How to Make Biodiversity Governance More Participatory?
This month, we wanted to highlight another Interreg Europe we are part of, this time led by the Province of Potenza in Italy: CiBioGo, or Citizen Participation in Biodiversity Governance. Biodiversity governance, such as safeguarding protected natural areas or strengthening ecosystems and biodiversity, is key for reaching the EU’s “30×30” target as set out in […]
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 […]
Act up for biodiversity – a fusion of technology and the ingenuity of bees
One year ago we introduced you to the UPSURGE project, tackling the loss of biodiversity and climate change by promoting Nature Based Solutions in urban environment. Let’s see the project’s progress after 1 year, and get acquainted with one of the partners on top of BURST: the BeeOdiversity enterprise and their work. Let’s refresh our […]
People-powered services: a new model for running social services in the 21st century
Social services are under increased pressure due to an ageing population, a pressure that is increased in times of crisis. Meanwhile, civil society and democratic participation in local communities are in decline. An innovative social service model, the so-called people-powered services aim to solve problems. Burst’s own Ferenc Szigeti, former lead expert of the Urbact […]
Response to the migration flow from Ukraine in Budapest, Hungary
Migration has been on the EU agenda since the beginning of the 2010s, but Europe has been involved on a different level since the outbreak of the war in Ukraine on 24th February. Thousands of refugees have been arriving to the neighbouring countries’, putting the social system under pressure in an unprecedented way. What is […]
Beyond sewage: an Italian research organisation’s quest to use NBS for greywater
As weather is getting more and more extreme, more and more areas in the world (including much of Europe) experience more and more drought events. However, much of the water we have at our disposal is wasted – both greywater (i.e., non-contaminated household waste water) and rainwater, currently usually disposed of. The question is, could […]
Leading the change with transition management
Societies need to be steered towards sustainable ways of living, because our current way of consumption, energy use, coliving with nature and each other is not viable – there is no debate on that. The debate lies very much in the way of achieving this: the transition approach argues that we need to let go […]