The ecological restoration and maintenance work at Charco da Horta da Oliveira — a pond that collects rainwater from the roofs of Escola Básica do Falcão (Falcão Primary School) — continues to yield very positive results, establishing this site as an important refuge for biodiversity conservation in an urban setting. Since the pond was redeveloped … Read more

Nerea Saiz Bezanilla, a student of the Degree in Geography and Territorial Planning at the University of Cantabria, completed and defended her Final Degree Project (FDP) on maladaptation to climate change, supervised by Cecilia Ribalaygua Batalla. The project develops tools to identify and prevent maladaptation, understood as those adaptation actions that, due to inadequate management, … Read more

Biodiversity monitoring associated with the Nature-based Solutions (NbS) implemented by the LIFE-myBUILDINGisGREEN project at C.E.I.P. Gabriela Mistral continues to progress. During 2026, the fifth evaluation campaign was carried out at the educational centre in Solana de los Barros (Badajoz), further consolidating the time series used to monitor these structures and assess their impacts within the … Read more

The COL3NATUR 2026 International Week: Architecture, Nature and Industrialisation for resilient educational environments is an EU Green Week partner event, held at the School of Architecture of the University of Navarra (Pamplona, Spain) from 23 to 25 June 2026 and at the Grand Salon of the Ville de Bayonne (Bayonne, France) on 26 June. On … Read more

At the end of the 2025/2026 school year, Porto City Council completed the third edition of the “My School is Green” educational programme, run at Falcão Primary School as part of the LIFE-myBUILDINGisGREEN project. After a first year devoted to discovering the Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) put in place at the school, and a second year … Read more

AdapteCCa is a Spanish platform for consultation and information exchange on climate change impacts, vulnerability, and adaptation. It aims to facilitate dialogue among various levels of government, the scientific community, planners, and public or private managers. The case study Soluciones basadas en la Naturaleza en escuelas: una solución verde para adaptar los edificios al cambio … Read more

Following visits in previous years to the EB1 Falcão school in Porto, the CEIP Gabriela Mistral school in Solana de los Barros (Badajoz), and the EBI Horta das Figueiras school in Évora, experts from the RJB-CSIC will return in July 2025. Although these surveys were scheduled to take place in 2024, they had to be … Read more

In La Sexta Noticias broadcast aired on February 22, 2025, a news segment focuses on “food on rooftops,” highlighting the advantages of installing green roofs and coverings in urban environments. One such initiative is being carried out at the Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, where urban gardens installed on rooftops produce more than a ton of … Read more

It all began with a model showcasing the various Nature-Based Solutions that can be found at Escola Básica do Falcão so that, over the past year, students could discover everything that exists beyond the classroom in terms of biodiversity — “the collection of living beings: plants, animals, and us,” João explains. And what else? “Fungi,” … Read more

On February 13, 2025, the students of CEIP Gabriela Mistral, the pilot building of the LIFE-myBUILDINGisGREEN project located in Solana de los Barros (Badajoz), interviewed Miguel Ángel Antón Gamero, an architect from the Badajoz Provincial Council. Under the school initiative “Radio Mistral,” the educational center launched its own radio station, where students, teachers, and invited … Read more

On 4 December 2024 a meeting took place at the Royal Botanical Garden (RJB-CSIC) between the teams of the Ecological Transition Area of the Badajoz Provincial Council and the RJB-CSIC, both participating in the LIFE-myBUILDINGisGREEN project. The meeting, which was attended by Alejandro Peña, Miguel Ángel Antón, Sara Tena, Jaime Fuentes and Álvaro Jiménez (Ecological … Read more

PreventionWeb is a global knowledge-sharing platform focused on disaster risk reduction (DRR) and resilience. Its aim is to facilitate access to up-to-date information, tools, best practices, and resources that support policymakers, researchers, and practitioners in effectively preparing for and responding to both natural and human-induced hazards. The platform offers content such as news, publications, events, … Read more

The first annual follow-up meeting of the After-LIFE Plan of the LIFE-myBUILDINGisGREEN project took place on 21 October 2024, attended by representatives of all the beneficiary entities of the project. During the meeting, the fulfilment of the objectives established for 2024 was evaluated, such as the monitoring of electricity, fuel and water consumption in the … Read more

