About INNATURE

INNATURE - Enhancing biodiversity and social inclusion by transforming Europe's living environments - will accelerate access to, and maximise benefits of Nature Based Solutions (NBS) by co-producing NBS that are NEB (New European Bauhaus) ‘by design’. This takes place in Eco-Social Living Labs, where local biodiversity is protected, celebrated and enhanced through Art Conversations and biodiversity actions with local ecologists and citizens. Long-term resilience of the NBS is ensured through a Holistic Monitoring and Evaluation Framework (including citizen science), facilitated by an Integrated Digital Platform using NBS to re-imagine new living futures in Europe. Also Local Community Economy-Ecology Value Framework is developed. The processes and results are mapped into a new framework and practical guidelines for ‘NEB-by-design’ NBS, culminating in the INNATURE Pattern Book.

The five demonstration cases are at the heart of the entire project design. The demonstration sites, located in different European regions, were carefully selected for their geographical complementarity and diversity in terms of urban typology, socio-cultural and biodiversity aspects, inclusivity focus, and current and future predicted climatic context. In Tampere, Finland meadow-like habitats are established to sub-urban areas. The demo case of Antwerp, Belgium concentrates on greening the streets of low-rise urban areas. In Brezoi, forest classrooms are developed in the urban and rural settings of Romania. The demo case of Copenhagen deals with rain commons in a high-rise modernist social housing estate of urban Denmark. In Sheffield in the UK connections are built across the landscape of the peri-urban setting of Gleadless Valley. Through these demo cases INNATURE project aims to showcase how a diversity of NBS, which are integrated with NEB, are essential for their lasting success and the creation of resilient neighbourhoods.

1. Re-imagine and accelerate new living futures and ‘next practices’ across Europe by co-creating five diverse NBS demonstration cases that are inclusive, beautiful and sustainable, the three key pillars of the New European Bauhaus (NEB) 
2. Demonstrate the co-benefits of NBS through inclusive design solutions and innovative processes, methods, care and management of NBS 
3. Change mindsets, affect policy and to accelerate and scale-up NBS solutions in different contexts locally and across Europe

1. Bringing biodiversity and people diversity together at all levels (i.e. diverse communities, artists and designers, ecologists, researchers, policy-makers, and other stakeholders) 
2. This takes place in Eco-Social Living Labs and through Arts Conversations, whereby new biodiverse, social, cultural and ecological futures can be reimagined 
3. By co-created and co-leading the project and its demo cases by a collective of interdisciplinary researchers, ecologists, artists and designers, community and volunteering organisations, SMEs and cities.

Grant Agreement no 101181560