Forestry University (UNFU), located in Lviv, was founded in 1874 and is a well-known centre for forest education and science in Ukraine and Eastern Europe (4 institutes, 28 departments, 280 researches and teachers). It is the only University in Ukraine fully specialized in the field of forest based industry research. UNFU has a rich experience of the international cooperation.
Virtual Speakers
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Thursday April 25, 2024 05:00 - 06:30 EDT
Virtual
  Seed session

05:00 EDT

Urban Heritage Trees: Bridging Nature and Culture in Cities
Trees with outstanding traits remain objects of human fascination. Distinguished by their extraordinary appearance, age, historical associations, or spiritual significance, they constitute important ecological assets meriting special recognition and protection. To support the identification, management and protection of these trees, new international standards are required. To unlock their potential, these trees’ survival must be secured, and their stories widely told.
Virtual Speakers
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Stefania Romano

Coordinator, Transformative Urban Nature Action, UNECE
With an extended experience in environmental international affairs, spanning from Central Eastern Europe, Turkey, the Middle East, the Gulf Countries,  Brazil, and South Africa, I have worked for the Italian Ministry of the Environment, seconded to international organisations, such... Read More →
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Zoë Gauld-Angelucci

Programme Director, The Greenpop Foundation
I am currently the Programme Director at The Greenpop Foundation, an award-winning environmental non-profit organisation based in Cape Town, South Africa. My work includes overseeing urban greening, forest restoration, food gardening and environmental awareness projects across four... Read More →


Thursday April 25, 2024 05:00 - 06:30 EDT
Virtual
  Seed session

05:00 EDT

UrbanByNature in South Eastern Europe: NBS Living Labs
This session will be a traditional gathering of NBS practitioners, researchers, policy-makers and educators from South Eastern Europe (SEE) at TNOC festival, after the sessions organized in 2022 and 2021 as preparatory action for establishment of SEE UrbanByNature Hub. This time we will explore how living labs can strengthen the power of NBS in urban development policies and education, across countries of SEE, e.g. in Greece, Serbia, Montenegro, Croatia...
Virtual Speakers
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Ana Mitic-Radulovic

Research Coordinator, Centre for Experiments in Urban Studies - CEUS
Ana is an architect and urban planning professional form Serbia, with post-graduate education in Germany and working experience in Spain, Cyprus and Italy. She worked as an urban designer and consultant, as an expert in international organisations and a team leader in the line ministry... Read More →


Thursday April 25, 2024 05:00 - 06:30 EDT
Virtual
  Seed session
 
Friday, April 26
 

11:00 EDT

For a Social Ecology for the struggles to come
Social Ecology is an effective label that bring together the dire need to address the current ecological and social crisis. Murray Bookchin developed key ideas on this subject and some others developed them. This sessions aims to create a space and a time for further develop key topics of Social Ecology (such as ethics, direct action, technology, dual power, community, minority rights, decision making process) for the struggles to come.
Virtual Speakers
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Federico Venturini

activist-researcher, University of Udine
Federico Venturini is a Research Associate at the University of Udine (Italy). His current research focuses on river contracts, Zero Waste, the Kurdish question and social ecology. In 2016, he earned his PhD at the University of Leeds. Focusing on the experiences in Rio de Janeiro... Read More →


Friday April 26, 2024 11:00 - 12:30 EDT
Virtual
  Seed session

11:00 EDT

Polycrisis, urban failures and human-wildlife implications
This session engages with ‘callopsology’ – the study of why and how societies collapse – to explore how urban maladaptation to drivers of change (i.e., climate extremes, supply chain failures, socio-economic inequalities, conflicts) may affect human-wildlife relations in our cities. It aims to stimulate dialogue around potential urban failures, the wildlife implications, and what if anything can make a difference.
Virtual Speakers
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Cathel de LIma Hutchison

PhD Student, University of Dundee
I am an urban ecologist currently undertaking a PhD looking at how outcomes for biodiversity are negotiated in urban green infrastructure projects. I am keen to promote nature connectivity in Glasgow, the city I live in, and am involved in managing a local nature reserve and the campaign... Read More →


Friday April 26, 2024 11:00 - 12:30 EDT
Virtual
  Seed session

11:00 EDT

Towards joy, creativity and action: a participatory workshop on creative strategies
Towards more just & resilient cities we need more creative engagement!
We’ll mind-mash and workshop together how to integrate worldbuilding, storytelling, cultural social practice & creative reimagining to 5 immediate action needs from what you bring to the table about what's happening in your city.

Using break-out sessions and mind-mapping, this virtual “hands-on” workshop allows participants to help creatively strategize action plans that are joyful and effective.
Virtual Speakers
JM
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Dhira Rauch

Co-Director, Holes in the Wall Collective
Dhira Rauch is an instigator of people and ideas.With a background in immersive theater, design and food, Dhira is committed to rethinking systems through our lived experiences.She has training in herbal medicine, biodynamic farming, urban farm education, and various voice and body... Read More →
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Bibi Calderaro

CUNY - The Grad Center and John Jay College of Criminal Justice


Friday April 26, 2024 11:00 - 12:30 EDT
Virtual
  Seed session

11:00 EDT

Who takes care of this place? Drawing your system of stewardship
Understanding connections between neighbors, surroundings, and the actions they take to care for the city can support collaboration and transformation. In this seed session, we test a tool for drawing our systems of stewardship that centers positionality, requires no artistic background, and assumes incomplete knowledge. This approach can reveal where we are and where we want to go!
Virtual Speakers
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Natalia Piland

Interdisciplinary Scientist, USDA Forest Service


Friday April 26, 2024 11:00 - 12:30 EDT
Virtual
  Seed session

11:00 EDT

Young citizens for climate action
Young citizens from 16 cities in Latin America and the Caribbean are building a virtual community of practice to learn about adaptation solutions to climate change in their cities and are learning from each other. The objective of this session is to work together with other young citizens from across the globe to design an action plan to fight climate change
Virtual Speakers
MM

Friday April 26, 2024 11:00 - 12:30 EDT
Virtual
  Seed session
 
Tuesday, June 4
 

08:00 EDT

Cartografias del agua
Drawing with water as a strategy for recognizing the memories that accumulate spatial and sensory experience from water. Water as subject and as agent. A workshop that proposes drawing outside the need to represent and places the experience of memory and spatial memory as part of valuing the sensitive landscapes of water.
Berlin (in person) Speakers
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Carolina Fiallo

Mi interés por la ecología, al cuidado de la naturaleza y la organización espacial me formaron como arquitecta y urbanista. Enfocada en diseño, planificación y estrategias para la transición ecológica de territorios y ciudades, su enfoque se centra en la interacción del agua... Read More →


Tuesday June 4, 2024 08:00 - 09:30 EDT
In-Person Berlin
  Seed session

08:00 EDT

Co-creating Urban Biodiversity: Untapping the Potential of Citizens and Civil-Society Initiatives
What kind of support and frameworks do citizens and civil-society actors need to co-create urban biodiversity measures? How can we develop local capabilities while ensuring the necessary quality to contribute to both local and global biodiversity goals? This seed session is dedicated to jointly exploring these questions with practitioners, local decision-makers, researchers and planners. Our goal is to inspire local nature conservation authorities.
Berlin (in person) Speakers
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Michael Rollnik

research assistant, Senate Department for Urban Mobility, Transport, Climate Action and the Environment
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Sandra Naumann