From 14 to 18 October 2024, the on-site phase of the course Sustainable Construction: general aspects, organised by the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID) in the framework of a joint project with the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), took place in Montevideo. The aim of the activity was to encourage the transfer of … Read more

In 2024/2025, Porto City Council is continuing the programme of activities at the Falcão school (Campanha), a pilot school where Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) for climate change adaptation and energy sustainability were implemented as part of the LIFE-myBUILDINGisGREEN project, co-funded by the European Union’s LIFE programme. Following on from the lessons learned in the previous school … Read more

The Municipality of Porto took advantage of its participation in the MoRe Porto project to expand the pond that collects water from the green roofs of the Falcão Primary School. Besides the pond effect, it was restored to include also the effect of water retention and infiltration basin. Thus, the deepest part is watertight, which … Read more

The Diputación of Badajoz, through the Ecological Transition Area, together with the Solana de los Barros City Council (Badajoz, Spain), continues with the maintenance of the Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) implemented in the framework of the LIFE-myBUILDINGisGREEN project at the Gabriela Mistral School. The degree of vegetation development of these NBS varies between roofs and facades. … Read more

The exhibition ‘A city inspired by nature’, one of the results of the LIFE-myBUILDINGisGREEN project, was part of the Serralves Autumn Festival in Porto on 28 and 29 September, attracting hundreds of visitors. Families in groups, students and adults actively participated in the interpretative visits, showing great curiosity and enthusiasm. Cases such as that of … Read more

In 2023, the Badajoz Provincial Council, through the Ecological Transition Area, developed an educational programme within the framework of the LIFE-myBUILDINGisGREEN project, so that, together with the educational community, the students of the Gabriela Mistral school could be made aware of the fight against climate change. Various workshops were held on topics such as sustainability, … Read more

The content of the material produced by LIFE-myBUILDINGisGREEN goes beyond the boundaries of the project and serves as an example in the elaboration of a high school project in the Alpes-Maritimes region in France. This is the work carried out by Manuel Niccolini, a student of the Lycée International de Valbonne, in which he takes … Read more

In the 2022-2023 school year, Porto City Council developed an educational programme for the pupils of the Falcão School, focusing on the Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) implemented in the school in the framework of the LIFE-myBUILDINGisGREEN project. The NBS included green roofs, a green façade and photovoltaic panels. The aim of this programme was to promote … Read more

Miguel Ángel Antón (Ecological Transition Department, Diputación of Badajoz) met on 23 July 2024 with mothers from the Andalusian Association of Mothers of Heat Schools to present the Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) implemented by the LIFE-myBUILDINGisGREEN project at the Gabriela Mistral school. The interest of this association lies in knowing the best solutions to lobby the … Read more

From 21 to 27 July 2024, the XX International Botanical Congress (XXIBC) organised by the Spanish Botanical Society (SEBOT) and the Royal Botanical Garden (RJB-CSIC) is being held in Madrid. On Monday 22 July, Raquel Marijuan (CARTIF Foundation) presented the poster ‘Incorporating NbS in schools: Evaluation of student learning, climate adaptation and environmental awareness’, explaining … Read more

On 15 July, a new edition of La Uni Climática, the Spanish-language online reference space for learning about the climate crisis and biodiversity loss, kicked off. This year’s edition focuses on adaptation to the events accentuated by climate change that are particularly harmful to people, animals, flora and ecosystems. Miguel Vega, General Coordinator of the … Read more

The Fundación Laboral de la Construcción, through the Naturbuild Project, is creating a specialised training platform on green roofs for workers in the construction sector. Green roofs are currently considered as one of the most attractive solutions to achieve urban and building sustainability, and where the construction sector needs specific training. The LIFE-myBUILDINGisGREEN project, through … Read more

On 18-19 June, the Nature-Based Solutions Exhibition, designed by the City of Porto in the framework of the LIFE-myBUILDINGisGREEN project, was exhibited at the Intelligent Cities Challenge (ICC) event in Porto. Over two days, the exhibition challenged the 300 or so visitors present at the event – local business representatives, municipal authorities, representatives from several … Read more

The mBiGToldo prototype is a vertical surface system with very thin vegetation that was installed at the Horta das Figueiras school in Évora at the end of February 2024. The system consists of a waterproof sheet on which a non-woven felt is adhered on which a seeded substrate is projected. Due to the low thickness … Read more

