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Naider

  • From Milan to Liuzhou: plant architecture

    The reconnection of the city with nature begins to take shape in the collective imagination of more and more cities. The bucolic image of futuristic cities immersed in a vegetal blanket, typical of science fiction cinema, has also occupied space in the heads of many architecture studios. Fictional architecture has contributed to imagining long skyscrapers…

  • The social progress scorecard of the European regions

    The first table of social indicators prepared by the European Committee of the Regions includes the Basque Country among the 38 regions that have made notable progress between 2014 and 2018 The European Committee of the Regions has published for the first time the Social Scoreboard of the European Regions (NUTS 2 regions) based on…

  • #cop25: seeking leaders for the great challenge

    Taking stock of international summits on climate change still depends on whether the bottle looks half full or half empty. The summit held on September 23 in New York is of course no exception. The famous speech by young Swedish activist Greta Thunberg has gone viral, highlighting the inability of politicians to bring carry out…

  • European Business Awards for the Environment, 2019-2020.

    The Directorate General for the Environment of the European Commission summons all companies on the continent to the new edition of the European Awards for Environment to the Company. Companies that consider the protection of the environment as part of their business activity have a new appointment. Basque companies have been previously awarded, which is…

  • Naider joins the #odséate campaign

    Naider joins the #ODSéate campaign, launched by the High Commissioner for the 2030 Agenda, to help disseminate and promote compliance with the 2030 Agenda and the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are the global goals that world leaders adopted in 2015 to eradicate poverty, protect the planet and ensure…

  • And you, how do you move?

    This week the European Mobility Week is celebrated, aimed at raising awareness, both among political leaders and citizens, about the negative consequences of the irrational use of the car in the city. Central Madrid, the Superblocks, the Almendra Peatonal de Pontevedra, Vitoria, Paris, Amsterdam… more and more cities are determined to eliminate cars and reconquer…

  • Aid for Local Sustainability

    The Basque Government offers a A series of grants aimed at Town Halls and other local entities, so that they can carry out projects and actions related to sustainable development. The deadline to request them is about to end, we invite you not to miss this opportunity. These aids allow carrying out plans, programs and…

  • Pioneering postgraduate course in Industrial Circular Economy in the Basque Country

    The University of the Basque Country and the Department of the Environment, Territorial Planning and Housing of the Basque Government launch the first state postgraduate degree in Circular Economy with an industrial approach, the third of its kind in Europe. The postgraduate course entitled “University Specialization in Circular Economy: Application to business” is will take…

  • Vitoria-Gasteiz, Global Green City Award

    Vitoria-Gasteiz has been awarded the Global Green City Award 2019 by the Global Forum on Human Settlements, an organization sponsored by the UN, at its annual event held on September 6 in Addis Ababa (Ethiopia). For the deliberation of this award, the candidate cities are evaluated based on 85 indicators aligned with the Sustainable Development…

  • CLIMATE CHANGE: Political problem, political solution?

    News about the impacts that climate change is beginning to have on the natural environment and our society continue to increase. The problem with climate change is that the possible solutions or ways of addressing it proposed have been simplifying. So much so that all we have to do is develop the technology to stop…