Regenerative agriculture – the Holy Grail of nature-based solutions
According to the International Union for Nature Conservation itself, which launched the very concept of nature-based solutions, agriculture is the most important issue and the biggest opportunity for nature-based solutions in our days. By now we know that with the methods of regenerative agriculture it is possible to multiply the amount of soil organic matter […]
Rural greening plans in the field of agriculture – unfolding the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy
The new Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) of the European Union for the period 2023-2027 offers an opportunity to make agriculture greener, more fair, more sustainable and more result-oriented – this opportunity is turned into practice in the member states through national legislations, following the common EU directives. What are the regulatory and support instruments and […]
From the EU’s Biodiversity Strategy to Urban Greening Plans
How the EU is Legislating for Nature Restoration in Cities? In the last couple of years, increased attention has been paid to environmental challenges in the European Union’s agenda. Part of this is an increased focus on biodiversity and related issues, such as nature restoration. For example, the European Green Deal aims to utilise natural […]
Breaking the glass ceiling: NBS water retention is becoming a horizontal principle IN policies
Unexpected and dramatic precipitation events become everyday struggles as the effects of climate change can be felt more and more on our skin. Managing the response to this phenomenon requires multilevel and interdisciplinary effort from cities, regions, countries and transnational systems likewise. In this broad horizon, we investigated the coordination role of municipalities with regards […]
Green Transformation, Community Led: The European Commission on the New European Bauhaus
Readers of the BURST Magazine may be familiar with the New European Bauhaus initiative, as we already covered it in July last year. However, this time, we managed to ask Alicja Herbowska, Acting Head of Unit for the NEB at the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission for an interview. The interview will explain […]
From Living Labs to Societally Conscious Manufacturing: The Case of Eindhoven
This month, we talked to Wim de Kinderen, who works for the Brussels Office of Brainport Eindhoven. This interview will cover a lot from living labs to mixing technical and social innovation, from regenerating a region through triple-helix economic initiatives to 3D printing. However, there is an underlying theme here: how economic development can be […]
Circular water treatment in large-scale buildings – a good practice technology guide
At BURST we already started diving into the topic of sustainable water management: we brought you a material discussing comprehensive solutions to the global water crisis in theory, and also interviewed a research organisation on the palette of nature based solutions for managing water scarcity and on the prospects of using them in the public […]
Circular floating districts: a solution to expanding cities and reducing construction waste?
This month, we talked to Willem Jan Landman, a Dutch “sailing architect” working on turning used barges into floating, sustainable neighbourhoods. He explained to us how their first concept “VLOAT” is circular, what purposes they can serve and how they can be integrated into urban networks. BURST: What is the work you are doing? Williem […]
Moving forward with the power of art
The above sentence is the slogan of the ForwArt project of Tilburg city, which ambitions to make art as the source of empowerment and development. Indeed, this Urban Innovative Action project offers young people growing up in the area of Tilburg Nord a better future by unfolding their talents, by widening their opportunities, and supporting […]
New European Bauhaus: how the EC is leading the way to reimagine our cities for the green transition
New European Bauhaus is an exciting new initiative – or shall we say movement – of the EU that was announced in 2021. To understand NEB better, we turned to Eszter Dávida, from Contemporary Architecture Centre Budapest (KÉK), who sits on the high level round table of NEB, together with some of the most important […]