On 28 May 2024, the CSIC’s International Programmes Area organised an information event on the new LIFE Programme call for proposals. The event, which was mainly aimed at CSIC research and management staff, took place at the headquarters of the CSIC Delegation of Andalusia and Extremadura, located in the Casa de la Ciencia in Seville. … Read more

On 23 and 24 May, the city of Porto presented the travelling exhibition ‘Porto, a city inspired by nature’, conceived by the City Council in the framework of the LIFE-myBUILDINGisGREEN project, to an audience of more than 500 people at the first edition of the ‘NBS Summit Urban Edition’. The exhibition challenges visitors to see … Read more

On 10 April, the Horta das Figueiras Primary School, in partnership with the LIFE-myBUILDINGisGREEN project, CIMAC, the Municipality of Évora and the contractor responsible for carrying out the works, organised an environmental awareness-raising workshop as part of the Curriculum Enrichment Activities (CEA). This event focused on the green roof recently installed at the school, promoting … Read more

Last February, the implementation works of the Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) of the Horta das Figueiras school, a pilot building of the LIFE-myBUILDINGisGREEN project located in Évora (Portugal), were completed. In this educational centre, where several NBS have been implemented on roofs, façades and playgrounds, the first signs of good health of the vegetation used are … Read more

On 9 May 2024 took place the first demonstration workshop of the two committed by the Diputación of Badajoz for the After LIFE period of the LIFE-myBUILDINGisGREEN project. The workshop, which was organised by the Ecological Transition Area of the Diputación of Badajoz, was attended by 15 students from the PIT Programme of the INTROMAC … Read more

From 6 to 9 May 2024, the Hungarian Delegation of the National Contact Points (NCPs) of the LIFE Programme visited various institutions in Spain to learn about how this country is organised in relation to the management of the LIFE programme. During the visit, various infrastructures, initiatives and projects in the framework of the conventional … Read more

The programme Más de uno is the news, current affairs and opinion programme of the morning session of Onda Cero, one of Spain’s leading national radio stations. In the programme broadcast on 28 March 2024, Irene Calderón talks about “How do cities adapt to climate change?”, conducting a brief telephone interview with Miguel Vega, General … Read more

From 13 to 15 March 2024, the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) organised the IX International Congress on Technological Innovation in Building (CITE2024), held at the Escuela Técnica Superior de Edificación (UPM). Arturo Martínez was in charge of presenting the study “the thermal behaviour of green roofs incorporated in the rehabilitated buildings of the LIFE-myBUILDINGisGREEN … Read more

On 13 March 2024, the webinar “Adapting now: from planning to action” took place in the framework of the Community of Practice of the five EU missions to address the grand challenges in health, climate and environment, and to achieve ambitious and inspiring goals in these areas. The event is part of the Mission Implementation … Read more

The Nature-Based Solutions Working Group (GT-SbN) is a multidisciplinary group of professionals interested in deepening the application of the Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) approach in their daily work, as well as in identifying projects and strategies that use NBS to re-naturalise the city throughout the country and disseminate them with the intention that this vision of … Read more

The European Climate Adaptation Platform Climate-ADAPT aims to support Europe in adapting to climate change helping users to access and share data and information on different formats, such as publishing adaptation case studies and potential adaptation options. One of the case studies published by the platform is Nature-Based Solutions in schools: a green way to … Read more

We inform about the recent publication of the Portuguese version of the online training “Nature-based solutions: the case of LIFE-myBUILDINGisGREEN”, part of the sub-action E2.2 of the LIFE-myBUILDINGisGREEN project. This training, which will be open to all audiences and has an estimated duration of about 4 hours, is available at THIS LINK. We remain at … Read more

On 29th and 30th November, the last meeting of the consortium of the project “LIFE-myBUILDINGisGREEN” for the implementation of Nature-Based Solutions in public education buildings took place. On the afternoon of the 29th, a visit was made to the Falcão EB1 School, the pilot building intervened in the city of Porto in the framework of … Read more

The Intermunicipal Community of Central Alentejo (CIMAC) held two demonstration workshops in the Horta das Figueiras school (Évora) for policy makers, municipal technicians, managers and members of the school community on 23 November 2023. These workshops are part of the transferability action C5 of the LIFE-myBUILDINGisGREEN project. A total of 48 people participated in the … Read more

