GreenGo

Nearly 2.8 mio. sites in Europe are potentially contaminated, affecting land use and creating complex challenges for local economic and soil health strategies. Nature-based Solutions (NbS) are recognized as sustainable methods for land rehabilitation, interconnecting issues like health, climate and biodiversity. GreenGo aims to deploy NbS through co-creation engaging stakeholders across the Quintuple Helix in 4 Living Labs (LLs) and Lighthouses in Belgium, France, Roumania and Sweden, focusing on Soil Mission Objectives like pollution reduction, soil literacy, and erosion, and integrating human health perspectives to improve ecosystem services and soil health. The project will group up European partners from more than 10 countries, supported by local stakeholders and a worldwide Advisory Board to bridge the gap between contaminated land management, citizen engagement, and NbS practices, to ensure knowledge exchange and replication of LL models across Europe. GreenGo prioritizes social innovation through transformative citizen science raising soil literacy and awareness, engaging public authorities and land managers and co-creating sustainable solutions with environmental, social, and economic benefits. The project is driven by High-Level Objectives: establishing LLs and engaging stakeholders, co-implementing NbS and co-monitoring soil health, ensuring open access to data, evaluating NbS long-term impact and ensuring LL sustainability. Key Performance Indicators include organizing learning roundtables, co-designing NbS with stakeholders, measuring indicators at around 40 sites, sharing knowledge, and developing business models and an SME incubator programme. GreenGo collaborates with networks like NICOLE and Common Forum to raise policymaker awareness and promote sustainable practices. By ensuring long-term access to data and best practices, GreenGo aims to foster collaboration, improve soil and human health, and ensure the long-term viability of NbS for contaminated soil management in Europe.