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Official Page for Lisboa European Green Capital 2020 #choosetoevolve 🌱

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Os Comboios de Bicicletas estão de volta!

Os percursos de bicicleta para 8 escolas irão regressar durante a primeira semana de março 🚲
Inscrições 👉 https://t.co/T48LIaB80L

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Powering the world while preserving the planet is a hybrid conference that brings several activists, experts, academics and leaders to discuss energy transition ⚡️

21 and 22 February at EMSA and online

More info 👉 https://t.co/tAZfiiY1tL

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Spring is around the corner 🌸

The white or pink flowers of the almond tree have already bloomed in Lisbon! The flowers of this native Asian tree are visible between February and March, just before the leaves grow back 🍃

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No âmbito do programa “Uma Praça em Cada Bairro”, o Largo do Conde Barão está de cara lavada! ✨

Este largo em Santos tem agora novas zonas de estadia, novos passeios, pavimento mais confortável e mais espaço, com a ligação ao também renovado Largo do Cais do Tojo.

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Vale da Montanha is greener 🌳

This weekend the city's first Rapid Forest started to sprout. A biodiverse, native mini-forest capable of absorbing 265% more carbon than traditional reforestation methods 🌱
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Bugs now have a new ecological refuge in Areeiro!

Insects's houses were installed in 3 gardens in the parish in order to create natural spaces that serve as safe places for the attraction, settlement and natural development of insect colonies in an urban environment 🐝🐞

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Paço da Rainha and Largo do Mitelo have a fresh face!

Bigger and renovated sidewalks, an elevated crossroads, a bicycle parking and new urban furniture allow a more fluid mobility for all while enhancing the cultural value of this area of the city ✨

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The beginning of the year is a time for celebration, but it is also a time for reflection. In 2022, choose more sustainable and more conscious options. Reduce, reuse, and recycle everything you can. Small ecological changes really do make a difference! 💪🌱

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Any Sciences or Biology teachers around? 👋

The 1st edition of the workshop "Aquatic Biodiversity at the Lisbon Riverfront" is happening in January and we invite all teachers interested in sharing the natural richness of the Tagus estuary 🐟

More info 👇
https://t.co/jkyPIAe8Nq

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This holiday season, sustainability is not to be forgotten. This Christmas, choose more sustainable options: support local trade, avoid waste and opt for a more conscious consumption. Having a more planet-friendly Christmas only depends on us. Happy holidays! 🎄🌍

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Want to learn how to compost your organic waste?

🏙️ 19 community composters in the city
🤝 817 participants in community composting
🏡 3,088 home composters delivered
♻️ 772 tons of recycled waste

Come get your hands dirty! Sign up at https://t.co/Rz0HbnoguY

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There is now a bicycle counter in Avenida da República!
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After installing 34 meters in the city, there's now two information screens in real time, in Saldanha and Parque das Nações.
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These sensors will support the planning of future locations for GIRA stations.

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Arugula, lettuce and coriander - the fall crops are already visible in the first rotational vertical vegetable garden in Europe, installed in the gardens of Palácio Pimenta in Lisbon! 🥦

It's almost 6 metres of structure with 22 shelves that support close to 900 plants 🥬

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It's Christmas time! 🎄

The lights on the main arteries of the city total 210 km, using more than 2 million LED bulbs, which allow for an energy saving of around 80%.

Lisbon will remain illuminated until January 6th ✨
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In Glasgow, the world came together to finalise the Paris Agreement and the Glasgow Climate Pact is finally in place.
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The 1.5ºC rise was kept within reach, but the pulse is weak.
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Now countries must meet and deliver on the commitments made at #COP26
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At the end of November, Estufa Fria, one of Lisbon's greenest spaces, will host the installation "Tutorar", by the artist Bruno Cidra.
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The inauguration of the installation is scheduled for the 26th of November and it will be open until the end of January 2022.

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Pollinators are key players in every vegetable garden. They are essential to the reproduction of plants and 70% of crops grown for human consumption depend on them.
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But pollinators are declining globally. Green spaces like allotment gardens, parks and meadows can help.

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Four different bat species find refuge in the walls of São Jorge Castle. In total, in Lisbon there are 9 species of 🦇

In spring and summer, there are guided tour in the castle to meet the bats of Lisbon. Here’s a sneak peak of the “Wild Lisbon” documentary 👀

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Where the Tagus and the Atlantic meet 🌊

The Tagus estuary is a highly productive ecosystem marked by the rhythm of the tides

An incredible area at Lisbon’s doorstep where you can find dolphins and about 300K aquatic birds on their migratory routes 🐬🎥 https://t.co/mIBwZRqKa7

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At LxCRAS, in Monsanto, wild animals are taken care of. Those found injured, mainly due to human proximity, are treated here with the goal to be released back to their natural habitat 🦉

Get to know this centre, which treats about 1500 animals every year 🦅