In 2023, technicians from the Câmara Municipal do Porto have been supported by the Royal Botanical Garden (RJB-CSIC) to carry out several biodiversity sampling events in the facilities of the Falcão school, an educational centre in the city of Porto that hosts part of the Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) designed and implemented by the LIFE-myBUILDINGisGREEN project. … Read more

Part of the educational team of the Municipality of Porto has created a training programme on the adaptation of buildings to climate change based on the experience of the LIFE-myBUILDINGisGREEN project. This programme includes a series of interactive activities aimed at pre-school and primary school pupils that will be tested in the Falcão school in … Read more

On 31 October 2023, about seventy people attended the conference “How to use nature to adapt cities to climate change“, held at the Porto Innovation Hub, in the framework of the LIFE-myBUILDINGisGREEN project. During the afternoon, participants also had the opportunity to visit on the ground one of the city’s innovative and sustainable solutions, which … Read more

On the afternoon of Tuesday 17 October 2023, the Câmara Municipal do Porto organised a new visit to the Falcão School’s Nature-Based Solutions as part of the project’s cycle of travelling exhibitions. The event, which was intended for a maximum attendance of 30 people, was only attended by 8 people, possibly due to the bad … Read more

Another of the interpretative visits to the Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) of the Falcão Basic School, marked by innovation and sustainability, took place in the framework of the exhibitions organised by the LIFE-myBUILDINGisGREEN project in the pilot buildings in which it has implemented these NBS. On this occasion, the visits were open to all interested parties. … Read more

This conference is held in the framework of the participation of the city of Porto in the LIFE-myBUILDINGisGREEN project and the main language of the conference will be Portuguese. The conference will take place on 31 October 2023 from 9:00 am at the Porto Innovation Hub building. In the afternoon, there will be a visit … Read more

This Thursday, a total of 30 politicians and technicians from municipalities and municipal companies, as well as members of the Municipal Council of Environment, participated in two sessions of demonstrative workshops with the aim of presenting the Nature-Based Solutions installed by the LIFE-myBUILDINGisGREEN project at the Falcão Primary School, in Oporto. The project includes 700 … Read more

Today, researchers from the “Building Systems and Habitability” group of the Eduardo Torroja-CSIC Institute installed sensors and instrumentation to measure the impact of the green roofs implemented in the pilot school in the municipality of Porto in the framework of the LIFE-myBUILDINGisGREEN project. The results will complete the studies already carried out previously at the … Read more

From 21 to 25 September, several exhibitions were held at the EB1 School in Falcão with 156 pupils from the school’s seven classes (pre-school to 4th grade) with the aim of exploring with the children the green roofs and photovoltaic panels installed as part of the refurbishment and extension works of the school within the … Read more

From 19 to 21 September 2023, the final congress of the LIFE-myBUILDINGisGREEN project took place in the facilities of the Royal Botanical Garden (RJB-CSIC) in Madrid. During the three days, more than 100 professionals from Spain and Portugal from academic, research, local, regional, national and European administrations, companies developing Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) and civil society … Read more

During the morning of 13 September 2023, members of the CARTIF Technology Centre carried out the monitoring of noise reduction, indoor air quality, indoor temperature and envelope temperature indicators of the pilot building in Porto where the LIFE-myBUILDINGisGREEN project implemented a series of Nature-Based Solutions (NBS). This sampling served to assess the impact of these … Read more

Last week, Falcão Elementary School hosted the first in a series of interpretive visits to Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) installed as part of the school’s redevelopment and expansion interventions, which stand out for their innovation and sustainability. The initiative is aimed at the educational community and local residents. Participants, including 29 teachers and 8 non-teaching staff … Read more

We inform about the recent publication of the English version of the online training “Nature-based solutions: the case of LIFE-myBUILDINGisGREEN”, part of the sub-action E2.2 of the LIFE-myBUILDINGisGREEN project. This training, which will be open to all audiences and has an estimated duration of about 4 hours, is available at THIS LINK. We remain at … Read more

On September 19 – 21, 2023, the final congress of the LIFE-myBUILDINGisGREEN project will take place at the Royal Botanical Garden (RJB-CSIC), where we will have the opportunity to show the results achieved so far. The main language of this congress will be Spanish. During this event, we will be joined by professionals in the … Read more