Biodiversity officer, Senate Department for Urban Mobility, Transport, Climate Action and the Environment


Tuesday June 4, 2024 08:00 - 09:30 EDT
In-Person Berlin
  Seed session

08:00 EDT

Governance of NbS forwards urban biodiversity: towards the triptych of collaborative, inclusive and integrative approaches
Governance of NbS forwards urban biodiversity: towards the triptych of collaborative, inclusive and integrative approaches in cities
Moderators: Israa H. Mahmoud (Politecnico di Milano); Niki Frantzeskaki (Utrecht University)
Invited Speakers: Emma Puerari (Politecnico di Milano, Design department), Katharina Hölscher (Utrecht university), and Daniela Rizzi – (ICLEI Europe)
The shared governance of NbS in place entails both 1) the processes dynamics and 2) the settings for integrating those actions in the existing planning and urban policies. The barriers faced are a sign that institutional path dependencies, persisting administration issues and deeply rooted practices need to be removed and innovative governance approaches need to be devised and experimented with for NbS to be mainstreamed in cities.
Against this background, current research brings three key characteristics to the forefront for the planning and governance of NbS in cities: it needs to be collaborative, inclusive, and integrated. As a step forward, we can propose that these are the starting characteristics of good governance of NbS in cities.
The session aims at opening up a dialogue on governance challenges related to nature-based solutions and urban biodiversity in cities. The invitees will be giving 5-10 minutes pitch speech each to initiate a take on the topic from three different countries’ perspective: Italy, Netherlands and Germany. The discussants Israa & Niki will provoke the audience to participate in the debate through questions and an interactive questions session with Mentimeter or similar.
Berlin (in person) Speakers
avatar for Daniela Rizzi

Daniela Rizzi

Senior Expert for Nature-based Solutions, ICLEI Europe
Senior Expert on Biodiversity and Nature-based Solutions. Architect and Urban Planner (University of São Paulo) with a doctoral degree in Landscape Planning (Technical University of Munich). Licensed by the Brazilian Council of Architecture and Urbanism. UNEP GEO-7 Expert Peer Reviewer... Read More →
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Israa Mahmoud

Assistant Professor in Urban and regional planning - National Biodiversity Future Center, Politecnico di Milano
Israa Mahmoud is a polyglot Architect and Urban Planner. She is an Assistant professor in urban and regional planning at Urban Simulation Lab, Department of Architecture and Urban Studies of Politecnico di Milano. She is lately involved in the National Biodiversity Future Center (NBFC... Read More →
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Tuesday June 4, 2024 08:00 - 09:30 EDT
In-Person Berlin
  Seed session

08:00 EDT

How to imagine urban futures? Try to think laterally!
This workshop applies creative lateral thinking tools for questioning what is taken for granted in our cities and expands imagination for new urban solutions. The workshop aims to encourage thinking about our cities as a place of collective life and to make a step towards better future literacy. It is fun and provocative. See you in the futures!
Berlin (in person) Speakers
SP

Saša Poljak Istenič

researcher, ZRC SAZU
VG


Tuesday June 4, 2024 08:00 - 09:30 EDT
In-Person Berlin
  Seed session

08:00 EDT

Putting justice in perspective: A collective reflection on experiences and new questions for justice in/for/with urban nature-based solutions
In this session, we will zoom in and out on new questions of justice in/with/for urban nature-based solutions, with speakers coming from different analytical perspectives, methodological approaches, and geographical locations. The discussants will bring in new questions and unexplored ‘areas of justice’ and we will invite the audience to add to these questions in break-out group discussions. As an output, we collectively develop an agenda of new questions and ideas to push the bounds of just urban NBS.
Virtual Speakers
AH
CC
CS

Berlin (in person) Speakers
CS
avatar for Francesc Baró

Francesc Baró

Asst. Prof. of Urban Ecology, Vrije Universiteit Brussels (VUB)
I am an (urban) environmental scientist. My research is motivated by making cities inclusive, healthy, resilient and sustainable. In order to understand the complexity of urban social-ecological systems, I conduct applied research at the interface of urban ecology, urban geography... Read More →
JD
avatar for Loan Diep

Loan Diep

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, NATURA


Tuesday June 4, 2024 08:00 - 09:30 EDT
In-Person Berlin
  Seed session

10:00 EDT

Comparative Experiences in Community Interactions with Living Schoolyards
This session brings together participatory experiences from Europe and South America co-producing living schoolyards and multi-functional models of site-specific green infrastructure. We will discuss contributions to health and well-being, biodiversity, and nature-based learning. Other topics include potential barriers to broad implementation of the living schoolyard and corcerns related to biocultural diversity in the implementation of international NBS agendas in cities of the global South.
Berlin (in person) Speakers
MK
RS
RA
VF


Tuesday June 4, 2024 10:00 - 11:30 EDT
In-Person Berlin
  Seed session

10:00 EDT

Divided Generations - a short film on local ecological knowledge
Our life depends on plants but for that we need to know how to use them and this knowledge is disappearing very quickly from the modern world. Project DiGe is bringing to you an insight of the plant use by diverse ethnic minorities living by the border of the former Soviet Union.

The film is based on the work done as part of project DiGe, more here: https://www.unive.it/pag/33443

During the session, we will view the movie and discuss our own views, insights and more on local ecological knowledge. 

Photo credit: Julia Prakofjewa
Berlin (in person) Speakers
avatar for Baiba Prūse

Baiba Prūse

Research Associate, Athena Institute Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Key areas: local community knowledge (plants, fish, farmers), citizen science, sustainable resource management, science communication with the collaboration of artists.Baiba's work is linked to local ecological knowledge regarding wild plant uses, citizen engagement in environmental... Read More →


Tuesday June 4, 2024 10:00 - 11:30 EDT
In-Person Berlin
  Seed session

10:00 EDT

Envisioning Action for a Symbiotic Bogotá
Through this workshop we want to propel the creativity to make socio-ecological justice a radical reality in Bogotá, Berlin and cities across the world. We will co-envision action plans for 5 specific urban landscapes of Bogotá with a symbiotic perspective and making a parallel with Berlin. We will learn to ideate symbiotic solutions for situated contexts entangling the socio-techno-ecological.
Berlin (in person) Speakers
avatar for Mateo Villegas Villegas

Mateo Villegas Villegas

Trophica Lab, Universidad de Los Andes
As a biologist and anthropologist with a background in design and architecture, my ambition is to lead and articulate groundbreaking projects focused on climatic adaptation, biodiversity regeneration and social justice. I plan to utilize my experience in interactive and co-creative... Read More →


Tuesday June 4, 2024 10:00 - 11:30 EDT
In-Person Berlin
  Seed session

10:00 EDT

How to empower cities to lead the path forward in bold biodiversity action - the Berlin Urban Nature Pact
The alarming loss of biodiversity poses an imminent threat to the urban environment as well as the health and well-being of its communities. Spurring the necessary transformational change globally requires immediate action on the local level. The ‘Berlin Urban Nature Pact’, led by and for cities, translates the global nature goals into a set of ambitious SMART targets. This workshop highlights how the Pact supports cities in taking this transformative action and will inspire more cities to lead in the path forward.
 
