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Greening the city

Urban heat islands (UHIs) have become a well-known issue in built-up areas of large cities. A recent study shows that temperatures in UHIs are on average 5⁰C higher than in surrounding areas. Since a growing proportion of the population in…

2nd Transnational Project Meeting in Frankfurt, Germany

On June 17 and 18, Goethe University Frankfurt hosted the 2nd Transnational Project Meeting for the “SUTEE: Showcasing Urban Trees for Environmental Education with IoT Technology” project. All project partners traveled to Frankfurt to participate in the in-person event, fostering…

SUTEE contribution to EDUCON 2024 conference

SUTEE partners have presented the communication titled “IoT and generative AI technologies to support urban environmental learning” in the IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON) 2024 held in Kos (Greece) on May 11-13, 2024. This paper focuses on the critical…

SUTEE in curriculum development

Teacher education in Austria currently undergoes major redesign. This includes a new approach to the curricula currently studied by thousands of prospective teachers for primary, secondary and vocational schools. PHW has been running a very complex development process that also…

The Life (and Death) of Urban Trees

Urban trees live in symbiosis with human habitation. Often for centuries. Their lives are entirely different to that of forest trees. Over their long lifespan, urban trees witness generations of people come and go. They offered shade to historic events…

TEASPILS – A relevant project

The TEASPILS project focuses on creating environmental awareness towards plants and greenery, educating young people and their teachers towards ecological learning spaces. Actions will promote and foster awareness of environmental issues in an educational context, e.g. the sustainable development goals…

SUTEE project website launch!

SUTEE project announces the launch of the project’s website. Through the SUTEE project website one can be informed about the project’s aim, objectives, results and outcomes, activities, project partners, and the project’s news as well as to the contact form…