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BRAL co-signed the op-ed of NGO Les chercheurs d’air, supported by the Société Scientifique de Médecine Générale at the occasion of World Health Day (7/4/2024). Discover the measures we ask of the politicians-to-be-elected to improve Brussels’ air quality.

Last year, the partners of Commoning Europe came to Brussels from January 25 through 27. The group decided, after the Belgians’ added value to the other visits, that a visit to Brussels was in its place.

The International Shared Mobility Conference is coming to Brussels! Shared Mobility Rocks is a stimulating event offering high-quality presentations and networking opportunities around shared mobility. 

Recyclo - Compost in city is a young urban platform for a circular economy. In collaboration with Brussels restaurants, they aim to valorise kitchen waste. Not only can we support the values of Recyclo, we also know Sandrine as an enthusiastic and trustworthy ball of energy. 

One comes across quite some things on the roads in Brussels. This morning on my way to work, I ran into our baker from around the corner. She was in a rush to get extra coffee for her business. From Bois de la Cambre in Uccle to the heart of the city of Brussels. It turned out to be the ideal moment for a two by two-wheeled chat.

CityTools is a multidisciplinary urban planning agency active in spatial, social and environmental issues. CityTools defends a vision of urban planning as a collective process anchored in a reality on the ground, a social context.

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My name is Ann-Mireille, I am a researcher at the UCL/KUL...

What is the role of soil in the city? The question seems so logical, but it immediately leads you on an exploration in which you can get lost. And for BRAL, the pertinent question was added: what is the role of soil in urban planning and urbanism? This 'bottin' shows the multitude of ideas out there.

On the morning of 12 May, several campaign groups and organizations presented a cake to the European Commission as a playful action to "congratulate" it on the seventh anniversary of the launch proceedings against the Belgian government over poor air quality. The campaigners also compelled the European Commission to base new air quality standards on the latest scientific and medical knowledge.

On March 6th 2023, Brussels became the European center of urban rainwater management for a short moment. London, Copenhagen, Paris and Brussels revealed their plans to avoid floods and sewage overflows. We hope that the information will live on after the conference, so don’t hesitate to view, review and share the different presentations.

Nicola da Schio, member of BRAL and long-time partner in one of our first citizen science project on air quality, Smarterlabs, wrote an article for Habitatmap about his lessons learned.

The dérive of Super Terram was a playful, creative and collective wandering from which alternative stories emerged for Schaerbeek-Formation as well as for life related to the soils that are there.