About the project

Cities will not reach climate targets only through top-down plans; they will reach them when adults change everyday decisions—how they cool their homes, move, care for public spaces, and support Nature-Based Solutions. In Nicosia, heat stress and drought make urban greenery more than “nice to have”: well-managed parks reduce temperatures, store carbon, support biodiversity, and improve health. Yet the adults who most need these benefits—older people, low-income residents, migrants and unemployed parents—often have the least access to quality environmental learning and the least opportunity to influence how parks are designed and maintained.

ACT-GREEN aims to turn local parks into an inclusive adult-learning laboratory with real and measurable climate impact. The project will deliver short, practical learning modules (booklets, flashcards, facilitator guides) that make “invisible” climate and biodiversity processes understandable for non-experts. It will then move from awareness to action: citizen panels and workshops will co-design micro-actions (native planting, shade and canopy-gap priorities, water-smart routines, microhabitats) and volunteer days will implement visible improvements. A simple EO/AI-assisted WebGIS will translate complex data (heat patterns, vegetation cover, canopy gaps) into clear maps and “what-if” scenarios that residentsand municipal teams can discuss together, strengthening transparency and trust.

Inclusivity is not an add-on: it is the delivery engine. By working with the Nicosia Municipality’s Multifunctional Foundation—whose mission includes social inclusion, professional (re)integration and lifelong learning, and which already supports groups such as older adults, migrants and unemployed parents—we reach people Erasmus+ often struggles to involve and remove barriers through accessible formats, supported facilitation and blended participation.

Finally, ACT-GREEN increases the quality, take-up and recognition of adult education by packaging the approach as open, reusable resources, facilitator training and simple competence checks that organisations can adopt after the grant. The project creates dual value: concrete mitigation/resilience actions in a real park now, and a scalable, inclusive model thatstrengthens civic engagement, democracy and European citizenship by empowering adults to co-create the green transition.