Programme nearbyCommunitySingaporePass through Jewel Changi's indoor forestTake a layover walk under the Rain Vortex Jewel Changi Airport wraps travel logistics in a multi-level indoor forest and the HSBC Rain Vortex — a biophilic hub travellers can enter without a separate ticket for the main atrium. Safdie Architects' Jewel is one of the Singapore projects Architizer lists beside Supertrees as Solarpunk-adjacent built work. What you can do - Walk the Forest Valley terraces and view the Rain Vortex on arrival, departure, or a transit break - Pause on the bridges to feel mist and canopy — then notice how policy and parks outside the airport still matter more than any single dome - Share the visit with neighbours as inspiration for indoor greenery in schools and stations at home How it works Jewel combines retail and transit with planted terraces and a rainwater-fed waterfall under a glass canopy — architecture as public atmosphere, not only spectacle. Why it matters Even airports can teach that people move better when plants and water share the volume.singaporebiophilicairport +2
Programme nearbyRewildingAmsterdamProforestation: let forests grow oldHalt management and measure carbon and biodiversity gains The WILDCARD Horizon Europe project studies proforestation, leaving forests to mature without extraction, as a rewilding pathway that can store carbon and shelter rare species. What you can do - Read how WILDCARD assesses proforestation across Mediterranean and Alpine forests on their proforestation work page - Discuss where local woods could keep standing deadwood, old trees, and undisturbed understory - Follow project papers and the WILDCARD Rewilding Forum for stakeholder dialogue Why it matters Old forests are living archives, when we stop treating every stand as timber, climate and wild neighbours both benefit.proforestationforestcarbon +2
Programme nearbyRewildingRio de JaneiroFund your forest-protection project through the Amazon FundFund your forest-protection project through the Amazon Fund Fundo Amazônia, managed by BNDES, puts climate finance into projects that keep Amazon forests standing and living: fire prevention, sustainable forest economies, indigenous territories, and community stewardship. Associations, cooperatives, municipalities, and foundations can submit ideas. Belém and forest cities feel the stakes every day; organisations send proposals through the Fund's public intake in Rio de Janeiro. What you can do - Gather your cooperative, association, or municipal team and sketch one concrete forest-protection or sustainable-use project - Read Como apresentar projetos and match your draft to the Fund guidelines - Submit directly or watch for a chamada pública, then send via the BNDES Portal do Cliente (Fundos, Editais e Chamadas Públicas → Fundo Amazônia) - Skip paid intermediaries: BNDES does not accredit consultants to speed approvals How it works Eligible organisations prepare a technical proposal, protocol it in the Portal, and walk BNDES review stages. Private individuals cannot apply alone; the door is open to groups already building forest protection on the ground. Why it matters When local builders hold the pen on funded projects, Amazon stewardship stays with the people who live beside the trees.amazonforestcooperative +2
Programme nearbyFood & GardenFreiburgGrow food in the Wiehre forest garden in FreiburgGrow food in the Wiehre forest garden in Freiburg The Waldgarten Wiehre is a public edible forest garden from the urban gardening group of Transition Town Freiburg, listed on urbane-gaerten.de. Fruit and nut trees, berry hedges, herbs, and annual veg share all layers of the planting. Guests are invited to sniff, feel, and nibble. What you can do in Freiburg - Read the garden card and the StadtWandler profile - Join as a gardener if you want to tend the layers - Walk the Deichelweiher paths and taste what is marked as public food How to join About 1,800 m², founded 2012. The group follows permaculture: watch natural cycles, then copy them. The planting still changes as trees grow. Contact the project through the StadtWandler page. Why it matters in Freiburg Freiburg Wiehre can snack from a public forest garden instead of treating urban green as decoration only. Find more community projects in Freiburg. Good to know - How big is the garden? About 1,800 m², founded in 2012. - May guests taste food? Yes. Guests are invited to sniff, feel, and nibble what is marked as public food.freiburggardenforest +1
Programme nearbyRewildingWarsawProtect mature Polish forests foreverBuy time for beech and oak that will never be logged Forest Forever Foundation / Las Na Zawsze joined the European Rewilding Network in July 2026. The foundation purchases and legally locks mature private forests into the Polish Preservation Project, then plants diverse native stands that are left to self-regulate. What you can do - Support a named forest parcel via Las Na Zawsze or the Polish Preservation Project - Ask your workplace or neighbourhood group to fund a hectare that stays open to the public and free of commercial logging - Follow ERN peer learning on natural regeneration and biodiversity monitoring How it works Biologists identify high-biodiversity stands; benefactors fund purchase and a notarial act that blocks future felling. New plantings use mixed native species, never monocultures, then nature takes the lead. Why it matters Scattered mature woods become a connected wild inheritance when neighbours and businesses treat them as commons, not inventory.Polandforestpreservation +2
Programme nearbyRewildingBochumVisit and tend the Wattenscheid Tiny Forest in BochumVisit and tend the Wattenscheid Tiny Forest in Bochum Tiny Forest Friends and Stadt Bochum planted a Miyawaki-style mini-forest in Wattenscheid in mid-March 2026 on a former works yard at Stadtgartenring / Parkstraße. The first three years need watering and care so the stand can later look after itself. Confirm current public care days with the initiative and the city. What you can do - Follow Tiny Forest Friends for watering and care notes - Visit the unsealed yard at Stadtgartenring / Parkstraße, 44866 Bochum-Wattenscheid - Ask before organising a volunteer group: the city holds formal care, and the friends group still watches the trees How it works Planted March 2026 with pupils, residents, and a garden firm. Summer 2026 heat made watering a live topic. Do not invent extra public work days; check the organiser. Why it matters A pocket forest on a former sealed yard is a neighbourhood climate and habitat experiment you can walk to.forestunsealingtrees +1
