Green in the city: a strong aspiration
According to a New Corp Conseil survey, 75% of the French population will live in urban areas by 2050. And 53% of them define the city of tomorrow as one that puts nature back at the heart of cities.
In France, between 20,000 and 30,000 hectares of natural areas are lost every year to urban sprawl. Soil artificialisation is growing three to four times faster than population growth, and is having a negative impact on the environment. The green and sustainable city is becoming one of the major issues of our time.
A talk for a better understanding of the city's challenges
On Thursday January 28, ECT organized a talk on the challenges of green in the city.
We wanted to better understand the role of green spaces, agriculture, biodiversity and outdoor sports in the city of tomorrow. And to better anticipate their integration into urban planning, citizen initiatives and the ecological transition.
The aim is to make the green city part of the positive city of tomorrow.
Discussions led by Laurent Mogno, alongside
Laura Flessel, former French Minister of Sport, double Olympic champion, President and founder of Sport’S
Maud Ridoux, Director of citizen mobilization programs around sustainable territories for the MakeSense association
Jean-Pierre Gueneau, Director of green spaces for the city of Créteil, former president of Hortis, association of urban nature space managers
Jean-Patrick Scheepers, Founder of Peas and Love, President of the European Federation of Urban and Vertical Agriculture.
ECT, a committed player in urban renaturation
As part of a circular economy dynamic, ECT designs undeveloped projects by reusing soil from urban construction sites, following an eco-design model that respects the environment and promotes biodiversity.
ECT aims to bring nature back into the city and breathe new life into neglected sites through concerted environmental projects: landscaped parks, urban nature areas, sports and leisure facilities and urban agriculture.