The current introduction phase, January 2024 – July 2024, will establish a guidance documentation to accompany and supplement the final Pact document. A roadmap for events as well as means to inform interested stakeholders and administrations will be established, and a coordination office will be set-up by the City of Berlin in September 2024. The next phase will start from July 2024 onwards, to eventually culminate in an official signing event at the CBD COP-16 and a follow-up period in which cities can join the Pact to become official signatories.
 
Please find more information here:
https://citieswithnature.org/berlin-urban-nature-pact/
Berlin (in person) Speakers
AB
avatar for Florian Freutel

Florian Freutel

Senior Expert - Biodiversity & Nature-based Solutions, ICLEI Europe
JC
avatar for Kassia Rudd
avatar for Philipp LaHaela Walter

Philipp LaHaela Walter

Head of Biodiversity & NbS, ICLEI Europe
Philipp leads the Biodiversity and Nature-based Solutions Team at ICLEI’s European Secretariat. Through an extensive portfolio of cutting-edge research and innovation and other projects such as NetworkNature, GoNaturePositive or the Berlin Urban Nature Pact, the Team supports  local... Read More →
avatar for Sandra Naumann

Sandra Naumann

Biodiversity officer, Senate Department for Urban Mobility, Transport, Climate Action and the Environment
SH

Sponsors and Partners
avatar for ICLEI


Tuesday June 4, 2024 10:00 - 11:30 EDT
In-Person Berlin
  Seed session

10:00 EDT

La gestión ambiental en las artes escénicas: Metamorfosis Urbana
Celebramos la transformación personal y social hacia ciudades sustentables. Fusionamos la investigación académica universitaria sobre sostenibilidad y artes escénicas para traducir conocimientos en acciones impactantes. Este taller interactivo integra ciencias ambientales y arte, explorando la conexión entre sociedad y ecosistema. Destacamos la gestión ambiental en las artes escénicas como clave para generar conciencia en la industria cultural. Un llamado a repensar nuestro impacto y fomentar la transformación colectiva hacia resultados sostenibles.
Berlin (in person) Speakers
DL


Tuesday June 4, 2024 10:00 - 11:30 EDT
In-Person Berlin
  Seed session

10:00 EDT

Livable or Resilient? How biophilia enhances our cities
Biophilic Urbanism is a relatively unexplored research field. Through Citizen Science approach, we propose a proactive session designed in three parts: 1) From city to citizen: how nature makes us feel alive, healthy, and happy (30 mins); 2) From citizen to city: how nature makes cities more resilient to climate change (30 mins); 3) Biophilic brainstorming: people-nature-city interaction (30 mins).
Berlin (in person) Speakers
avatar for Deborah Lefosse


Tuesday June 4, 2024 10:00 - 11:30 EDT
In-Person Berlin
  Seed session

10:00 EDT

Nature-based solutions in the Global South: Opportunities and limitations in Policy and Practice
In this session, we will discuss the potential and challenges of implementing nature-based solutions in the Global South. We will discuss the nuances of the concept, explore how it is being applied differently in various countries and interrogate its limitations in post-colonial contexts and in historically marginalised neighbourhoods.
Berlin (in person) Speakers
avatar for Erich Wolff

Erich Wolff

Research Fellow, Nanyang Technological University
Erich Wolff (he/him) is an interdisciplinary researcher and teacher working in Singapore, Brazil, Australia, Indonesia and Thailand. His work delves into citizen science, nature-based solutions and flood risk reduction. His publications examine the potential of citizen science and... Read More →
avatar for Franklin Kirimi

Franklin Kirimi

Senior Design Associate, Kounkuey Design Initiative
Mr. Franklin Kirimi is a Landscape Architect, who has dedicated the last 5 years to the contextualization and sustainability of nature-based solutions (NBS) in urban informal settlements and in the urban context of sub-Saharan African cities. With a keen focus on overcoming challenges... Read More →
avatar for Loan Diep

Loan Diep

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, NATURA

Sponsors and Partners
avatar for Nanyang Technological University


Tuesday June 4, 2024 10:00 - 11:30 EDT
In-Person Berlin
  Seed session
 
Wednesday, June 5
 

05:00 EDT

5D Mapping the Future Together
As human beings, we stand out in our capacity to imagine and tell stories of the future; when enough of us believe in an idea and act on it, it naturally becomes our reality.  Can we make visible the process in which we, as humans, co-create realities by weaving space, time, and imagination to create more Aliveness in our cities? In this session, we enter a future-making process, where we co-design and sense into pathways that could inspire 10,000 cities worldwide to “human well” together for aliveness.
Moderators
UN

Berlin (in person) Speakers
FP
LG
MH
MD
avatar for Uri Noy Meir

Uri Noy Meir

CEO, Bama Maps
Father, Artist, and Founder. I cultivate and design learning spaces inspired by nature and empowered by play.

Sponsors and Partners
avatar for Living Cities Earth


Wednesday June 5, 2024 05:00 - 06:30 EDT
In-Person Berlin
  Seed session

05:00 EDT

A NbS tour around Europe: Local experiences and lessons learnt from working together with and for nature
Nature-based solutions are practical actions to protect, conserve, restore, sustainably use and manage natural or modified terrestrial, freshwater, coastal and marine ecosystems which address social, economic and environmental challenges effectively and adaptively, while simultaneously providing human well-being, ecosystem services, resilience and biodiversity benefits. While considerable effort has been invested in the researching, understanding, building knowledge and communicating about these solutions, there remains a prevailing belief that NbS are best understood through a first-hand experience or visit. For this reason, NetworkNature aims to capitalise on the existing network of national and regional NbS Hubs to enable a “Live tour of Nature-based Solutions around Europe”. The goal of this tour is to gather insights, learnings, provoke questions, and share experiences.

The session will focus on experiences from local NbS sites, engage in discussions with various stakeholders, and explore the topics discussed through interactive exchanges and posters exhibition.

Representatives of 10 NbS hubs will showcase their experiences through the local NbS sites visited: Nordic Hub, Italian Hub, Spanish Hub, Portuguese Hub, Caucasus Hub, Ukrainian Hub, Scottish Hub, Polish Hub, Hungarian Hub, Southeastern Europe Hub


AGENDA
11:00  –  11:05 CEST – Welcome & introduction 
11:05 – 11:20 CEST – Introduction to the local NbS sites visited around Europe by the NbS Hubs representatives (1.5 mins each) 
11:20 – 11:50 CEST – Panel 1: Technical theme (Speakers: 5 NbS Hubs representatives) + Q&A  
11:50 – 12.20 CEST – Panel 2: Political theme (Speakers: 5 NbS Hubs representatives) + Q&A  
12.20 – 12:30 CEST – Conclusions 
12:30 – Invitation to view the NbS Hubs posters exhibition.

