COOLSCHOOLS: Nature-based climate action from schools to cities

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COOLSCHOOLS is an applied-research project aiming to analyze the multiple co-benefits of implementing nature-based solutions (NbS) for climate adaptation in school environments. We will explore how these nature-based climate school shelters can act as drivers of transformation at larger urban scales through an inter- and transdisciplinary approach that puts the focus on the needs and views of children and youth.

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PUBLICATIONS
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COOLSCHOOLS Final Results Booklet
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We’re excited to share the final summary of the COOLSCHOOLS research project (2022–2025), which explores how nature-based solutions in school environments can drive climate resilience, social equity, biodiversity, and educational ...
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POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE DESIGN, IMPLEMENTATION AND ROLL-OUT OF NATURE-BASED & CLIMATE-ADAPTIVE SCHOOLYARDS
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A new publication has been produced by the Coolschools team, available in English and Spanish! This policy document presents key research insights and policy recommendations for urban planners, policy-makers, architects ...
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Video on how to promote the use of climate shelters
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This video documentation was recorded during a workshop with children building or designing with the material in the schoolyard. All practice partners (City of Rotterdam, IVN, Springzaad) were there as ...
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Report on the analysis of children map-basedsurvey responses
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Children today face increasing environmental challenges and have fewer opportunities to accessgreen spaces. Despite spending a significant portion of their day in primary schools, the role ofthese environments in children’s ...
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Cuatro claves para crear un patio vivo en la escuela. Article in The Conversation
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An article by Isabel Ruiz-Mallen, Filka Sekulova and Monica Ubalde has been published in the Conversation. It presents the key aspects to take into consideration for the transformation of schoolyards ...
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A multi-indicator distributive justice approach to assess school-related green infrastructure benefits in Brussels
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Our analysis on the spatial distribution of schools’ outdoor environmental quality using indicators related to green infrastructure elements, regulating ecosystem services, environmental hazards, and socio-economic background for nearly all primary ...
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Greening at school? Athénée Royal 2 shows that it’s possible
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VUB investigates COOLSCHOOLS example From better cognitive development to fewer health problems: time spent in nature is pure gain for children. Athénée Royal 2 is one of the 20 Brussels ...
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Nature-based climate shelters in Schools: Empowering Teachers for Sustainable Education” MOOC (2024) Report
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This publication corresponds to Deliverable D6.2 “MOOC Report»/“Report on the Massive-open online course (MOOC) on using climate shelters interventions in schools for educational purposes” by the COOLSCHOOLS project (https://coolschools.eu/), funded ...
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Article in The Conversation «Por qué deberíamos transformar los patios escolares en ‘patios vivos’»
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Filka Sekulova and Isabel Ruiz Mallen have published an article in !The Conversation! about the benefits of nature-based schoolyard transformations. To read the complete article (in Spanish) go here: https://theconversation.com/por-que-deberiamos-transformar-los-patios-escolares-en-patios-vivos-240261
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FINAL COOLSCHOOLS CONFERENCE
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Realizing potentials of nature-based climate shelters in school environments for urban transformation When:January 23 rd – 24 th 2025Where:Brussels Environment, Tour & Taxis,Avenue du Port 86C / 3000 1000 REGISTRATION: ...
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PATIS X CILMA CONFERENCE
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For the eighth consecutive year, El Globus Vermell is organising the «Renaturalization of Educational Spaces» conference, along with its parallel activities. Over the years, this event has become a hub ...
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PAPER PUBLISHED «Nature-based school environments for all children? comparing exposure to school-related green and blue infrastructure in four European cities»
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Elsa Gallez, Corina Patricia Fraile Mujica, Sylvie Gadeyne, Frank Canters, Francesc Baró. Nature-based school environments for all children? comparing exposure to school-related green and blue infrastructure in four European cities. ...
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Coolschools Conference in Rotterdam recap
