Chania’s Visonary Solution 1 presented during World Environment Day

June 2024

On Saturday morning, June 1, 2024, our partner the Municipality of Chania celebrated World Environment Day at the newly opened public space in Markopoulou Camp. The event welcomed citizens of all ages to enjoy various activities, events, and surprises organized by the municipality. A highlight of the celebration was the distribution of 10,000 flowers and potting soil to the public. This initiative, now in its third year, aims to beautify Chania with colorful and fragrant plants.

VARCITIES’ Pilot team in Chania (the municipality together with Technical University of Crete) officially unveiled their Visionary Solutions 1, the MULαR (Mobile Urban Living a Room), a multifunctional, portable structure designed to travel around the city, enhancing citizens’ interaction with green spaces. The MULαR aims to revitalize green spaces and encourage citizen participation in social activities held within them.

The MULαR presentation featured narrations by Chania’s Storytellers, documentary screenings produced by local schools and presented by the Chania Film Festival, and animation screenings from the Chaniartoon International Comic and Animation Festival

The purpose of MULaR is to travel within the city, and bring the environment into the urban center. In this way, citizens are engaged in various activities with the aim of increasing awarness on nature, health and well-being, and generating place-based added-value.