What we do

The RE-ACT Schools project focuses on regenerating existing schoolyards, targeting specific climatic issues (e.g., heat island effect, sustainable water management, biodiversity, air pollution, health and wellbeing) related to 6 different territorial contexts and geographical situations

Our goal: to tackle challenges in real school environments

    • Escalating climate change impacts (heavy rainfall, flooding, extreme temperatures, droughts, and urban heat island effect) that affect the urban environment and citizen health, designing more resilient and beautiful schoolyards

    • Vulnerability of schoolyards to climate change effects, integrating restorative materials, and technologies to renovate the outdoor spaces

    • Health Risks for children and vulnerable users caused by the rising temperatures and heat stress, improving the outdoor comfort condition

    • Loss and degradation of Biodiversity, increasing the green surfaces and the NbS solutions

    • Lack of shared Methodologies and Tools for addressing climate resilience in schoolyards, particularly across different Mediterranean contexts, developing a new design toolkit that can be used for the public authorities to manage public spaces

Our Activities

× RE-ACT Schools Toolkit 

× RE-ACT Schools Policy Recommendation document (including local Action Plans)

× Catalogue of Nature-based and Technological Solutions for Climate Resilient Schoolyards (included in the Toolkit)

× Catalogue of Best Practices (included in the Toolkit)

× Climate Audit protocol for schoolyards (included in the Toolkit)

× Climate Assessment of 30 schoolyards in six partner countries (5 per partner country)

× Pilot Actions Implementation Report

× Digital Twin models of six schoolyards (Pilot Actions)