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On June 13 till 14 the City of Rotterdam hosted a very inspiring and instructive conference about nature-based schoolyards as part of the Coolschools project. Besides the coolschools partners professionals ...
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PUBLICACIÓ: RECURSOS DIDÀCTICS SOBRE LA BIODIVERSITAT ALS CENTRES EDUCATIUS DE PRIMÀRIA
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Aquesta publicació creada per l’equip de la UOC i MEL educació ambiental, ofereix recursos didàctics per a intorduir la biodiversitat als centres educacius d’educació primària. El document presenta diverses Situacions ...
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PAPER PUBLISHED «The governance configurations of green schoolyards»
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Environmental Science & Policy Filka Sekulova & Isabel Ruiz-Mallén Find it here
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ESCENARIS DE FUTUR PER A VISIONAR PATIS ESCOLARS MÉS INCLUSIUS, SOSTENIBLES I RESILIENTS AL CANVI CLIMÀTIC
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RESULTATS DELS TALLER PARTICIPATIUS A ESCOLA CERVANTES I LA MAQUINISTA , BARCELONA Aquest document presenta el mètode i resultats dels escenaris de futur que s’han desenvolupat a les escoles Cervantes ...
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VIDEO ON THE COLLABORATIVE PROCESS OF ENVISIONING THE PATHS TO MORE INCLUSIVE NATURE-BASED CLIMATE SCHOOL SHELTERS’ CO-MANAGEMENT
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One of the outputs of the Coolschools project, specifically from WP 5 (Co-management paths for climate shelters), is exploring the diversity of governance challenges through a series of scenario-based workshops ...
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NATURE-BASED CLIMATE SHELTERS IN SCHOOLS: EMPOWERING TEACHERS FOR SUSTAINABLE EDUCATION
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The MOOC “Nature-Based Climate Shelters in Schools: Empowering Teachers for Sustainable Education”, starting on 1 April 2024, will prepare teachers to implement a nature-based climate shelter intervention in their school ...
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Coolschools Survey | FRENCH
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Le projet Coolschools En quoi consiste le projet Coolschools ? COOLSCHOOLS (mars 2022-février 2025) est un projet de recherche transdisciplinaire qui examine le potentiel des « solutions fondées sur la nature » ...
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Coolschools Survey | DUTCH
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Het Coolschools project Wat is het Coolschools project? COOLSCHOOLS (maart 2022-februari 2025) is een transdisciplinair onderzoeksproject dat het potentieel van «op de natuur gebaseerde oplossingen» onderzoekt om scholen te helpen ...
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Coolschools Survey | ENGLISH
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The Coolschools project What is the Coolschools project? COOLSCHOOLS (March 2022-February 2025) is a transdisciplinary research project examining the potential of «nature-based solutions» to help schools adapt to climate change. ...
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THE COOLSCHOOLS GUIDELINES FOR SCHOOLS: HOW TO TURN YOUR SCHOOLYARD INTO A NATURE-BASED CLIMATE SHELTER
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These Guidelines help School leaders, teachers, and community members such as parents, understand the practical steps and considerations to plan and design the transformation of the schoolyard into a nature-based ...
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COOLSCHOOLS Nature-based schoolyards conference Rotterdam
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WHEN: 13-14 June 2024 VENUE: Het Timmerhuis, Halvemaanpassage 90, Ground floor – conference room. Rotterdam FREE EVENT PRIOR REGISTRATION (event full, registration closed) DESCRIPTION OF THE CONFERENCE For more than ...
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Report on school and pupil participation in the health impact assessment
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Work Package 3 (WP3) of the COOLSCHOOLS project aims to investigate the associations of school yard andsurrounding green spaces with cognitive function and well-being of 10-12 year old pupils attending ...
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COOLSCHOOLS at the ENUTC meeting
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On 8-10 November Coolschools participated at the ENUCT meeting. We presented the project progress through a 1-min elevator pitch and a poster,  led a parallel session on the topic of ...
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PAPER PUBLISHED IN PAPERS 65: CIUTATS ENFRONT L’EMERGÈNCIA CLIMÀTICA: CLAUS PER UNA TRANSICIÓ JUSTA
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Institut Metropoli 2023 Refugios climáticos escolares basados en la naturaleza: evaluación desde una perspectiva interdisciplinaria Ruiz-Mallén, I. et al
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IMPACTS AND PRECEPTIONS OF SCHOOLYARD GREENING: A COMPARISON ACROSS VARIOUS NEIGHBORHOODS IN BARCELONA
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MASTER THESIS Author: Alexandra Mestre García MSc Interdisciplinary Studies in Ecological, Economic and Social Sustainability;Ecological Economics Supervisors: Filka Sekulova, Isabel Ruiz-Mallén, Isabelle Anguelovski (ICTA-UAB)
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BIODIVERSITY AND CONNECTIVITY IN THE SCHOOLS AND PARKS IN BARCELONA