On Friday June 30 2023, Jesús Muñoz, Principal Investigator of the LIFE-myBUILDINGisGREEN project, delivered a presentation on the project and the results obtained to researchers and managers of the Institute of Natural Resources of Salamanca (IRNASA-CSIC). The project was presented as an example of participation in transversal European projects that allow consolidated research groups to … Read more

Biodiversity sampling continues in the pilot buildings of the LIFE-myBUILDINGisGREEN project. On this occasion, colleagues from the Royal Botanical Garden (RJB-CSIC), the coordinating entity of this European project, have travelled to Solana de los Barros (Badajoz, Spain) to carry out the second biodiversity sampling in the Gabriela Mistral Primary School. Miguel Vega (RJB-CSIC) placing a … Read more

After months of work, from the LIFE-myBUILDINGisGREEN project, we are pleased to share the Spanish version of the online training “Nature-Based Solutions: The LIFE-myBUILDINGisGREEN project”. This training, which will be open to all audiences, is specially designed for people who have a day-to-day relationship with Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) in educational and social centres, such as … Read more

The construction works of the third pilot building of the LIFE-myBUILDINGisGREEN project, located in the city of Évora (Portugal), are about to start. The coordination of these works for the implementation of Nature-Nased Solutions (NBS) is carried out by the Intermunicipal Community of Central Alentejo (CIMAC). In order to ensure the correct execution of the … Read more

The Network of Local Governments +Biodiversity of the Spanish Federation of Municipalities and Provinces (FEMP) has published the new catalogue of the IV Awards for Good Local Practices for Biodiversity with the aim of compiling and disseminating the actions carried out by the Local Entities adhered to the Spanish Network of Local Governments +Biodiversity in … Read more

The LIFE-myBUILDINGisGREEN project meets with technicians from the Madrid City Council to discuss the possibilities of collaboration of this local entity with the project and its partners. The meeting was attended by staff from the Royal Botanical Garden (RJB-CSIC) and the Eduardo Torroja Institute of construction sciences (IETcc-CSIC) involved in the project, as well as … Read more

The LIFE-myBUILDINGisGREEN project has participated in the European Sustainable Energy Week 2023, presenting the project in the “Energy transition for Europe – Tools and Tips by LIFE ECODIGESTION 2.0” online seminar. This event took place on May 17 and was organised by Finnova, the coordinating entity of the LIFE ECODIGESTION 2.0 project. Several panelists from … Read more

From May 9 to 12, the Rural Climate 2023 Forum, organised by SBNCLIMA, took place in the Ribering space in Aranda de Duero (Burgos, Spain), where Raquel Marijuan (CARTIF), partner of the LIFE-myBUILDINGisGREEN project, participated as a speaker. The aim of this event was to foster transformative local action that builds climate resilience, improves biodiversity, … Read more

On May 10th, the Eduardo Torroja Institute of Construction Sciences (IETcc-CSIC) organised a conference on “optimised urban materials for more liveable and sustainable cities” in the Aula Torroja of the institute. During this conference, a debate was held on the impact of urban materials on the sustainability and habitability of cities, with special emphasis on … Read more

The CREALAB PINTO project leaders invite the IETcc-CSIC to collaborate in a participatory workshop with students from the Calderón de la Barca High School in Pinto. The project aims to promote an entrepreneurship initiative with the students. One of the activities consists of creating a new outdoor classroom space. The IETcc-CSIC team has participated by … Read more

After the visits of the students of the Nuestra Señora de Bótoa secondary school, on March 22, and the Open Days of Gabriela Mistral primary school, on April 28, the vocational school Campiña Sur IV and the Mariano Barbacid secondary school put the finishing touch to the cycle of exhibitions of the Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) … Read more

The Gabriela Mistral public school, from Solana de los Barros (Badajoz, Spain) organised an Open Day to show the Nature-based Solutions (NBS) implemented by the LIFE-myBUILDINGisGREEN project in this educational centre. This event is part of the Gabriela Mistral Cultural Week 2023. During the morning of April 28th, three sessions were held so that the … Read more

The Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID), together with the Eduardo Torroja Institute of Construction Sciences (IETcc-CSIC), is organising a course on “Sustainable and Inclusive Construction” within the INTERCOONECTA programme, which this year will be held at the AECID specialised training centre in Montevideo from 17 to 21 April 2023. This course is attended … Read more

