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 Maria Inês, a curious 12-year-old girl who brought two friends and her mother to listen to the visit, or that of a couple from Porto who shared their experience of sustainable living with a vegetable garden and chickens in their house in the centre of Porto, or that of young Salva, an aspiring chef, very interested in urban gardens and even in the possibility of green roof gardens, demonstrated the involvement of the visitors.
Panoramic view of the Autumn Festival © Câmara Municipal do Porto
Some of them live in other cities, like Natália, from Mirandela, who proudly told us about her project to install a green roof on her house ‘to set an example’ in her community. Or twin brothers from Santo Tirso, with their wives and children, who shared their knowledge and experiences of rural life in an intrinsic relationship with nature.
Visitors were very interested in the innovative projects that Porto is carrying out to adapt the city to climate change, such as the ‘sponge’ parks, the renaturation of rivers and streams, the green solutions and intermodality of the Campanhã Intermodal Terminal or the Nature-based Solutions installed in the Falcão Primary School, among others.
The importance of this exhibition lies in its potential to raise awareness and educate the general public, which is likely to boost their involvement and generate attitudes in line with today’s climate challenges.
Explanation of panels to visitors © Câmara Municipal do Porto
Activity with children during the exhibition © Câmara Municipal do Porto
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