The EU funded ASTER project aims to harmonize waste reduction efforts in the Alps, focusing on outdoor products by improving policies, raising awareness, and facilitating practical solutions through tools, training, and regional cooperation. The projects' overall...
In the three-part podcast series “Rethinking youth migration in the Alps,” we explore one of the most urgent challenges facing Alpine regions today: the steady departure of young, educated people from mountain communities - and the search for new, future-proof...
On the occasion of its eighth issue, Dune – Writings on Fashion, Design and Visual Culture, the academic journal founded at Università Iuav di Venezia, launches Dune On Woolshed, an open Call for Ideas dedicated to rethinking wool through the lens of research, design...
As part of DiMark deliverable D.1.3.1 (Training EO courses), we would like to draw your attention to a practice-oriented training course for practitioners, organized by DiMark project partner EAWAG: 📌 PEAK Training Course: Satellite-based Lake Monitoring 📅 19 March...
Within the framework of BrokeringSpaces, Local Round Tables were conducted in the municipality of Truden (South Tyrol), contributing to the development of practical approaches for sustainable land-use management and the transition towards No Net Land Take. The process...
📖 “Bridging the local–global divide: strategic embedding in the alpine wool sector” has been published in Geografiska Annaler B. New publication for AlpTextyles research is available in Geografiska Annaler B. Developed by Markus Lambracht, Tobias Chilla, and Carola...
The Alpine space is rich in peatlands, rivers, and lakes; all water bodies considered inland wetlands, all threatened by climate change. On World Wetlands’s Day (on February 2) it is important to underline their importance in preserving ecosystems,...
On Wednesday, 28 January, the 4th project partner meeting of the DiMark project successfully took place! During the meeting, project partners reviewed the progress of ongoing activities and defined key goals for the second half of the project. While the project faces...
Only a few days left before the first online seminar organised by the GOVQoL project! This seminar will be an introduction to how the topic of quality of life can be a compass for a healthy governance in mountain municipalities. Several good practices from different...
The picture is a schematic representation of a perialpine lake and its catchment, with indication of major climate and human-related catchment processes, which can directly or indirectly affect lake ecological dynamics. Internal lake processes involving the...
✒️ A new feature article about AlpTextyles is out! We’re delighted to share that #AlpTextyles has been featured once again with a full article in Zoom On Fashion Trends and Nuova Libra Editrice’s Superzoom, issue #77 page 21 — you can read it here. Last week, the...
Mountain ecosystems are on the front line of climate change, particularly aquatic environments and wetlands, which are often unknown and serving as habitats to a wide range of rare, endangered, and endemic species. Significant changes in hydrological dynamics are...
The 8th European Congress of Conservation Biology, scheduled in the University of Leiden, will take place from 6 to 10 July 2026. AlpsLife partners and observers are invited to attend, as attention will be given to learn and share actual knowledge, but also to better...
Eurac Research will host the 14th Italian Congress of Mammalogy in Bolzano from June 3 to 5, 2026. This will be an occasion to talk about Alpine biodiversity, within a dedicated session entitled “High-altitude sentinels: mammals and mountain ecosystems”; an...
The AlpsLife partnership will attend the Regional Mountain Conference #RMC, held in Obergurgl, Austria, from 05 to 08 July 2026. #RMC26 focuses on the European Alps, aiming to achieve a comprehensive overview about cross-cutting topics relevant in the Alpine region...
Apply know - Empower your green, digital and human-centric transformation We actively empower companies across the Alpine region to plan and realise ambitious green, digital and human‑centric transformation projects regarding Industry 5.0. By registering and working...
The role of the European Center for Renewable Energy Güssing Ltd in the ALPHA project The European Center for Renewable Energy Güssing Ltd. (EEE) is a research and networking organisation that develops and implements regional, national and international projects in...
In December 2025, the Circular Time Lab, a pilot project led by our partner Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts (HSLU), was selected and published on the European Commission’s REGIO Newsroom. The article highlights the Circular Time Lab as a living...
Mapping digital transformation in the construction and real estate sector The BAUHALPS project partner Digital Findet Stadt GmbH is conducting an online survey as part of the annual Technology Report on the digitalisation of the construction and real estate sector...
The RESPOnD project partners have developed a practical Handbook for the co-creation and production of knowledge in Alpine Wine Orchards, designed as an operational guide for partners working with winegrowers in the Alpine Space. The goal is straightforward: turn...
Following the BAUHALPS partner meeting held in Vienna on 16–17 December 2025, the project was also presented at DFS wirkt! – Results 2025, the annual closing event organised by Digital Findet Stadt. The BAUHALPS project was presented by Sonja Geier, from Hochschule...
On 16–17 December 2025, the partners of the BAUHALPS – Building Circular in the Alpine Space project gathered in Vienna for a joint meeting of the Technical Committee and Steering Committee. The meeting marked an important milestone at the end of the year, providing...
Between June and October 2025, ten local events in pilot sites took place in the five European countries represented in the PlanToConnect project. The events were an important opportunity for project partners to present the case study results and to raise awareness...
Who would have thought that algae could also be seen as snowflakes? Asterionella (shown in the picture) is not a rare genus. Our analyses from the last decade showed that it appeared at least once among the top three genera in nearly three-quarters of the Alpine lakes...
On 17 December 2025, partners of the HumanFactor – Interreg Alpine Space project gathered in Heilbronn, Germany, for a full-day consortium meeting marking an important milestone after nearly one year of implementation. The meeting provided a valuable opportunity to...
Local governance of quality of life – through the eyes of the consortium’s young researchers! Cemre Betul Ay is currently a PhD student and research assistant at Politecnico di Torino. She is the co-author of GOVQoL’s first deliverable – our position paper on local...
From 4 to 5 December, the ALPHA project meeting took place at the Technical University of Munich (TUM), hosted by the Chair of Energy Systems. The meeting marked two intensive and highly productive days of exchange and collaboration. It opened with an overview of the...
On 1–2 December 2025, the Final Transnational HACK-IT-NET Workshop entitled “Future Health, Shared Solutions: From Challenges to Change” successfully brought together health and care stakeholders from across the Alpine Space in an online co-creation event. The...
We are pleased to announce that the official MARGIN YouTube Channel is now live, and we have published our first Short. Our first video is now live: 👉 Why Groundwater Matters A short and engaging introduction to the importance of groundwater — a vital but often...