A very special small community garden has joined the PLANET4B project. At GAIA Gartenberg, only women farm, and alongside the plants, a strong female community is also flourishing. This unique ecosystem provides an opportunity for the PLANET4B research to gain deeper insights into urban gardening, biodiversity, and the interactions between different social groups as part of the “City food for biodiversity and inclusion” case study. […]

By Judith Conroy   Gardening and growing food has a way of bringing us closer to nature and the Earth’s rhythms. Many traditional ceremonies and religious festivals are rooted in changes in the seasons, particularly midwinter celebrations. We mark the Solstice – the shortest day and longest night – and welcome the return of the light as the days gradually lengthen into spring. […]

By Ágnes Zólyomi The case of a Horizon Europe project advancing transformative action With the conclusion of recent meetings of main international environmental agreements (COP16 on biodiversity in Cali, Colombia, the COP29 on climate change in Baku Azerbaijan, and the most current failure of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to agree on a legally binding instrument to halt plastic pollution), it becomes increasingly evident that relying on governments and high-level policy to lead the way to transformative change is an uphill [...]