When it comes to achieving better cities for people, a BIG challenge is how little space we have for public life, given the space we’ve surrendered to cars. Barcelona’s “superblocks” show what we can fit if we took some space back. Video by Melissa & Chris Bruntlett

Under new guidelines, there’ll be no more public consultations before trialling medium-sized traffic changes, the council's transport chief says. “The trial is the consultation,” he said, explaining the new Department of Transport guidelines. dublininquirer.com/2023/11/15/und…

🇮🇪FINE GAEL & FIANNA FAIL HOUSING SUCCESS 68% IRISH YOUNG ADULTS STILL LIVE WITH PARENTS BUT THEY SEEM COOL WITH IT. THE CAUSE? MASS IMMIGRATION AND SINN FEIN WANT OPEN BORDERS TOO. #IRELANDISFULL

Let's start off the New Year with a good deed #ForOurPlanet! How about planting & caring for a tree? 🌲🌳 Support your local tree-planting organisation and help us get to #3BillionTrees in Europe by 2030 Together, we can make #EUForests thrive again 👉 europa.eu/!PvrVGK

There’s something magical about the joy gifted by winter trees 🤌✨ I found all these at the weekend, in one little square of woodland. January is a month of amazing botanical colours and shapes if you take the time to stop and notice 😌

🌈🌿Some fascinating & #MeasurableBenefits of Rain Gardens & #SuDS ❤️ 🌧️They can capture up to 30mm of rainfall per event, significantly reducing runoff. 🚫Eliminates up to 90% of water pollutants, making our waterways cleaner. 💸 Are up to 50% more cost-effective than

The thinner tree was cut years ago and the big one has been holding and feeding it since then. They "wake up" together in the spring and "go to sleep" together in the autumn.

Nature is Amazing ☘️ 1300 years old tree, cut down in 1891. Note the historical events correlated with the tree's circles.

It's #WateringWednesday NEW street trees🌳 need your love...& water🚿 It’s a hard life living in a pavement, but YOU can make all the difference by giving your nearest NEW tree a weekly water 💪Help it better establish 🌞Get through dry weather 👷Play your part PLEASE SHARE

It’s REALLY important that #Vancouver’s Downtown Business Association, who were originally AGAINST downtown bike-lanes, later became one of their most vigourous supporters, because of EVIDENCE that bike-lanes are better for downtown business than any street parking they replace.

Bathing water quality in 2023 was high overall, with 97 per cent (143 of 148) of sites meeting or exceeding the minimum standard, the same number as in 2022. 114 bathing sites (77 per cent) had excellent water quality,down from 117 in 2022. Read the report:bit.ly/4dIi7Ey

Thank you, Local Authority Waters Programme, for organising the Nature Based Solutions Conference DkIT It's great to see another national strategy to implement #Nbs published today by Department of Housing, Local Government & Heritage

Humanity depends on biodiversity. Yet, human activity is driving biodiversity loss at unprecedented rates. Wednesday's #BiodiversityDay is a reminder that urgent action is needed to address biodiversity loss & restore ecosystems. un.org/en/observances… #BiodiversityPlan

We should not be importing peat, we should not be exporting peat, we should not be burning peat, building on it or digging it up. Peat needs to stay in the ground... everywhere!

Imagine if we built nests for birds and made architecture with the needs of animals in mind

Passenger train lines in the USA vs Europe

In Czechia beavers built a dam in 2 days, which local authorities had been planning for 7 years The animals saved the administration $1.2 million. A project to restore wetlands in the Brdy Landscape Park had been in development since 2018. Over the years, the administration

🌇Join online for the Bringing Forward Nature-Based Solutions in Major Cities International Conference from #NICHES on March 24, 2025! Learn about nature-based solutions in urban water systems, including stormwater management. Register by Feb 28📅events.pensoft.net/events/niches-…