Berlin (in person) Speakers
avatar for Anna Bruen
avatar for Firdaous HALIM

Firdaous HALIM

NbS Project Officer, IUCN EURO
avatar for Shreya Utkarsh


Wednesday June 5, 2024 05:00 - 06:30 EDT
In-Person Berlin
  Seed session
  • Language English
  • Room Number The Plane Tree House - Room 5

05:00 EDT

Experiential Futures: Are darker nightscapes the path for multispecies cities?
Join this workshop to experience the futures of cities (New York & Berlin) that have become darker to meet the needs of more-than-human species. Learn how humans not only overcame their colonization of the nights with artificial light, but also formed designerly alliances with nature to thrive together in darkness. From bioluminescent ecologies to rituals of healings find awe in darker worlds. You will be also invited to keep expanding these worlds taking multispecies thinking paradigms as seeds for your imagination.

Organizers: Melissa Ingaruca, Alannah Hofemeier, Mariana Hernandez, Danielle McCharty / NATURA, Steve Williams.
Virtual Speakers
avatar for Alannah Hofemeier

Alannah Hofemeier

Adaptation Researcher, PlanAdapt

Berlin (in person) Speakers
DM
avatar for Loan Diep

Loan Diep

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, NATURA
MH
avatar for Melissa Ingaruca Moreno


Wednesday June 5, 2024 05:00 - 06:30 EDT
In-Person Berlin
  Seed session

05:00 EDT

Feminist City-making (FEM. DESign Network)
A feminist city has no one-size-fits-all definition. It is inclusive of all genders, races, and cultures. It recognizes and celebrates diversity and promotes the rights and well-being of marginalized groups, including women, gender minorities, and people of color.

"The Gendered City" "Feminist Design Tools Development Working Group." work in progress.
A team of experts, researchers, and urbanists, that advocates for feminist geographies and inclusive spaces and are passionate about shaping our cities in a more equitable and gender-sensitive manner.

FEM DESign network is te biggest growing feminist network that is tackling feminist design in cities, it has a wide array of resources and tools aimed at promoting gender equity and inclusivity in urban spaces. Our Network has 180 Global FEM. Experts from +55 Cities around the world!

The primary objective of this session is to overview feminist design tools to reach feminist spaces that incorporates collective experiences in designing inclusive spaces. Feminist watchers' tools is a concept developed by Nourhan that refers to a set of tools and methods that are used to analyze urban spaces and policies through a gender-sensitive lens. These tools will be developed to help identify and address issues related to gender equity and social justice in urban spaces. 
Berlin (in person) Speakers
avatar for Nourhan Bassam, Ph.D.

Nourhan Bassam, Ph.D.

Founding Director, The Gendered City
Nourhan is the director of GamingX, an urban activation and placemaking organisation based in Amsterdam. Nourhan is "The Gendered City." Author a book that was purchased in 23 countries around the world and discusses wide topics of gender equality in cities. As a feminist urbanist... Read More →


Wednesday June 5, 2024 05:00 - 06:30 EDT
In-Person Berlin
  Seed session

05:00 EDT

Interrupting narratives of human-nature connections for NBS governance
This session explores what nature-people connections for NBS governance- mean in practice. Invited discussants present a dominant perspective on how people-nature relationships are understood or portrayed in a specific area of NBS research. During these sessions, we will work with the audience to interrupt these dominant understandings through interactive story-telling, where anecdotes, debates and questions intervene in and disrupt narratives. We will collectively come up with new questions to open up the inquiry and create new tangible action pathways for reconfiguring people-nature relationships in cities.
Berlin (in person) Speakers
JD


Wednesday June 5, 2024 05:00 - 06:30 EDT
In-Person Berlin
  Seed session

05:00 EDT

Let's play! Designing nature-based solutions in Minecraft
Minecraft is the world's most-played video game and its mechanics are rooted in creativity and collaboration. During this session we'll be using Minecraft to design and build nature-based solutions around the event venue, using a virtual model of Berlin. Come along, have fun, play and learn about the potential of gaming as a medium for engaging people in sustainable cities.
Berlin (in person) Speakers
IG
JB
NJ
avatar for Paul Mahony

Paul Mahony

General Manager, Oppla


Wednesday June 5, 2024 05:00 - 06:30 EDT
In-Person Berlin
  Seed session

05:00 EDT

Municipio de Ubaté: Simbiosis rural-urbano
El Municipio de Ubaté ubicado en el Departamento de Cundinamarca en la República de Colombia-Sur América, después de las afectaciones que tuvo producto del fenómeno de La Niña en los años 2010-2011, está repensando su ordenamiento territorial en función de adaptarlo a las futuras condiciones de cambio y variabilidad climática por medio de una mejor ocupación y calidad de vida.
Berlin (in person) Speakers
DI


Wednesday June 5, 2024 05:00 - 06:30 EDT
In-Person Berlin
  Seed session

05:00 EDT

Next (re)generation SDGs: Pathways to wholeness & aliveness
Regenerative Development Aims (RDAs) are a radical re-thinking of the UN SDGs, infused with aliveness (living-systems thinking) we care to perpetuate in an already-shared world. RDAs have been re-languaged/repurposed as open-ended, aspirational, scaleable self-organizing instruments for guiding community processes and generating pathways aimed at regenerating whole people, communities/bioregions, planet.

RDA's are conceived, not as prescriptive commandments, but rather as instruments to guide communities in generating pathways towards regeneration. We will host a deep play session with RDAs as pathway generators.
Virtual Speakers
avatar for Mario Yanez

Mario Yanez

Whole systems design practitioner and complexity scholar dedicated to bringing about a shift towards a regenerative—living systems—paradigm!

Berlin (in person) Speakers
avatar for Mario Yanez

Mario Yanez

Whole systems design practitioner and complexity scholar dedicated to bringing about a shift towards a regenerative—living systems—paradigm!


Wednesday June 5, 2024 05:00 - 06:30 EDT
In-Person Berlin
  Seed session

05:00 EDT

Visioning healthy cities through Photovoice
Time to go outside! Nature in our daily lives helps us stay healthy, but a healthy environment looks different across the globe. Using Photovoice we are interested in seeing your interpretation of what nature keeps you healthy in your everyday life.

In this session we will discuss participants’ photos to derive design recommendations for a healthy environment, based on the diverse perspectives present. What makes a healthy city, and what does 'healthy' mean?We will co-create a big sketch pad with elements of a healthy city.