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Last week we shared the results of the study on urban biodiversity in the transformed schoolyards that Dr. Jaume Marlès has done as part of the COOLSCHOOLS project. This is ...
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Coolschools in Child in the City conference 2023
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20-22 November Brussels Two of our partners will present at the Child in the City conference. Elsa Gallez from VUB will be presenting on Children’s access to Nature-based Solutions in ...
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Coolschools in Patis x Clima
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On the 18th, 19th and 20th of October come to the 7th Days of Renaturalization of Educational Spaces and Environments at Nau Bòstik in Barcelona. The occasion will bring together ...
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Coolschools in the Scientix Projects Repository
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COOLSCHOOLS: Realizing potentials of nature-based climate shelters in school environments for urban transformation has been included in the Scientix Projects Repository. You can find it here. In addition, Scientix has disseminated it ...
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COLLOQUIUM ON THE ROLE OF EDUCATIONAL SPACES IN URBAN BIODIVERSITY
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Authors: Céline Clauzel, Nathalie Blanc, Sarah Bortolamiol From June 7 to 9, 2023, WP2 organized a symposium on the role of biodiversity in schoolyard greening initiatives. 10 international speakers presented ...
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Summary of the Coolschools conference in Paris (June 2023)
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The conference started with the successful meeting of the members of the European research project at Académie duclimat.  In which partners knew about the progress on the different Work Packages ...
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EU Green Week: From Greening Schoolyards to Urban Biodiversity: Theories and Case Studies
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The seminar «From Greening Schoolyards to Urban Biodiversity: Theories and Case Studies» organized by our partner CNRS, has been awarded the EU Green Week label. The event will take place ...
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From greening schoolyards to urban biodiversity Conference. 8-9 June, Paris
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Theories and study cases The CNRS (UMR LADYSS, LIED), Université Paris Cité and the City of Paris are involved in the European research project CoolSchools (2022-2025) on green schoolyards. Based ...
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Book chapter in Urban Resilience to the Climate Emergency. Ruiz-Mallén, I; March, H; Satorras, M (eds.)
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https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-07301-4_6 Book Chapter: Nature-Based Climate Solutions in European Schools: A Pioneering Co-designed Strategy Towards Urban Resilience Authors: Baró, F., Camacho, D.A., Perez del Pulgar, C., Ruiz-Mallén, I., García-Serrano, P.
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Scientix TV Episode 6
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Environmental Education Scientix TV episode 6 was on Environmental education, it included an interview with Francesc Baró, co-IP of the Coolschools project.
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«Green school playgrounds give rise to another culture, in terms of gender as well»
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The impacts of the climate crisis are felt every day, and are becoming more pronounced and frequent. On top of the heatwave ravaging Europe this summer there has been a ...
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CoolSchools, a research project on the benfits of climate shelters in schools – tv3
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Report about CoolSchools in the Spanish television channel, tv3 If you want to see the full video, go to this link
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VUB co-leads a European project to reinforce nature-based climate solutions in schools
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VUB researchers from Cosmopolis Centre for Urban Research and Cartography and GIS (CGIS) group will examine the accessibility and equity implications of Nature-Based Climate Solutions implementation within and around primary ...
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COOLSCHOOLS European project focuses on climate change solutions
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A new pan-European project is examining how innovative nature-based solutions in schools can help to to tackle climate change and its effect on children. If you are interested in knowing ...
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UOC Leads European Project To Reinforce Climate Resilient Shelters In Schools
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The consequences of climate change are becoming increasingly frequent and alarming, especially in regions like the Mediterranean. If you want to see the full video, go to this link

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barcelona

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rotterdam

Proyecto PCI2022-132958, financiado por MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 y por la Unión Europea «NextGenerationEU»/PRTR. 

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