Jesús Muñoz, Principal Investigator of the LIFE-myBUILDINGisGREEN project, has participated as a speaker at the International Conference of the URBAN GreenUP project, co-funded by the H2020 programme of the European Union. The conference took place on March 29, 2023 at the Augustinian Theological Study of Valladolid. During the conference, the results, experiences, applications and benefits … Read more

Madrid Science Fair 2023 has been organised by the Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology (FECYT) and it has taken place on March 22-25. The Royal Botanic Garden (RJB-CSIC), together with the National Museum for Natural Science and the Spanish Geomining Institute, has prepared an area where the LIFE-myBUILDINGisGREEN project has been presented. In this … Read more

Today, the LIFE-myBUILDINGisGREEN project has participated in the Conference on Green Roofs and Walls organised by the Spanish Association of Green Roofs and Walls (ASESCUVE) at the Royal Botanic Garden of Madrid. This conference has invited some technicians from different Spanish city councils, members from the Biodiversity Foundation and experts from European organisations working on … Read more

The cycle of exhibitions of the Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) implemented by the LIFE-myBUILDINGisGREEN project starts at the Gabriela Mistral school, in Solana de los Barros (Badajoz, Spain). The first exhibition took place on March 22, and was visited by students and teachers from the Secondary School ‘Nuestra Señora de Bótoa’ in the town of Badajoz. … Read more

The Diputación de Badajoz has organised a demonstrative workshop for technical profiles from Spain and Latin America in the framework of the Community and Municipal Awareness and Technical Assistance Programme for the implementation of the communal strategy of Recoleta, Chile. This programme, which lasted 6 days, focused on strengthening the transmission of knowledge on energy … Read more

From March 7 to 9, 2023, the LIFE-myBUILDINGisGREEN project has visited the educational centres in Spain and Portugal that serve as pilot buildings for the implementation and testing of the Nature-based Solutions implemented by the project. The main purpose of this visit was to carry out a general sampling to determine the number of bioindicator … Read more

This school from Solana de los Barros (Badajoz, Spain) is already experiencing the positive effects of the green walls and roofs implemented under the framework of the LIFE-myBUILDINGisGREEN project. The temperature inside the classrooms has already decreased between 11 and 15 %. Today, the Major of the province of Badajoz, Miguel Ángel Gallardo, has officially … Read more

IETcc-CSIC, partner of the LIFE-myBUILDINGisGREEN project, gave a presentation on Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) and the LIFE-myBUILDINGisGREEN experience at the International Seminar on Lighting and Sustainability 2022 organised by the Metropolitan Research Laboratory of the Autonomous Metropolitan University of Mexico… Read more

The LIFE-myBUILDINGisGREEN (LIFE-mBiG) project has a first contact with the Climate Neutral Cities Spanish Platform. The meeting took place on November 30 virtually between Valentina Oquendo Di Cosola, facilitator of the Platform, and Miguel Vega, General Coordinator of the LIFE project, to introduce both initiatives that work on mitigation and adaptation to climate change and … Read more

November 28, 2022 The LIFE-myBUILDINGisGREEN (LIFE-mBiG) project had a third meeting with the certification area of Green Building Council Spain (GBCe). The meeting took place on November 18 at the GBCe headquarters where the possibilities of joint collaboration were explored, deepening in the transferability and certification actions. During the meeting, GBCe explained the LEVEL(s), VERDE … Read more

November 25, 2022 Last Friday, November 18 2022, Jesús Muñoz (RJB-CSIC), Principal Investigator of the LIFE-myBUILDINGisGREEN project, presented the project, the Nature-Based Solutions already implemented and its first results during The MISS Conference event, from CONSTRUCTEC 2022, the leading trade fair for building materials, solutions and systems in Southern Europe. The event was attended by … Read more

The Madrid City Council’s Department of Government, Works and Equipment is organising the course “Design and Construction of Sustainable Buildings” on November 18, 2022, given by staff from the Eduardo Torroja Institute of Construction Sciences (IETcc-CSIC), which participates in the LIFE-myBUILDINGisGREEN project. The staff teaching this course belong to the Construction Systems and Habitability in … Read more

