NBS Academy: A European Academy for integrating Nature-based Solutions (NBS) in teacher education

The vision of NBS Academy is to set up an international Community of Practice of NBS teacher education and training providers, policy makers and other stakeholders, through participatory approaches that activate the collective creativity of its members.

NBS Academy funded by the European Union (2023-2026) is setting up an international Community of Practice on NBS education for both teachers and teacher training providers. With its resources for educators and teacher trainers, NBS Academy makes it easier than ever before to introduce environmental education into teachers' daily practice, helping students develop crucial skills and competencies for tomorrow.

Current and expected outcomes:

  • The NBS Academy thinking tool offers a structured way to plan and conduct NBS projects in education. It navigates planning through six steps; each linked to a guiding question and leading to various relevant NBS resources to use at each step.
  • In 2025, NBS Academy offered the ‘Nature-based solutions: Training approaches for educators and teacher trainers' MOOC to support teacher trainers and teachers across Europe with the knowledge, skills and tools needed to integrate NBS into their teaching practices. The MOOC boasted a 99% satisfaction rate among 617 teacher-training participants across 23 countries.
  • It produced its first policy brief to present an initial landscape analysis of opportunities and challenges for integrating NBS into teacher education across Europe. The brief was informed by policy roundtables with representatives from the Scientix Ministries of Education STEM Working Group.
  • In 2026, the project will co-organise the Scientix STEM Discovery Campaign, support a Scientix Award on NBS in teacher training, publish two more policy briefs, and host a major international conference on Nature-based Solutions.
Discover the NBS Academy, its resources and publications
 

Website: https://www.nbsacademy.eu/

Duration: 2023 - 2026

Funding: Erasmus+

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Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them

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