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Incremental and radical solutions for critical infrastructures
The 3rd webinar Incremental and radical solutions for critical infrastrucures under the webinar series:Urban Resilience: Facing global...

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Jun 3, 20201 min read


UNESCOSOST alliances in Honduras
Urban planning, floating cities and good practices for the construction industry, were the topics that occupied the Chair's agenda during...

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Mar 6, 20202 min read


Announcing the Natura network of networks
The NATURA project (Nature-based Solutions for Urban Resilience in the Anthropocene) has been funded by the US National Science...

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Feb 11, 20201 min read


UNESCOSOST Annual Report 2019
The UNESCOSOST team is delighted to present you its 2019 activity report. A big thank you to our partners for their continued and much...

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Jan 22, 20201 min read


Workshop on Ancestral Ecotechnologies for Climate Emergency
The Interinstitutional Workshop "Ancestral Ecotechnologies for Climate Emergency. Revitalization of the Zenú Hydraulic System" will take...

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Jan 18, 20203 min read


Biofiltration with cork and Moringa oleifera to remove Escherichia coli
A 10-month research stay at the MSMLab of the UPC, of the MSc student Nury Ginneth Infante González, Industrial Microbiologist and PhD...

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Aug 19, 20192 min read


DESIGN FOR TRANSFORMATION AT ELISAVA SCHOOL
The UNESCO Chair on Sustainability, in partnership with ELISAVA, School of Design of Barcelona, launches the Executive Program for...

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Apr 23, 20192 min read


Successful research on the use of cork to clean wastewater and produce electricity
In the LIFE Ecorkwaste project, the Polytechnic University of Catalonia and the Codorniu winery have designed and test the first system...

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Mar 10, 20191 min read


New video from LIFE Ecorkwaste Project: Circular Economy for Cork
New video of the LIFE ECORKWASTE Project. Purification of effluents from the vitiviniculture sector with cork waste subproducts. More...

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Jan 29, 20191 min read


Intensive Programme in Design Policies for Resilience by Elisava
New video from this new Degree awarded by ELISAVA, Barcelona School of Design and Engineering, with the collaboration of the UNESCO Chair...

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Jan 29, 20191 min read


Microbial Nitrate Removal by Treatment Wetlands
A new paper "Microbial nitrate removal efficiency in groundwater polluted from agricultural activities with hybrid cork treatment...

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Nov 6, 20182 min read


AQUARISC Project: Ecotechnologies Workshop 2018
Working for the management of wetlands in water supply basins in Colombia. Eco-technology strategies were socialized at the Workshop on...

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Oct 4, 20183 min read


Ecotechnologies Workshop in Cauca, Colombia - Aquarisc Project
From September 19 to 21, 2018, the 1st Ecotechnologies Workshop was held in Popayan, Cauca (Colombia) coordinated by the UNESCO...

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Sep 14, 20182 min read


UNESCO Chair on Sustainability has been granted CTCN Membership
The Climate Technology Center and Network (CTCN) is the operational arm of the UNFCCC Technology Mechanism, hosted by the UN Environment...

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Sep 9, 20181 min read


Cork as a sustainable carbon source for nature-based solutions treating hydroponic wastewaters
Reusing by-products is an important strategy to ensure the preservation of natural capital and climate change mitigation. This study...

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Sep 9, 20182 min read


Treatment of effluents from the wine sector with cork waste
The cork sector currently generates a high amount of by-products that can not be used in the manufacture of cork stoppers, which...

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Jun 18, 20181 min read


Artificial or Constructed Wetlands: A Suitable Technology for Sustainable Water Management
The UNESCO Chair on Sustainability has collaborated with the chapter "REAGRITECH Project: Regeneration and Reuse of Runoff and Drainage...

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Jun 15, 20181 min read


Pan-American Congress on Treatment Wetlands
From May 15 to 18, 2018, the IV Pan American Conference on Wetland Systems was held in Lima, organized by the National Agrarian...

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May 15, 20181 min read


Training for Managers in Ecological-Water Community Resilience
The Workshop "Training for Managers in Ecological-Water Community Resilience" was held in the city of Monteria, Colombia, on February...

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Feb 1, 20181 min read


Transfer of the Prototype LIFE REAGRITECH to the IRTA Torre Marimón
On January 18, 2018, one of the prototypes of a biological treatment plant for nitrate control, developed from the LIFE REAGRITECH...

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Jan 18, 20181 min read
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