In the following video, different people involved in and/or affected by the LIFE-myBUILDINGisGREEN project explain the characteristics and benefits derived from the Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) implemented by the project in the Gabriela Mistral school from Solana de los Barros, province of Badajoz (Spain). During the video, it is possible to visualize the evolution of the … Read more

The “Nature-Based Solutions for building adaptation to climate change: LIFE-myBUILDINGisGREEN project. Implementation in Gabriela Mistral school (Solana de los Barros)” online workshop, hosted by the Diputación de Badajoz on November 10, 2022, was aimed to discuss and share experiences on the work related to green areas and climate change this public institution is carrying out … Read more

On November 10th, CIMAC held a meeting with the municipal technicians who make up the follow-up commission for the agreement on the principles of the LIFE-myBUILDINGisGREEN project and with those responsible for the development of the Municipal Master Plans. This meeting began with a general presentation of the LIFE-myBUILDINGisGREEN project, followed by the presentation of … Read more

On November 7, 2022, experts from the Royal Botanic Garden (RJB-CSIC) of Madrid collected and identified samplings of plants, animals and other organisms from the Falcão school, the pilot building in Porto where the LIFE-myBUILDINGisGREEN project, coordinated by the Royal Botanic Garden (RJB-CSIC), will implement Nature-Based Solutions in the following months. This sampling will be … Read more

Yesterday, October 27, there was a meeting in Madrid between the Sustainable Edification Unit from the Spanish Ministry of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda (MITMA) and the LIFE-myBUILDINGisGREEN project (LIFE-mBiG). This meeting is part of the actions for governance and project transferability that are aimed to include the Nature-Based Solutions developed by LIFE-mBiG in legislation … Read more

The LIFE-myBUILDINGisGREEN (LIFE-mBiG) project coordinates two sampling events addressed to know the biodiversity associated with the schools from Evora (Portugal) and Solana de los Barros (Spain) involved in the project Last week (October 6 & 7, 2022) experts from the Royal Botanic Garden (RJB-CSIC) of Madrid collected and identified samplings of plants, animals and other … Read more

On 5 October 2022, the LIFE-myBUILDINGisGREEN project was present at the 42nd AIVC Conference on “Ventilation challenges in a changing world”, which took place in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Arturo Martínez was in charge of presenting the study “monitoring of air quality and indoor environment in rooms occupied by houseplants” based on the learnings obtained in … Read more

September 20, 2022 The LIFE-myBUILDINGisGREEN (LIFE-mBiG) project participates in the 9th European Urban Resilience Forum presenting its first intervention of climate adaptation in a primary school in the province of Badajoz (Spain) The LIFE-myBUILDINGisGREEN European project has been invited to share its first experience with the implementation of Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) carried out in Spain, … Read more

On 15 September 2022, the LIFE-myBUILDINGisGREEN project was present at the 9th REHABEND Congress on “Construction Pathology, Rehabilitation Technology and Heritage Management”, which took place in Granada, Spain. Arturo Martínez was in charge of presenting the study “cataloguing roofs for the application of NBS in educational buildings” based on the learnings obtained in the LIFE-myBUILDINGisGREEN … Read more

On 5 September 2022, the LIFE-myBUILDINGisGREEN project was present at the IAQ ENBRI workshop that took place in Paris, France. Marta Castellote was in charge of showing the results of the absorption of pollutants by the plants used in the LIFE-myBUILDINGisGREEN project. For all news and events related to the LIFE-myBUILDINGisGREEN project, we recommend following … Read more

On June 17, 2022 the Diputación de Badajoz has hosted a webinar under the framework of the transferability actions of the LIFE-myBUILDINGisGREEN project. The event was presented as a demonstrative workshop about the Nature-Based Solutions recently implemented by the project in the Gabriela Mistral School, in Solana de los Barros (Spain). It was attended by … Read more

On February 23rd 2022, CARTIF carried out a demonstrative workshop with the students of Parque Alameda Primary School in Valladolid to install a vertical garden. The activity was attended by a total of 60 primary school children, 4 teachers and 5 experts from the LIFE-myBUILDINGisGREEN project; Salustiano Torres (RJB-CSIC), José Fermoso, María González, Esther San … Read more

