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RewildingBonn

Employee-led biodiversity teams at GIZ sites

Voluntary green initiatives on company properties GIZ supports voluntary employee-led initiatives for biodiversity at offices worldwide. By 2025, biodiversity strategies with action plans will cover owned properties in Germany; rented premises are reviewed next. Combined with paper reduction (65% in Germany, 40% abroad) and longer IT device lifecycles with repair and recycling. What you can do - Start a green team at your workplace: bird boxes, native planting, or a compost corner in the staff garden - Facilities staff: audit one outdoor area for pollinator-friendly planting this season - Neighbours of large campuses: propose a joint biodiversity walk with employee volunteers How it works Awareness campaigns and knowledge-sharing connect staff across country offices; local initiatives feed into corporate biodiversity action plans. Why it matters Corporate campuses can be micro-reserves when staff, not only consultants, own the planting plan. Source & repost Shared here so you can get inspired or find action already happening near you. Solarpunker does not own or organise it. Source: GIZ: Nachhaltig handeln · Ökologische Aspekte · Sustainability Programme 2021–2025
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RewildingTallinn

Steward biodiverse urban nature

Connected green for people and pollinators Tallinn aims for biodiverse, blossoming urban nature, linked green networks, lifecycle-smart landscaping, and guidelines that keep species thriving alongside daily life. What you can do - Plant native species in community plots; join district clean-ups that protect habitats. - Report invasive or damaged green space through city channels; volunteer with local nature groups. Why it matters Connected urban green supports pollinators, cooling, and daily wellbeing alongside concrete streets. Source & repost Shared here so you can get inspired or find action already happening near you. Solarpunker does not own or organise it. Strategy themes: Green transformation (biodiverse urban nature · urban landscape)
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RewildingJakarta

ASEAN 3RproMar: Manado coastal waste pilots

Reduce land-based plastic before it reaches coral reefs 3RproMar (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle to Protect the Marine Environment and Coral Reefs) helps ASEAN states cut plastic leakage. In Manado, Indonesia, near Bunaken National Park, pilots combine community education, reusable-bag campaigns, and improved TPS3R community waste facilities. Lessons exchange across 130,000 km of ASEAN coastline. What you can do - Manado residents: participate in community waste-education sessions and pay local waste-management fees that fund collection - Coastal NGOs: use the Know Waste Knowledge platform for marine-litter toolkits - Divers and fishers: support no-litter norms and reusable utensils in port markets How it works National ministries, city environment offices, and 3RproMar teams co-design separation, collection, and circular-economy pilots; regional workshops spread what works. Why it matters Coral triangles need dry-land fixes, most marine plastic starts on streets and riverbanks. Source & repost Shared here so you can get inspired or find action already happening near you. Solarpunker does not own or organise it. Source: GIZ Story Portal · Project: 3RproMar · Manado pilot factsheet (GIZ Indonesia office).
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RewildingStuttgart

Green shade routes & unsealing for urban cooling

More green, less grey, cooler streets by design Heat and sealed surfaces go together: asphalt stores warmth, while trees and unsealed soil cool the block. Cities are extending Schattenwege (shade routes), depaving yards, and co-designing green corners with residents. What you can do - Walk a municipal Schattenweg route and suggest the next link (Esslingen extends its shade path each summer) - Join participation formats for new neighbourhood green (for example FairFuture co-design in Hamburg-Veddel) - Support local Flächenentsiegelung projects that swap paving for planting (Recklinghausen Hitzeschutzbündnis model) Why it matters Every square metre unsealed is a small air conditioner the whole Kiez shares, biodiversity and comfort in one intervention. Source & repost Shared here so you can get inspired or find action already happening near you. Solarpunker does not own or organise it. Source: Hitzeaktionstag · Event calendar: Veranstaltungen. Organiser: Stadt Esslingen am Neckar · Hitzeschutzbündnis Recklinghausen.
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RewildingPhoenix

Wildlife corridors and the Mogollon Wildway

Connect mountain wildlands from New Mexico to the Grand Canyon The Mogollon Wildway (Wildlife Corridor) vision links forests and rivers along the Mogollon Rim, a continental step toward connected habitat for wolves, bears, and rivers that still run wild. What you can do - Explore the corridor vision on The Mogollon Wildlife Corridor programme page - Support land trusts and advocates working on Spine of the Continent connectivity in your bioregion - Map local barriers (highways, fences, subdivisions) that block wildlife movement near you Why it matters Islands of parkland are not enough, species need room to roam across gradients of elevation and season. Source & repost Shared here so you can get inspired or find action already happening near you. Solarpunker does not own or organise it. Source: The Rewilding Institute: Mogollon Wildlife Corridor · The Rewilding Institute. Photo: Mogollon Rim, Arizona, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons.jpg).
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RewildingPorto

