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

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