TRANS-Lighthouses

TRANS-lighthouses aims to gather evidence on material and immaterial results of NBS in order to rethink and reframe the main elements that compose the complexity of creating social and ecologically just NBS. More than a driving process, the collaborative work on planning and making NBS functional might stimulate a more concerted response towards environmental and climate crises, increasing the commitment of different stakeholders and upscaling their own spheres of action. Adopts a non-linear perspective and opens up space for the adoption of a fluid and organic position that is able to integrate the diversity of subjects, institutions, knowledge(s), practices and values. The socio-politics dimension will be part of the public agenda for NBS towards SYSTEMIC CHANGE. This ambition will be achieved by assessing the benefits and limitations of NBS co-creation that have already been implemented and designed, tested and disseminated economically and socially fairer guidelines for NBS implementation. For this purpose, the project will conduct a thorough assessment, grounded on a transdisciplinary approach and critical analysis. The conceptual advancements are the most substantial achievement of the TRANS-lighthouses project. Five frameworks have been established during the first 18 months of the project. The frameworks are tools for understanding and guiding the action research work running in the living knowledge labs, aiming to contribute to the scientific bases for the co-creation of inclusive and transformative NBS, including: The Conceptual Framework NBS Lighthouses for inclusive communities which provides guidelines for LKLs participatory and co-creation processes across four key dimensions – nature, economy, social dimension and governance – introducing refreshed understandings of NBS related to participatory and co-creation approaches: a reference framework towards Reciprocal Human-Nature Relationships in Nature Based Solutions, creating a preliminary typology of NBS practices – anthropocentric, ecocentric, and relational – observed in the TRANS-lighthouse Living Knowledge(s) Labs towards enhancing the understanding of human-nature relationships with the aim of guiding the work on the nature dimension. A reference framework for learning to unlearn in (transdisciplinary) “Nature-based Solutions” settings, providing conceptual foundations based on different strands of the unlearning literature and connecting it with theories of change related particularly to the field of sustainability transitions; to organise living theory on unlearning by relying on a set of inspirational research webinars; and to develop an experimental praxis for facilitating unlearning as part as the configuration of Living Knowledge Labs (LKL). A framework of typologies and models of governance, from the perspective of the intensity of participatory and collaborative arrangements for co-creation of NBS, supported by 5 analytical dimensions – social, relational, material, processual, organizational and political-civic. A reflexive monitoring process applied to citizen science activities, and living knowledge co-creation, supporting its members – including policymakers, planners, and community members – to collaboratively assess and adapt strategies as challenges arise. This method encourages a reflexive mindset, which fosters self-criticism and adaptive learning, allowing participants to turn barriers into opportunities. Considerable effort has been devoted to aligning these conceptual developments. The goal is to ensure coherence and continuity across frameworks, in order to support the implementation of the Living Knowledge Labs.