Guerrilla Wildflower Planting

Turn grey corners into living colour Scatter native wildflower seeds in neglected urban spaces. Low cost, often legal, and surprisingly fast to bloom. What you can do - Choose native mixes suited to your soil and light - Target tree pits, verge edges, or vacant lots with landowner permission where needed - Document before/after photos and share the mix that worked Why it matters Pollinators get corridors through the city, and residents see that beauty can be a collective act, not a municipal contract.
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RewildingAmsterdam

Proforestation: let forests grow old

Halt 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. Source & repost Shared here so you can get inspired or find action already happening near you. Solarpunker does not own or organise it. Source: WILDCARD: Assessing proforestation · WILDCARD project: Horizon Europe Research and Innovation Programme. © WILDCARD 2024.
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RewildingAmsterdam

Rewilding principles: let nature lead

Eleven shared principles for a wilder Europe Practitioners across Europe co-created a set of rewilding principles that guide landscape recovery: letting natural processes shape land and sea, working at nature's scale, and building hope through action today. What you can do - Read the full Rewilding principles and discuss which apply in your watershed or valley - Start a local conversation: grazing, river dynamics, wetland recovery, or wildlife corridors near you - Share the principles with a land manager, park ranger, or councillor who stewards public green space Core ideas (paraphrased) - Letting nature lead: restored processes (flooding, grazing, predation) reshape places without a fixed end state - Working at nature's scale: enough connected space for species and processes to thrive - Building nature-based economies: livelihoods linked to living ecosystems, not extraction alone Why it matters Rewilding is a builder's invitation: less control, more curiosity, and landscapes where people and wild nature share the future. Source & repost Shared here so you can get inspired or find action already happening near you. Solarpunker does not own or organise it. Source: Rewilding Europe: Rewilding principles. Photo: Hans Koster / Rewilding Europe (all rights reserved; editorial repost).
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RewildingAmsterdam

Natural grazing and the Wildlife Comeback Fund

Restore herbivore-led landscapes and fund translocations Natural grazing by wild or semi-wild herbivores rebuilds mosaic habitats. The European Wildlife Comeback Fund helps ERN members fund ready-to-go species translocations when permits and feasibility work are complete. What you can do - Learn how grazing shapes grasslands and forests on the natural grazing programme page - If you manage land, explore the Natural Grazing Facility to match herbivore supply and demand across network members - Support or follow comeback projects via the wildlife comeback programme and ERN updates Why it matters Hoofprints and horns are engineers, when grazing returns, flowers, birds, and predators often follow. Source & repost Shared here so you can get inspired or find action already happening near you. Solarpunker does not own or organise it. Source: Natural grazing: Rewilding Europe · Wildlife comeback · European Rewilding Network. Photo: Staffan Widstrand / Rewilding Europe (all rights reserved; editorial repost).
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RewildingAmsterdam

Rewild abandoned farmland

Let retired fields become self-willed nature again Across Europe, marginal farmland is being abandoned. WILDCARD measures how natural vegetation recovery on those lands affects soil carbon, biodiversity, and community preferences. What you can do - Explore the abandoned agricultural land research stream - Map retired parcels near your town and ask who owns them, many regions lack a public conversation about wilding vs. development - Join local stakeholder forums where WILDCARD pilots dialogue with residents and decision-makers Why it matters When people leave the plough, wildflowers, scrub, and eventually forest can return, if communities choose patience over sprawl. Source & repost Shared here so you can get inspired or find action already happening near you. Solarpunker does not own or organise it. Source: WILDCARD: Rewilding abandoned agricultural land · WILDCARD project: Horizon Europe. © WILDCARD 2024.
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RewildingPhoenix

Living well with returning wildlife

Plan for coexistence when carnivores and neighbours share a place Large carnivores and other comeback species need habitat, and communities need practical tools. Rewilding Europe promotes coexistence guides; The Rewilding Institute advocates for protecting keystone predators across connected wildways. What you can do - Read Rewilding Europe's scaling up rewilding section on Living well with wildlife and local adaptation - Learn why carnivores matter for healthy food webs on The Rewilding Institute: Carnivore protection - Host a neighbourhood discussion: livestock protection, crossing structures, and tourism opportunities Why it matters Fear fades when plans exist, coexistence is a craft municipalities and ranchers can learn together. Source & repost Shared here so you can get inspired or find action already happening near you. Solarpunker does not own or organise it. Source: Rewilding Europe: Scaling up rewilding · The Rewilding Institute: Carnivore protection. Photo: Mexican wolf, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons.
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RewildingBelgrade