Post-session, participants can join us in writing an article based on the design recommendations and photos harvested in the session.
Berlin (in person) Speakers
avatar for Marthe Derkzen

Marthe Derkzen

Wageningen University & Research
Marthe Derkzen is a researcher and lecturer with the Health and Society group of Wageningen University & Research. She studies urban nature from a social justice perspective with an interest in participatory greening, climate adaptation, local food, healthy neighborhoods and stewardship... Read More →
avatar for Vanya Bisht

Vanya Bisht

Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Waterloo
I am a Postdoctoral Research Fellow associated with the Future Cities initiative in the School of Planning at the University of Waterloo, Canada. My research centers on the theme of epistemic justice and epistemic pluralism. I am interested in developing research tools for understanding... Read More →
avatar for Yuliya Dzyuban

Yuliya Dzyuban

Assistant Professor, Pratt Institute
I study lived experiences of heat using mixed-method approaches to alleviate urban heat in cities. I am interested in relationships between, microclimate, urban design, and perceptions of heat.


Wednesday June 5, 2024 05:00 - 06:30 EDT
In-Person Berlin
  Seed session

05:00 EDT

Women placing biophilia at the heart of 21st century urbanism
This session explores the role of women in placing biophilia at the heart of 21st century urbanism by fostering lively green arteries coursing through our cities and providing a continuous experience for residents of all ages – from child to adulthood – to nurture love for living things; and for other living things to move through urban landscapes more freely.
Berlin (in person) Speakers
avatar for May East

May East

Director of Cities, UN House Scotland
I am an international urbanist specialised in nature-positive and gender-sensitive cities. I work regeneratively with 20-minutes neighbourhoods, mining cities and informal settlements in both global north and south. My recently launched book What if Women Designed the City? emerged... Read More →


Wednesday June 5, 2024 05:00 - 06:30 EDT
In-Person Berlin
  Seed session

08:00 EDT

Acting for justice in nature-based solutions
This session invites participants to join a critical dialogue to place justice at the center of nature-based solutions (NBS) research and practice by exploring potential injustices, inclusivity in decision-making, and whose interests and needs are prioritised. We explore these aspects using theatre to delve into ongoing cases of co-creation of NBS in cities belonging to the Horizon 2020 INTERLACE project.
Berlin (in person) Speakers
MK
NB
avatar for Sara Maestre Andrés

Sara Maestre Andrés

Researcher, Institute of Environmental Science and Technology (ICTA)- Autonomous University of Barcelona


Wednesday June 5, 2024 08:00 - 09:30 EDT
In-Person Berlin
  Seed session

08:00 EDT

Crafty and Creative Communication
NetworkNature and UGP+ will explore how cities and nature-based solutions advocates can use non-traditional/multi-media forms of communication to foster public engagement and socio-ecological transformation. Participants will leave with a crowdsourced mini creative comms toolkit, inspired by the NbS Comics initiative. Ideas dreamed up in this session will inform preliminary plans for a NetworkNature communications tool box.
Berlin (in person) Speakers
avatar for Anna Bruen
avatar for Kassia Rudd

Sponsors and Partners
avatar for ICLEI


Wednesday June 5, 2024 08:00 - 09:30 EDT
In-Person Berlin
  Seed session

08:00 EDT

Dérives of migrant landscapes: Meeting points between species and places
Through migrant movements, human and non-human elements are set in motion, transforming the landscape and the subjective readings we make of it.
From the concept of "urban dérive", the meeting aims to capture and reimagine the natural and urban elements that migrants highlight of the city they inhabit (or inhabited) in dialogue with their landscapes of origin
Berlin (in person) Speakers
FC
LR
avatar for Lina Maria Hoyos Rojas

Lina Maria Hoyos Rojas

PhD candidate, Center for Innovation in Territory, Urbanism and Architecture
I have background in Anthropology and Master Degree in Urbanism and Spatial Planning. Currently is a PhD candidate in Territorial Engineering and Land Planning at the Instituto Superior Técnico and integrates the Center for Innovation in Territory, Urbanism and Architecture -CiTUA... Read More →
PQ


Wednesday June 5, 2024 08:00 - 09:30 EDT
In-Person Berlin
  Seed session

08:00 EDT

Envisioning Positive Futures for the Urban Public Space
Local urban social-ecological-technological conditions greatly affect possibilities for well-being and human-environment relationships. By facilitating a co-creation space, this session aims to explore how participants envision a desirable urban environment, through the identification of current challenges, encouraging creativity and imagination to challenge current trajectories. The goal is to foster meaningful discussion on what a desirable and just urban future might be.
Berlin (in person) Speakers
avatar for Aminta Estrada-Leyva

Aminta Estrada-Leyva

Stockholm Resilience Centre
I am a Mexican biologist, current Research Assistant, and Master’s student in Social-ecological Resilience at the Stockholm Resilience Centre in Sweden. My interests lie in social-ecological systems and analyzing their dynamics in urban environments. My current field of study applies... Read More →
avatar for Jorinde-Marie Rieger

Jorinde-Marie Rieger

Master Student, Stockholm Resilience Centre


Wednesday June 5, 2024 08:00 - 09:30 EDT
In-Person Berlin
  Seed session

08:00 EDT

Overcoming barriers to empower equitable urban coastal resilience: the clock is ticking.
This interactive session invites participants to discuss successful strategies for expediting the translation of resilience research into on-site projects in urban coastal environments. We aim to harness knowledge and insights from various regions and a diverse range of stakeholders to co-design approaches that can promote the advancement of coastal resilience while prioritizing social equity.
Berlin (in person) Speakers
avatar for Bryce Corlett

Bryce Corlett

Assistant Research Professor, Old Dominion University
avatar for Laura Costadone

Laura Costadone

Assistant Research Position, Old Dominion University
I am a broadly trained urban ecologist with expertise that spans from ecosystem services, human-environment interactions, and environmental data science.  My research focuses on identifying ways to enhance resilience in coastal and urban environments. I co-design and co-create pathways... Read More →


Wednesday June 5, 2024 08:00 - 09:30 EDT
In-Person Berlin
  Seed session

08:00 EDT

RE:PLAY Think-Tank-Act for Redesigning Playscapes with Children and Youth
RE:PLAY gathers professionals who recognise play as a cultural activity that has the capacity to include and (re)connect communities with nature. An activity that recognises and navigates available resources to respond to contemporary environmental challenges. Engaging with the everyday life practices of children and youth RE:PLAY intends to create conducive conditions for communities to thrive.
Visit: https://redesigningplayscapes.net/
Berlin (in person) Speakers
avatar for Mirjana Utvić
NO
PM


Wednesday June 5, 2024 08:00 - 09:30 EDT
In-Person Berlin
  Seed session

08:00 EDT

Urban voices
Climate extreme events have a significantly higher impact over women, children, the elder and disabled citizens. It is difficult to understand how one person can be more vulnerable than other to climate. The objective of this session is to build awareness of differentiated vulnerability to climate change in the own flesh of the participants to this session and to reflect on how to build cities that are more resilient for everyone!
Berlin (in person) Speakers
OD


Wednesday June 5, 2024 08:00 - 09:30 EDT
In-Person Berlin
  Seed session

10:00 EDT

"Radical Collaboration to Foster Transformation Towards Climate Neutrality”
This interactive seed session aims to explore and catalyze radical collaboration among diverse stakeholders towards achieving climate neutrality in local context. Fueled by the urgency to address the climate crisis and inspired by the lessons from recent setbacks like the 2023 referendum for Berlin to become climate neutral by 2030, this session seeks to instigate transformative actions through collaboration.
Berlin (in person) Speakers
avatar for Inna Chilik