Thanks to the collaboration with the LIFE SHARA project of the Biodiversity Foundation, the LIFE-myBUILDINGisGREEN project was able to learn about the work carried out by the Interreg POCTEP Green Cities CENCYL project and explore various ways of collaboration between the two initiatives. In addition to the exchange of knowledge, the LIFE-myBUILDINGisGREEN project participated as … Read more

From 15 to 17 November 2021, the European Commission organised the conference “Beautiful, sustainable, together: LIFE in the New European Bauhaus”, where several LIFE projects that are of particular relevance to achieve the objectives of the New European Bauhaus were present. Among the invited projects was the LIFE-myBUILDINGisGREEN project, which was presented on 17 November … Read more

From 20 to 22 October 2021, the 20th Seminar of Environmental Documentation Centres and Protected Natural Spaces, RECIDA 2021, took place at the National Centre for Environmental Education (CENEAM), in Valsaín (Segovia). The event was attended by 90 participants, including heads of centres, libraries, experts and university professors from the 17 autonomous communities of Spain … Read more

On 1 and 2 October 2021, the long-awaited 1st National Meeting of Teachers for Future Spain (TFFS) took place in Madrid. A group of teachers that works on a non-profit basis in educational campaigns on climate change, organising actions and activities aimed at achieving sustainability in schools and their environment. The meeting took place in … Read more

The project is coordinated by the CSIC and with the participation of CARTIF, CIMAC, Cámara do Porto and the Diputación de Badajoz, through the Area of Rural Development and Sustainability

Four projects funded by the European Union’s LIFE Programme, including the LIFE-myBUILDINGisGREEN project, come together in a virtual workshop to showcase their achievements in relation to the thematic priority identified by the EU Green Week 2021: Zero Pollution, for a healthier people and planet. The main objective of this virtual workshop, which took place on … Read more

Organized by the FEMP, the workshop has served to publicize the actions that the provincial institution is carrying out within the LIFE MyBuildingisGreen project

CIMAC – Intermunicipal Community of Central Alentejo promotes on December 15, at 10:00 am, on an online platform, the Round Table “Nature-Based Solutions: Climate Change and Governance”.

The International Conference on Harmonisation between Architecture and Nature, Eco-Architecture 2020, took place from 7 to 9 September 2020. The conference, which was originally planned to be held in person in Bilbao, took place virtually, due to the restrictions imposed by COVID-19. In the “Design and Nature” session, the LIFE-myBUILDINisGREEN project participated by sharing the … Read more

On 10 October 2019, the LIFE-myBUILDINGisGREEN project was present at the 2nd Euro-Mediterranean Conference for Environmental Integration (EMCEI 2019), which took place in Sousse, Tunisia. José Fermoso was in charge of presenting the study “improvement of classroom conditions and CO2 concentrations through natural ventilation measures reinforced with NBS implementation” based on the learnings obtained in … Read more

“Financing Greener Cities was a capacity building event focused on strengthening the capacity of local authorities and technicians to make decisions on financing Nature-Based Solutions. The event, which took place on 8-9 October 2019 in Athens, was an interactive workshop aimed at increasing the community development and capacity of participants to reach financing agreements targeting … Read more

The 2019 United Nations Climate Change Conference was the 25th conference of the parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP25), which was held from 2-15 December 2019 in the city of Madrid, Spain, under the presidency of Chile. The conference also included the 15th meeting of the parties to the Kyoto … Read more

On 10 July 2019, a round table was organised by the Câmara Municipal do Porto, partner of the LIFE-myBUILDINGisGREEN project. The event was attended by representatives of all LIFE project partners and the two main green roof associations in Spain and Portugal, such as the Spanish Association of Green Roofs and Vertical Landscaping (ASESCUVE) and … Read more

With the aim of increasing the exchange of knowledge and experience between projects, policy makers, industry and other stakeholders in the building sector, and with a view to disseminating good practices, promoting synergies and informing the political decision-making process from the results of efforts on the ground, the LIFE Programme organised a meeting on 17-18 … Read more

In 2007 the University of Jaén (Spain) created a permanent International Seminar on “Management and Conservation of Biodiversity”, the 2019 edition of which took place from 2 to 7 June in the Vale do Lobo, in Loulé (Algarve, Portugal). The seminar focused on “Landscape, vegetation and climate change” and aimed to discuss landscape and vegetation … Read more