2022 - The Year in recap

23 December 2022

๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ž ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ! ๐Ÿš€

This time, we look back at the moments that sparked our collective joy and achievement through the ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ from myriad project activities and our City Practice Labs highlighted stories.

  • ๐—œ๐—ป ๐—™๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜† - the project launched the website and social media channels
  • ๐—œ๐—ป ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜† - Munich welcomed spring and the JUSTNature project team at the ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐˜-๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ท๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด. The event allowed participants to discuss how to shape our cities, making them more sustainable and livable for the community and investigating new systems that can conserve ecosystem benefits to people.
  • ๐—œ๐—ป ๐—๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฒ - the JUSTNature team joined the New European Bauhaus 2022, In Malta, Research Innovation Unit started to share in-depth studies on the Urban Heat Island.
  • ๐—œ๐—ป ๐—๐˜‚๐—น๐˜† - Munich held the Conference of City Makers โ€œMunich plans the futureโ€.
  • ๐—œ๐—ป ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ - NetworkNature EU organised the Taskforces Cluster Meeting, gathered NBS project representatives and shared knowledge. In Malta, the Operation Earth Show organised by University of Malta sent a message about our values and missions to local audiences.
  • ๐—œ๐—ป ๐—ข๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ, we started the month by publishing the project video. Eurac Research presented JUSTNature at ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿด๐˜๐—ต ๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—ข๐—–๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ฃ ๐—ช๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—ฃ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€. The consortium met again at the ๐Ÿฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ท๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด in Chania. And Munich kicked off local collaboration with local partners at the last week of October.
  • ๐—œ๐—ป ๐—ก๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ, it was a very fruitful moment beginning with us sending out the ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜„๐˜€๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ; Crowdhelix organised ๐—–๐—น๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—˜๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ hosting 3 sister programs together (DivAirCityH2020 & UPSURGE project); Merano & Bolzano organised an open discussion on sustainability and presented the JustNature project idea to locals. Leuven marked to turn a grey and car-parked street into an international model street by 2025. And last but not least, University of Malta organised 3-week interactive Pop-up Parks events in Gzira, creating dialogues with local citizens.

Big applause to all our partners who make every month increasing of new activities and more people involved in the JUSTNature. We will also meet again in March in #Szombathely for the third Progress Meeting.

Until then, we wish you all a happy holiday, merry Christmas, a relaxing vacation, and a happy new year!