Inna Chilik

Sensemaking & Strategic Learning Co-Lead, EIT Climate-KIC
Inna Chilik is a systems innovator and cross-organizational collaboration facilitator with over 15 years of experience in strategic management consulting and a dual Masters’ degree in Finance and Strategic Leadership towards Sustainability. Born in Moldova with a strong connection... Read More →


Wednesday June 5, 2024 10:00 - 11:30 EDT
In-Person Berlin
  Seed session

10:00 EDT

Led by the nose: How do multisensory perceptions help develop radical knowledge production?
Festival participants are invited to come together where sight, sound and smell converge and engage with collective emotions, feelings and concerns surrounding issues of climate change and environmental degradation. Fragrances like green plants, damp earth and fresh rain that evoke the natural world are set in juxtaposition with projected future dystopian and utopian derived video installations and participant generated AI images.
Berlin (in person) Speakers
avatar for Anna Novakov

Anna Novakov

Anna Novakov is a multi-disciplinary artist, writer, designer, curator and educator. She was born in Belgrade (former Yugoslavia) in 1959 and was raised in Berkeley, California. Novakov is Professor of Art History, Theory and Practice (Emerita) at Saint Mary’s College of California... Read More →


Wednesday June 5, 2024 10:00 - 11:30 EDT
In-Person Berlin
  Seed session

10:00 EDT

Let's Solve a Mystery! A Play-Based Approach to Environmental Education
You’re invited to come solve a mystery! Join Applied Theater practitioner Ania Upstill for an engaging and mysterious environmental education experience. Based on their Masters thesis project with the Urban Field Station NYC, this session invites attendees to experience a sample session and then brainstorm how to build their own mystery to engage participants in a play-based approach to environmental education and advocacy.
Berlin (in person) Speakers
avatar for Ania Upstill

Ania Upstill

GenderWise
Ania (they/them) is a queer and trans performer, theatre maker, teaching artist and award-winning clown. A graduate of the Dell’Arte International School of Physical Theatre (Professional Training Program), Ania’s recent work celebrates LGBTQIA+ artists with a focus on gender... Read More →


Wednesday June 5, 2024 10:00 - 11:30 EDT
In-Person Berlin
  Seed session

10:00 EDT

Take a walk on the wild side: Tools to explore animals' perspectives in the urban space
For free-living animals, cities are habitats full of resources and dangers. Do you like to take their perspectives and to develop ideas for a more-than-human cohabitation - even with pest species? Where are your limits? Can you, can we meet the animals' needs? In our workshop, we are using two playful tools (Animal Perspectives and Installation for Interconnected Thinking) that invite you to switch perspectives and explore the role of urban animals, and your own, in the socio-ecological transformation. The tools are from our own "Toolbox for Xtopias" that you can explore here: https://xtopien.org/en-toolbox. See you at the wild side!
Berlin (in person) Speakers
avatar for Annette Voigt

Annette Voigt

researcher, lecturer, University of Kassel
I have a background in landscape planning and architecture, philosophy and history of ecology  and urban ecology. I am interested in wild animals in urban regions, human-animal-relations, conflicts with animals in urban nature and how to integrate animals in architecture  & urban... Read More →
avatar for Jasmin Jossin

Jasmin Jossin

Academic staff member at the Department of Design, University of Applied Sciences Potsdam
I aim to support others in developing new, radical, utopian/ambivalent future visions in order to initiate dialogues on how we (do not) want to live in a future city, and to facilitate transformative learning and future literacy (see xtopien.org). Since April 2024, I am doing this... Read More →
avatar for Richard Beecroft

Richard Beecroft

Managing Director of the KIT-Center Humans and Technology, KIT - Karlsruhe Insitute for Technology
I am a sustainability scientist interested the transition of socio-ecological-technical systems towards sustainability. I take part in TNOC because I am interested in the role that arts, design and creativity can play in such processes. You can also chat to me about real-world lab... Read More →
TG


Wednesday June 5, 2024 10:00 - 11:30 EDT
In-Person Berlin
  Seed session

10:00 EDT

Walks in the Garden
(WIP) Walks in the Garden is an invitation to wander. Berlin based artist Andrew Amondson will share a walking practice he developed walking with Studio Olafur Eliasson, Forest of Imagination, Berlinale, Netflix, and others. Wandering together, we will connect with the urban landscape, emergent ideas and one another.
Berlin (in person) Speakers
avatar for Andrew Amondson

Andrew Amondson

Artist and Filmmaker walking with Studio Olafur Eliasson, Netflix, Berlin International Film Festival, Forest of Imagination


Wednesday June 5, 2024 10:00 - 11:30 EDT
In-Person Berlin
  Seed session
 
Thursday, June 6
 

03:00 EDT

Bridging Worlds: Counteracting the extinction of nature experiences through digital engagement
Open Vimeo Event
Urban societies face the challenge of the #ExtinctionOfExperiences of nature. Yet, the role of the internet in enriching these experiences is often underestimated. This session delves into the nexus of #DigitalRelationalValues and local #EnvironmentalStewardship. We aim to explore how digital engagement can bolster local environmental efforts. Let's team up to harmonize online influence with local environmental stewardship for greater impact.

Programme:

1. Warm-up & Session Introduction, Johannes Langemeyer, BIG-5 
2. Digital Co-construction of Nature Values, Fulvia Calcagni, BIG-5 
3. Panel Discussion with:
Marcela Menendez, Environmental (Online) Activist
Peter Jelink, Environmental Influencer & Founder of Green State
Thalía Dancuart, Environmental Marketing Specialist 
David Maddox, Founder of TNOC

4. Wrap-up, Johannes Langemeyer, BIG-5 


https://webs.uab.cat/big5/
ERC-StG BIG-5 
Virtual Speakers
avatar for Johannes Langemeyer

Johannes Langemeyer

Senior Researcher, Institute of Environmental Science and Technology (ICTA-UAB)
avatar for Fulvia Calcagni

Fulvia Calcagni

Postdoc Researcher, Icta-UAB

Berlin (in person) Speakers
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Johannes Langemeyer

Senior Researcher, Institute of Environmental Science and Technology (ICTA-UAB)
avatar for Fulvia Calcagni

Fulvia Calcagni

Postdoc Researcher, Icta-UAB


Thursday June 6, 2024 03:00 - 04:30 EDT
In-Person Berlin
  Seed session

03:00 EDT

Ethical Storytelling + Community Gardens
Nuestra Herencia: Legacy Film Project brings together a series of short documentary films exploring histories, gardens, and legacies through the lives of 10 senior gardeners of El Paseo Community Garden in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood. An On The Real Film original in collaboration with El Paseo Community Garden.

