From growth to care: ecological economics and the care economy in Budapest

Ecological economists from across Hungary gathered at Corvinus University of Budapest on 27 April for an inspiring afternoon workshop and Tim Jackson’s public lecture on his latest book, The Care Economy. The event was organised by the Research Center for Ecological Economics at the Corvinus Institute for Advanced Studies (CIAS), Corvinus University of Budapest, which hosted both the…

Budapest Degrowth Doughnut in action: city actors co‑design transformative pathways

Mid April, a DAISY workshop was held in Budapest to discuss how to move the Budapest Degrowth Doughnut (BDD) from an inspiring concept toward a more operational pathway for urban governance. The core group of the BDD DAISY seed innovation includes representatives of the Budapest Municipality, Corvinus University of Budapest, and the Budapest Public Transport…

Fast renewables, strong nature laws: what Austria, Denmark and Germany can teach the EU

In the rush to scale up renewables and grids, the EU is testing how far it can stretch nature protection without breaking it. New initiatives like the Environmental Omnibus and Grids Package promise to turn decarbonisation into a competitiveness booster, yet they risk diluting biodiversity safeguards and fuelling polarisation between “green growth” and “green protection”.…

Students from Dublin explore Budapest’s Degrowth Doughnut in practice

On Thursday 19 March, a group of Planning and Environmental Management students from Technological University Dublin (TU Dublin) joined GreenFormation for a short afternoon walk in Budapest to explore how degrowth donut related ideas are taking shape in the city’s neighbourhoods. The visit built on our collaboration within the Horizon Europe DAISY project, which focuses…

Co-creating urban nature futures: Co-Bio at the “Adaptation? Naturally!” Conference

On 6 February 2026, GreenFormation presented the Co-Bio project at the “Adaptation? Naturally!” UPSURGE final conference. The event provided a valuable platform for knowledge sharing and networking among international and directly EU-funded projects, featuring Hungarian case studies on nature-based solutions. GreenFormation contributed with a short Co-Bio introduction as part of the morning mini-presentations, and then…

When ecological risks take the frontline: insights from Davos 2026

Source of the picture: World Economic Forum Global Risks Perception Survey 2025-2026 Ecological breakdown is no longer a distant worry—it’s moving fast to the frontline of global risk. As world leaders gathered in Davos last week, the World Economic Forum’s Global Risks Report 2026 confirmed what scientists and civil society have long warned: environmental threats now dominate…

Learning from local action: six countries, six pathways to co-create urban biodiversity

As the Co-Bio project draws to a close, we reflect on the diversity and creativity of the local case studies that took place across six European countries. From micro-forests in Portugal and biodiversity gardens in Italy, to urban campus greening in Austria, schoolyard and park transformations in Greece, biodiversity boxes in Denmark, and neighbourhood-scale co-creation…