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Plants make us happy

Some new scientific studies confirm, what we all know: that time spent in a green environment such as a forest makes us happy. Using a citizen science approach, scientists, according to the Guardian, now try to identify how the shape…

SUTEE at the Long Night of Research

The annual “Long Night of Research” (Lange Nacht der Forschung) connects laboratories and research institutions in an open house event across the city of Vienna. It allows the public to peek behind the scenes of renowned universities and their research…

Towards a Green Campus in the City

SUTEE and its predecessor projects (Teaspils, TAP-TS, etc.) have positively affected the environmental strategy of the University College of Teacher Education Vienna (PHW). Indeed, there has been a substantial shift toward a wider ecological and environmentally friendly vision of how…

Using AI for potential zoning maps

The Austrian Ministry of Agriculture and Climate has released a nationwide potential map. Using AI analyses from aerial images, Geodata, and satellite imagery, previous industrial or commercial fallow land that is no longer in use has been identified and mapped.…

Bringing the forest to kindergarten

In Finland, pre-school children are being (re)naturalised by exposing them to natural resources like mud, forest plants and micro-organisms. Some 43 kindergartens and daycare centres across Finland have been awarded €1m of funding to re-naturalise their yards and surroundings, and…