The ethical storytelling workshop/lecture will encourage nonprofits and organizations to take up the responsibility of influencing and inspiring through ethical storytelling. We will explore how building trust and collecting stories tied to a mission and vision while being accountable to the community or audience that is being impacted are core to ethical storytelling.
Virtual Speakers
TB
avatar for Yaritza Guillen

Yaritza Guillen

Urbanista
Yaritza Guillen is  an urbanist, storyteller, and unapologetic optimist. Her focus lies in interdisciplinary practices, community-based design, and story mapping. As a cultural producer and community planner, she has engaged in various projects, including the Nuestra Herencia: ... Read More →

Berlin (in person) Speakers
TB
avatar for Yaritza Guillen

Yaritza Guillen

Urbanista
Yaritza Guillen is  an urbanist, storyteller, and unapologetic optimist. Her focus lies in interdisciplinary practices, community-based design, and story mapping. As a cultural producer and community planner, she has engaged in various projects, including the Nuestra Herencia: ... Read More →


Thursday June 6, 2024 03:00 - 04:30 EDT
In-Person Berlin
  Seed session

03:00 EDT

Global to Local Workshop: Jumpstart the Creation of a Frameworks Guide for Practitioners
This interactive session invites participants to discuss global and international frameworks to monitor biodiversity and nature-based strategies. Local governments often don’t have the capacity to review the available frameworks and select the best one for their application. We aim to harness knowledge and discuss how to best support cities in connecting their local strategies to global frameworks and targets.

Berlin (in person) Speakers
avatar for Jennifer Rae Pierce
avatar for Laura Costadone

Laura Costadone

Assistant Research Position, Old Dominion University
I am a broadly trained urban ecologist with expertise that spans from ecosystem services, human-environment interactions, and environmental data science.  My research focuses on identifying ways to enhance resilience in coastal and urban environments. I co-design and co-create pathways... Read More →


Thursday June 6, 2024 03:00 - 04:30 EDT
In-Person Berlin
  Seed session

03:00 EDT

Intervening in the urban metabolism - exploring tensions between efficiency, equity and liveability
Join us to explore the resource flows of several cities and work in teams to make them more environmentally sustainable, inclusive and resilient. Most importantly, can we make the infrastructures and resources work for all people? We look forward to debating how different interventions may prioritise singular or plural outcomes, and, in the process, learning more about how the concept of urban metabolism can support better city planning and development.
Virtual Speakers
avatar for Funmi Adeniyi

Funmi Adeniyi

Manager, Rights Based Approaches, ICLEI AFRICA
Funmi, a passionate advocate for human-centric development, sees the world through the lens of its people. With a Ph.D. in Law specializing in Human Rights Protection, her journey spans over a decade across private, public, and academic sectors. She intricately weaves her expertise... Read More →
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Berlin (in person) Speakers
avatar for Funmi Adeniyi

Funmi Adeniyi

Manager, Rights Based Approaches, ICLEI AFRICA
Funmi, a passionate advocate for human-centric development, sees the world through the lens of its people. With a Ph.D. in Law specializing in Human Rights Protection, her journey spans over a decade across private, public, and academic sectors. She intricately weaves her expertise... Read More →
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Sponsors and Partners
avatar for ICLEI


Thursday June 6, 2024 03:00 - 04:30 EDT
In-Person Berlin
  Seed session

03:00 EDT

River connectivity and pathways to nature-based transformations
Urban rivers connect diverse local communities and serve as catalysts of urban change. Our workshop explores the transformative potential of river connectivity for nature-based sustainability in cities. We will use narrative and creative approaches to explore the importance of rivers in global GI planning contexts and pathways toward transformation.
Virtual Speakers
MK
NG

Berlin (in person) Speakers
MK
NG

Sponsors and Partners
avatar for NATURA


Thursday June 6, 2024 03:00 - 04:30 EDT
In-Person Berlin
  Seed session

03:00 EDT

Wild Spaces in Cities: worries, weeds, or welcome?
The emergence of ‘rewilding’ in the Anthropocene has given rise to considerable and animated dialogue among planners, ecologists, landowners, and especially within urban and rural communities. However, while the topic has generated a lot of heat, there much less light has been shed on the subject, especially contested ideas such as novel ecosystems, urban rewilding, and reconnecting people with wild nature. In the meantime, the global travel and movement restrictions as a response to COVID have risen to an increased in awareness of nature, especially nature close to where people live and work. In essence, society has reacquainted itself with the wild species on its doorstep. This session is aimed at exploring rewilding in an urban context. Hosted by the NovelEco Project (www.noveleco.eu) this session will discuss the geographies of rewilding and discuss perceptions of wild spaces or novel ecosystems in towns and cities. It will be a combination of short, thought-provoking presentations followed by a roundtable workshop with attendees encouraged to explore what rewilding means ecologically, socially, personally, and culturally.
Berlin (in person) Speakers
avatar for Marcus Collier

Marcus Collier

NovelEco Project, Trinity College, Dublin
I am a sustainability scientist and my research explores social-ecological systems, co-creation, nature-based solutions, urban novel ecosystems, and transdisciplinarity.


Thursday June 6, 2024 03:00 - 04:30 EDT
In-Person Berlin
  Seed session

05:00 EDT

Becoming ready for a future within the climate crisis
Action-oriented workshop where we will identify multiple elements that we will have to deal with the future - from empty supermarkets, sudden job loss or extreme migration - and come up with short, medium and long term strategies on how to handle it individually and in community
Virtual Speakers
avatar for Ricardo Silva

Berlin (in person) Speakers
avatar for Ricardo Silva


Thursday June 6, 2024 05:00 - 06:30 EDT
In-Person Berlin
  Seed session

05:00 EDT

Bridging Perspectives: Co-creating Nature-Based Futures Across Disciplines
We will facilitate a dynamic exchange between participants from diverse backgrounds such as artists, researchers, and municipal urban planners to explore how we can benefit from working with each other and in turn make nature-based interventions the best they can be for as many citizens as possible.

Participants will identify potential hurdles to consider before developing a possible co-creation process in a given urban setting and with certain set of objectives. They will enrich developing this process by contributing their diverse expertise and skills from their work and cultural backgrounds.

The session will also showcase real-life approaches of co-creating nature-based interventions from the cities of Munich and Leuven, who are partners in the EU-funded projects VARCITIES and JUSTNature.
Berlin (in person) Speakers
avatar for Alice Reil

Alice Reil

Project Manager/ Green Space Planning Unit, City of Munich
Alice Reil (she/her) is an urban geographer who strives to bring more biodiverse, urban nature into public spaces. She led the biodiversity and nature-based solutions team at ICLEI Europe, a global city network, and now works at the City of Munich’s green space planning unit.
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avatar for Francesca Ferrara

Francesca Ferrara

Consultant, Prospex Institute
avatar for Magdalena Janzic

Sponsors and Partners
avatar for Prospex Institute


Thursday June 6, 2024 05:00 - 06:30 EDT
In-Person Berlin
  Seed session

05:00 EDT

Building community through participatory action research
Action research begins and ends with relationships. In this workshop, we will come together to share experiences and strategies for the creation and strengthening of research relationships, specifically within the realm of community-based, justice-oriented research. Where should the action research process begin? How do we 'show up' in a respectful way as researchers and partners? How do we maintain strong, respectful relationships throughout the research process? These are just some of the questions we will tackle together.
Berlin (in person) Speakers
avatar for Amber Grant