Tara National Park: fog catchers for Pančić's spruce

Protecting a living fossil on Europe's last wild mountain Tara National Park won the Green Innovation Leaders 2026 award for conserving the unique Crveni potok peat bog, the only place on Earth where Pančić's spruce (Picea omorika) grows on sphagnum moss rather than rock. Rangers and biologists installed fog catchers to stabilise moisture as drought and heat threaten this relict Balkan forest. What you can do - Visitors: walk marked trails around Mitrovac and Zaovine; follow park guidance and stay on paths in protected reserves - Volunteers and students: contact Nacionalni park Tara about guided visits and conservation programmes - Neighbourhood groups: learn from Tara's fog-catcher pilot as a replicable tool for drought-stressed wetlands How it works Fine mesh nets condense atmospheric moisture into storage basins, supplementing the bog's water budget through dry seasons. The project partners with the University of Belgrade Faculty of Biology under the EU Green Agenda for Serbia initiative. Why it matters Pančić's spruce survived ice ages; climate change is its next test. Tara shows that local stewardship and appropriate technology can buy time for irreplaceable biodiversity. Source & repost Shared here so you can get inspired or find action already happening near you. Solarpunker does not own or organise it. Source: Klima 101 · Article: Tara National Park wins award for Pančić's spruce habitat · Park project: Wetland restoration at NP Tara.
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Upcoming initiatives for Biodiversity stewardship

JakartaDate TBD

3RproMar community waste education: Manado

Reusable bags, TPS3R sites, and coastal clean norms In Manado, the 3RproMar pilot runs community education on circular economy, waste fees, and TPS3R facilities near Bunaken's reefs. Residents join campaigns for reusable bags and utensils. What to do - Attend city environment office sessions listed via the 3RproMar Indonesia team - Organise a neighbourhood clean-up linked to proper TPS3R drop-off When & where - Ongoing pilot: Manado, North Sulawesi (approximate pin: -1.4748, 124.8421) Source & repost Shared here so you can get inspired or find action already happening near you. Solarpunker does not own or organise it. Source: GIZ · Manado pilot (GIZ Indonesia / 3RproMar factsheet).
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HamburgDate TBD

Green space co-design, Hamburg Veddel

Help redesign a greener corner in Hamburg-Veddel FairFuture (EU project) with Immanuelkirche Veddel and Stadt Hamburg invites neighbours to a Beteiligungsformat for redesigning a green space, cooling and community in one plan. When & where - Recurring participation events; Wilhelmsburger Straße 92 area, Hamburg-Veddel (53.5098, 10.0284) How to participate - Join the listed co-design session on Veranstaltungen, input shapes planting and seating for the site Source & repost Shared here so you can get inspired or find action already happening near you. Solarpunker does not own or organise it. Source: Hitzeaktionstag · Event calendar: Veranstaltungen. Organiser: FairFuture (EU-Projekt) · Immanuelkirche Hamburg-Veddel · Stadt Hamburg.
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StuttgartDate TBD

Erweiterung Schattenweg, Esslingen

Extend Esslingen's shade walking route Stadt Esslingen am Neckar lengthens the Esslinger Schattenweg each summer, a marked route linking tree-lined paths where pedestrians escape direct sun. When & where - Recurring extension work and launch walks from Esslingen Innenstadt (48.7426, 9.3207) - Check Veranstaltungen for the next guided opening How to participate - Walk the Schattenweg and suggest missing links at the Hitzeaktionstag stand Source & repost Shared here so you can get inspired or find action already happening near you. Solarpunker does not own or organise it. Source: Hitzeaktionstag · Event calendar: Veranstaltungen. Organiser: Stadt Esslingen am Neckar.
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TallinnDate TBD

Urban gardening mentor network

Learn from experienced garden leaders Tallinn’s allotment-garden project ran mentoring for community-garden activists and a workshop series on urban gardening, ask current garden hosts about ongoing peer support. When & where - City-wide; start via Pelgu Community Garden or your district garden contact - Workshop dates vary, ask organisers for the next mentor session (map pin is city centre) Source & repost Shared here so you can get inspired or find action already happening near you. Solarpunker does not own or organise it. Pelguaed allotment programme · Strategy: Green transformation, urban landscape
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