The whiteboard animation explains in a short formula the benefits of creating rain gardens and, above all, shows, drop by drop, what happens to the water falling on the roof and seeping through the garden.
Why have we built rain gardens in schools in the Malopolska region?
This short film presents the benefits of rain gardens and explains how to co-design them to benefit the local community.
Guide for urban professionals – climate adaptation workshop scenario
This guide has been developed to help organise workshops to support local governments and social organisations in participatory design and development of action plans for implementing blue-green infrastructure (BGI) solutions. It also aims to increase participants’ knowledge of projects that will make cities greener and more resilient to climate change.
Participatory spatial planning tool for climate adaptation
The assessment tool, and a manual on how to use it, were created in response to the need to consider climate crisis in participatory spatial planning processes. It helps to examine the potential of a given place for climate change adaptation.
EFUF 2023 Book of Abstracts
Book of Abstracts presents all of the presentations and posters at the 25th edition of the European Forum on Urban Forestry (EFUF), which is being held for the first time in Poland.
More information can be found on the project website: https://efuf.org/
Renovation and retrofitting of old buildings in times of climate crisis
Our newest publication, edited by Tomasz Jeleński, is now ready for download. It is a comprehensive guide that explains and presents the wide range of possible solutions (technologies and materials) to be implemented in each building element to minimise its environmental impact.
Addressing climate change in cities. Policy instruments to promote urban nature-based solutions
We invite you to download our latest publication, which covers a wide range of policy and supporting instruments relevant for NBS design, implementation and maintenance. Policy instruments include regulations, strategies, programmes, action plans and financial incentives.
Catalogue of urban nature-based solutions
This catalogue is designed to support planners, designers and landscape architects in various sized urban areas in Europe and beyond in applying NBS instead of or alongside traditional approaches. The publication responds to challenges and presents a wide selection of NBS.
Sustainable Development Applications series
Sustainable Development Applications series has been established to promote tools and case studies of good practice related to sustainable development, both in Poland and abroad.
“Nature friendly space” films series
As part of the My Forest project, a series of instructional videos was created explaining how to implement nature based solutions around the house and how to cultivate the surrounding greenery in a nature-friendly way.
Retention friendly places – map
Rain gardens, retention basins, green walls, roofs, tramway tracks, more and more such elements of green and blue infrastructure appear in our cities.
Warsaw catches the water – film
Educational film about re-sealing of the city, implemented by the Sendzimir Foundation for ZZW as part of the project Warsaw catches the water.
Available in Polish.