Amber Grant

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, The University of British Columbia
avatar for Daniel Sax

Daniel Sax

PhD Candidate, The University of British Colombia
Daniel is a PhD candidate researching at the intersection of urban forestry, planning, and environmental justice. Following an undergraduate degree in Sociology and some time working as an arborist and horticulturist, Daniel joined the UBC Forestry community hoping to learn more about... Read More →
avatar for Josefina Cortés

Josefina Cortés

PhD student, University of British Columbia/Centro UC de Desarrollo Local
avatar for Lotte Dijkstra

Lotte Dijkstra

PhD Landscape Architecture, Newcastle University
• • • she/her • researcher • writer • maker• • • PhD researcher Landscape Architecture at Newcastle University • exploring intersectional belonging + urban forest places through storytelling• • • founder Studio PLACES • exploring + sharing new visions on landscape + language... Read More →


Thursday June 6, 2024 05:00 - 06:30 EDT
In-Person Berlin
  Seed session

05:00 EDT

Itree Eco adapted to Guatemala
Learn about the work that the US Forest Service and a network of 10 organizations are doing together to promote awareness and study the value of urban forests in Guatemala City. Guatemala is among the most densely populated cities in Central America and over half of the country’s population live in urban areas. Come join us to learn about our work bringing i-Tree to Guatemala, to learn about ecosystem services that a key park provides to the nation and the economic value of these services. United Nations National Park is the epicenter of this wonderful journey.

Come and join us!
Virtual Speakers
LM

Berlin (in person) Speakers
LM


Thursday June 6, 2024 05:00 - 06:30 EDT
In-Person Berlin
  Seed session

05:00 EDT

People-centered approach for nature-sensitive placemaking in African cities: leading from ground up
ICLEI, KDI, and UN-Habitat explore urban transitions and nature-based solutions in African cities, emphasizing grassroots voices for equitable impact. Drawing insights from East and West African cities, the discussion spotlights tinkering with nature and bottom-up leadership for resilient, sustainable, and people-centered urban communities.Collaborative programs, including the community-led initiatives competition, A curated exhibition showcases experiences, emphasizing collaborative capacity-building and diverse narratives.



Berlin (in person) Speakers
avatar for Franklin Kirimi

Franklin Kirimi

Senior Design Associate, Kounkuey Design Initiative
Mr. Franklin Kirimi is a Landscape Architect, who has dedicated the last 5 years to the contextualization and sustainability of nature-based solutions (NBS) in urban informal settlements and in the urban context of sub-Saharan African cities. With a keen focus on overcoming challenges... Read More →
avatar for Joe Mulligan

Joe Mulligan

Founding Principal, Kounkuey Design Initiative
Joe is a Founding Principal of KDI, and currently serves as Executive Director. A chartered civil and environmental engineer, he is passionate about the joint application of science and local knowledge to develop socially and ecologically resilient cities. Joe co-directs the global... Read More →

Artists
avatar for Linnea Nilsson

Linnea Nilsson

Research Associate, Kounkuey Design Initiative
Research Associate Engineer at the Kounkuey Design Initiative (KDI).Participartory flood modelling, Nature-based Solutions and community-led development.Masters in Sustainable Technology from Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan (KTH) Stockholm. 


Thursday June 6, 2024 05:00 - 06:30 EDT
In-Person Berlin
  Seed session

05:00 EDT

Rewilding cities to remember we are one with nature
Rewilding cities helps urbanites remember: ‘we are one with nature’. It is not only about renaturalizing the urban fabric for more liveable and resilient interconnected spaces, but also about renaturing minds and connecting hearts. In this session, academics, artists and practitioners of diverse disciplines come together to play, move, and weave philosophies, knowledges, and practices into co-created action for urban and human rewilding.
Berlin (in person) Speakers
avatar for Damien Norris

Damien Norris

Owner, The Wilding Project
Damien retired from elite gymnastics in his twenties and transitioned into community development and international aid work. His professional journey continued to evolve as he assumed roles as a criminal and civil lawyer, public guardian, university lecturer, philosopher, and human... Read More →
avatar for Tahia Devisscher

Tahia Devisscher

Assistant Professor, University of British Columbia
I believe that the way to address the challenges our planet is facing this century calls for systems thinking and a more holistic approach to reconnect humans with nature. In my research work, I apply interdisciplinary thinking to study how forests and other greenspaces in and around... Read More →


Thursday June 6, 2024 05:00 - 06:30 EDT
In-Person Berlin
  Seed session

05:00 EDT

Roots grow in Silence
A collaboration of the SilenceSpace Collective and the MIYA forest e.V. association. Silence Spaces call for inner transformation processes that enable social change processes from within. While SilenceSpaces focus on inner change, MIYA transforms degraded urban landscapes into biodiversity hotspots by planting Tiny Forests. Together they address transdisciplinarity by merging social- and ecosystems through contemplation and action for a thriving world.
Virtual Speakers
VV

Berlin (in person) Speakers
VV


Thursday June 6, 2024 05:00 - 06:30 EDT
In-Person Berlin
  Seed session

05:00 EDT

Sharing Experiences about Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) in Small and Medium Islands
Open Vimeo Event
Nature-based solutions (NBS) are actions that use nature to address societal challenges in a sustainable way while providing multiple co-benefits. Small-medium islands (SMI) are home to a significant portion of the world's biodiversity and are often at the forefront of the impacts of climate change, and while several challenges and gaps still exist, NBS can play a critical role in helping SMI to adapt and thrive in a changing world. As part of the EU COST Action SMILES, we aim to share experiences of NBS uptake in SMI and across an urban-rural-semi-/natural gradient to develop new learnings.
Virtual Speakers
avatar for Mario Balzan

Mario Balzan

Director, Ecostack Innovations
I am an applied ecologist and my research focuses on pollination, ecosystem services assessment and mapping, and the responses of society to biodiversity and ecosystem services decline, including through green infrastructure, nature-based solutions and sustainable development policies... Read More →

Berlin (in person) Speakers
avatar for Mario Balzan

Mario Balzan

Director, Ecostack Innovations
I am an applied ecologist and my research focuses on pollination, ecosystem services assessment and mapping, and the responses of society to biodiversity and ecosystem services decline, including through green infrastructure, nature-based solutions and sustainable development policies... Read More →


Thursday June 6, 2024 05:00 - 06:30 EDT
In-Person Berlin
  Seed session

05:00 EDT

Transforming Car Culture
Transforming Car Culture
Artists have been asked to develop an Art Plan in Tacoma, USA in a district that is dominated by a Shopping Mall and parking lots. Join a solution based Workshop. The goal is clear, but what are the possible pathways that will be embraced by the community. Can art be the instrument of change?
Virtual Speakers
LM

Berlin (in person) Speakers
LM


Thursday June 6, 2024 05:00 - 06:30 EDT
In-Person Berlin
  Seed session
 
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