Nature’s Blueprint: Palermo’s Path to Urban Resilience
On October 9, 2024, the vibrant setting of the Ecomuseo Mare Memoria Viva in Palermo, a restored former locomotive depot, hosted a significant event in the realm of urban planning and public health—the euPOLIS project expert training session titled: “NBS (Soluzioni Basate sulla Natura) e…
Capacity Building Expert Training in Palermo
Training event on NBS (Nature-Based Solutions) and resilience of the urban environment to climate change within the euPOLIS project will take place in Palermo, one of our Follower Cities on October 9, starting at 15.00 PM local time. Aiming to come up with sustainable, humane,…
Santa Rosalia and the Protection of the Biodiversity
Few know about the existence of a connection between Santa Rosalia, patron saint of the city of Palermo, and the world of scientific studies on the evolution of the species and that the “Santuzza” can rightfully be considered the patron saint of evolutionary biology studies….
Villa Turrisi admitted for funding by the Ministry of Infrastructures
The euPolis Palermo demo location, Villa Turrisi has been admitted for funding by the Ministry of Infrastructures, with resources from the PNRR (National Recovery and Resilience Plan). The completion of the works is expected by March 2026. The project presented by the Municipality of Palermo…
NBS and Territory: Taking Care of Nature with Nature
The article “Nature-Based Solutions and territory: Taking care of Nature with Nature”, was recently published in the new Monographic issue of the magazine RETICULA, by the euPolis partner City of Palermo (G. Liuzzo). The article explains how Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) represent strategic environmental restoration and…
euPOLIS Demo Cities – The Citizens’ Experience
With participation being one of the core euPOLIS values, a thorough survey was conducted among the citizens of the demo locations, aiming to map the health and well-being challenges and point out the desired and fitting nature-based solutions to be implemented. In the past few…