About Greenopolis

Introduction to Greenopolis

Greenopolis is an educational platform about sustainable urban development, climate adaptation and nature-based solutions.

More and more people move from the countryside to the big cities; This increases the need for sustainable cities that not only cover the needs for habitation, workplaces and transportation, but also are resilient to the problems caused by climate change as well as issues of pollution.

By including nature in the urban development we can reduce air and noise pollution, prevent flooding due to cloudbursts, and reduce the heat island-effect. More nature in the city also creates more habitats and sources of nourishment for animals and plants, which thereby increases the otherwise critically low level of biodiversity in our cities.

Aim

The aim with the educational platform of Greenopolis is to draw attention to the advantages of city nature nature-based solutions. 

Greenopolis introduces different nature-based solutions that can be used to efficiently prevent and limit the above described challenges.

The exercises and activities included in the educational material serve as inspiration to explore the concept of nature-based solutions, and to discover how they are actively being used – or not – in the pupils’ own city and neighbourhood.

For teachers

Greenopolis is a digital educational platform with exercises and activities that bring nature into the classroom and bring the pupils out into nature.

The digital content is structured into different themes. The first theme introduces the pupils to the concepts of biodiversity, ecosystems and ecosystem services, climate change and sustainable urban development. Through Greenopolis, the pupils get a basic understanding of how nature-based solutions can help create resilient cities. 

The digital learning platform is designed and developed with the aim of making the learning and exploring of nature-based solutions simpel, inspiring, and motivating. The material is divided into five themes that all treat one climate challenge and introduce relevant examples of nature-based solutions to deal with this specific challenge. 

1. A Diverse City – about solutions to increase the level of biodiversity in the cities
2. The Sound of City – about solutions to limit noise pollution
3. Hot City – about solutions to prevent heat islands
4. Urban Wetlands – about solutions to prevent flooding caused by cloudburst
5. Clean Air in the City – about solutions to limit air pollution

Find the teacher’s book for all chapters here.

Disclaimer of responsibility

Data privacy policy

Project developers and project partners disclaim the responsibility of use of external links and references presented in the learning content on the digital platform and in the teachers’ material. External links and references are regarded as suggestions. It is up to the user of the educational material to examine and make sure that the data privacy policies are compliant with legislation. 

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

Find information here on how data is treated on the digital educational platform of Greenopolis

Safety during exercises

It is of utmost importance that the person responsible for the use of the educational platform of Greenopolis informs oneself and ensures that exercises and activities are carried out with consideration for the safety of nature and all participants. 

Project developers and project partners disclaim the responsibility for the security during exercises and activities.

The EU Horizon 2020

Greenopolis is developed by  Intugreen in cooperation with teachers, researchers, schools, and partners of the REGREEN research project. 

REGREEN is a research project that promotes research, education and innovation within nature-based solutions, with the aim of developing methods, learning materials and tools to develop sustainable cities in Europe and China.

REGREEN is coordinated by Aarhus University. The project started in 2019 and will last until 2024. The REGREEN project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the grant agreement No 821016.