1. General information
2. Objectives of the intervention
Goals of the intervention
- Species conservation: conservation and protection of bees. Creating and protecting natural habitats for bees. (Ref. 8)
- Creating communities and linking residents (as one major focus area of the award) by creating social spaces of exchange (Ref. 2 and 3)
- Incentivising people take over responsibility for communal activities in the neighbourhood (Ref. 1)
- Mental health: fostering activities that can balance out stress and continuous overload by media (Ref. 2)
- Encourage and multiply learning about urban gardening, the linkages between humans, plants and bees and deriving knowledge about how to enhance the urban bee population. Provide children and teenagers access and educational opportunities in urban natural spaces. (education for sustainable development) (Ref. 1, 4 and 6)
- Demonstrating the value of bees for human existence and the symbiotic relationship between humans, plants and bees (Ref. 4)
- Creating communities and linking residents (as one major focus area of the award) by creating social spaces of exchange (Ref. 2 and 3)
- Incentivising people take over responsibility for communal activities in the neighbourhood (Ref. 1)
- Mental health: fostering activities that can balance out stress and continuous overload by media (Ref. 2)
- Encourage and multiply learning about urban gardening, the linkages between humans, plants and bees and deriving knowledge about how to enhance the urban bee population. Provide children and teenagers access and educational opportunities in urban natural spaces. (education for sustainable development) (Ref. 1, 4 and 6)
- Demonstrating the value of bees for human existence and the symbiotic relationship between humans, plants and bees (Ref. 4)
Quantitative targets
No quantitative targets set for the initiative
Monitoring indicators defined
There are no specific monitoring indicators defined but assessments are made based on direct observation and measurements. By the funding agency, the project group is obliged to document the project with photos, videos and diaries (Ref. 6)
Sustainability challenge(s) addressed
Habitats and biodiversity conservation: What types of conservation goals are / were defined for the NBS intervention?
Habitats and biodiversity conservation: What activities are implemented to realize the conservation goals and targets?
Implementation activities
The group split up into two working groups: one actively forwards the gardening initiative and the second one concentrates on beekeeping (Ref. 1). The working group focusing on plants creates flower beds from donated materials in several areas in the city approved by the municipality. (Ref. 8) The project group focusing on bees resettles bees in the city in hollowed-out tree trunks, so-called log hives, as close to nature as possible. Their work is not about the honey yield, but about enabling the bees to live as species naturally as possible. One hive of logs is set up in the Marstallgarten, another in Grötzingen. (Ref. 8) The community element is fulfilled by residents participating in the initiative coming together with the two fraction groups. (Ref. 3). The two groups and other interested citizens visit workshops, exchange knowledge and pass it on to the public. To support environmental education, information signs about the plants, the importance of bees and urban beekeeping have been put up. (Ref. 3 and 4)
3. NBS domains, ES and scale
4. Governance and financing
5. Innovation
Type of innovation
Novelty level of the innovation
Please specify novelty level of the innovation
What is unique about the project is its distinct way of creating communally used spaces while accumulating and spreading knowledge about bee-keeping and gardening from different sources and reintroducing natural habitats in urban areas (Ref. 3 and 4). The way this project is presented makes one think that it is a really novel approach in Karlsruhe.
Replicability/Transferability
Please specify Replicability/Transferability
Since the project has just been initiated on one out of three pursued spots in town, nothing can be said about its replication yet.
