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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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
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: ...
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 ...
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. ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 » ...
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 ...
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. ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Institut Metropoli 2023 Refugios climáticos escolares basados en la naturaleza: evaluación desde una perspectiva interdisciplinaria Ruiz-Mallén, I. et al
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)
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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.
Environmental Education Scientix TV episode 6 was on Environmental education, it included an interview with Francesc Baró, co-IP of the Coolschools project.
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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
