• Helping Cities go Carbon Neutral

    one Enchanted Urban Tiny Forest

    at a Time

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    THE PILLARS

    The methodology developed by A Piece of Lemon Cake pivots around three pillars

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    Urban Voids

    KEY FOR SUSTAINABLE IMPACT

     

    Urban voids, also called terrain vague, are spaces of transition or transformation. They are empty spaces for use, but not for the value or existence of buildings and/or facilities.

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    Tiny Forest

    THE TOOL TO TRANSFORMING CITIES

     

    It is a concept developed by the Japanese botanist Akira Miyawaki.

    It is a dense, fast-growing native woodland the size of a tennis court. It grows 10x faster and becomes 30x denser and 100x more biodiverse than those planted by conventional methods.

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    Circular Economy

    OUR APPROACH FOR GOOD GROWTH

     

    Every partnership we establish reflects the triple win: the planet wins, the city wins, and all stakeholders involved win.

    We make this ambition possible by designing business models based on circular economy principles.

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    KEY STAKEHOLDERS

    To implement its methodology A Piece of Lemon Cake partners with the following key stakeholders

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    City Halls & Parishes

    Our methodology allows municipalities to transform urban voids into spaces of belonging, social cohesion, economic activity, and carbon sequestration.

     

    If you are a Parish or a City Hall and you are interested in learning more about how to implement our methodology, please fill out the contact form available at the end of this page. 

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    Primary & Secondary Schools

    Schools are one way to reach out to families and, more importantly, to the grownups of the future: our children. 

    There are a number of ways Schools can collaborate with different levels of involvement.  

    Explore them all in the Schools section.

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    Corporations

    There are many ways to get involved as a corporation and play a leading role in helping your city to go carbon neutral. 

    Explore them all in the Corporations section!

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    SCHOOLS

    Learn how can you join us in this amazing adventure for the Planet

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    Beginner

    Basic engagement

    The School opens the door to A Piece of Lemon Cake to present the initiative online or at your premises.

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    Advanced

    The School participates in planting one of the A Piece of Lemon Cake's Tiny Forest.

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    Advocate

    The School with A Piece of Lemon Cake's support plants a Tiny Forest at their facilities and perform year-long topic-related activities. 

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    CORPORATIONS

    Learn how can you play an active role in your community and help the Planet

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    Donate

    Planting a Tiny Forest requires many resources, stating the site.

    Contact us!  We will be more than happy to explore win-win circular business models. 

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    Sponsor

    As a corporation you can have a more visible involvement with the community by sponsoring aTiny Forest, or Parish, or even a city.

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    Offset Carbon

    You may be interested in offsetting part of your carbon, buying carbon credits from our project.

  • FAQ

    Here is where we give some answers to the most frequently asked questions about our project. 

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    Are all Tiny Forest the same?

    Absolutely not.  

    Each Tiny Forest is one of a kind as the characteristics of the urban void define what can grow. Factors such as hours of exposure to sunlight, soil profile, depth, fertility, and gradient. The existence of buried pipes, or other elements above the ground such as advertising billboards, will strongly influence the diversity of species composition and planning of the Tiny Forest.

     

    What makes A Piece of Lemon Cake unique compared to other initiatives that also use Tiny Forests?

    We use Tiny Forests to repurpose urban voids that oftentimes become spaces of conflict, social exclusion, and economic inactivity, by transforming them into spaces that improve social cohesion, activating the potential of cities to  become biodiversity hubs and carbon sinks.

    Other models that we have seen around the world pivot primarily around biodiversity and, in developing countries, food security.

     

    What are the main benefits that A Piece of Lemon Cake brings to Cities?

    These are the main benefits of applying A Piece of Lemon Cake model to any city in the world:

    1. Transforming spaces of conflict into spaces of social cohesion.

    2. Maximizing the carbon sequestration capacity of cities.

    3.  Revitalising the local economy with new business models based on circular economic principles

    4. Adding value to the real estate market and that of nearby buildings.

    5. Reducing the heating and cooling needs of nearby buildings.

    6. Improving biodiversity.

    7. Reducing the impact of urban heat islands.

    8. Reducing air and noise pollution. 

    9. Fighting the war on sedentary lifestyles.

    10. Reducing food waste and increasing food security.

    Do you have any other questions?

    Let us know by filling out the form in the Contact section

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    City Halls & Parishes

    Our methodology allows municipalities to transform urban voids into spaces of belonging, social cohesion, economic activity, and carbon sequestration.

     

    If you are a Parish or a City Hall and you are interested in learning more about how to implement our methodology, please contact us by filling out the form in the Contact section

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    Primary & Secondary Schools

    Schools are one way to reach out to families and, more importantly, to the grownups of the future: our children.

     

    There are a number of ways Schools can collaborate with different levels of involvement. Contact us by filling out the form in the Contact section.

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    Corporations

    There are many ways to get involved as a corporation and play a leading role in helping your city go carbon neutral. Contact us and we will share with you all the details.

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    City Halls & Parishes

    Our methodology allows municipalities to transform urban voids into spaces of belonging, social cohesion, economic activity, and carbon sequestration.

     

    If you are a Parish or a City Hall and you are interested in learning more about how to implement our methodology, please contact us by filling out the form in the Contact section

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    Primary & Secondary Schools

    There are a number of ways Schools can collaborate with different levels of involvement. Here are some of them:

    1. Promoter: This role opens the doors to A Piece of Lemon Cake present the initiative to your students at events, webinars, workshops organized at your premises. 
    2. Advocate: This role also involves the School introducing specific activities to be performed at the tiny forests, so the students learn in a very hands-on and funny way key pressing topics such as biodiversity, climate change, the circular economy, new business models,  etc.
    3. Partner: This role goes one step further as it includes a year-long program with contest participation at parish, city, and National Level. 

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    Corporations

    There are many ways to get involved as a corporation. Here are some:

    1. Donate: There are many resources that we need to plant a Tiny forest. If your activity pivots around a resource that could be beneficial to us, we will be more than happy to explore win-win circular business models. 
    2. Sponsor: As a corporation you can have a more visible involvement with the community by sponsoring aTiny Forest, or Parish, or even a city.
    3. License: Maybe you own an urban void that could be a potential place for growing a Tiny Forest. Please, let us know using the form.
    4. Offset Carbon: You may be interested in offsetting part of your carbon, buying carbon credits from our project.
    5. Other: Do you have another idea, don't be a stranger reach us out using the form you will find at the bottom. 

  • City Halls & Parishes

    They are key to making A Piece of Lemon Cake possible. They are the body responsible for making cities grow and evolve. But also they are urban Hub that gives access to other partners, knowledge and resources.

     

    They benefit from this partnership as it brings a methodology that allows them transform urban voids - spaces of conflict - into spaces of belonging, social cohesion and economic activity. Additionally they become more resilient to climate change among other benefits.

     

    If you are a Parish or a City Hall interested to learn more about how to implement our methodology, please let contact us by using the form below.

    The referred above benefits are just some of the many that you and your citizens can have access to!

    Schools, Primary & Secondary

    Schools are the door to change today, but als tomorrow, as you gives us access to families and, more importantly, to the grownups of the future: the children.

     

    There are number of ways Schools can collaborate with different levels of involvement. Here are some of them:

    1. Promoter: This role only entitles openning your dooors to A Piece of Lemon Cake present the initiative to  your students at events, webinars, workshops organized at your premises. You decide to what extend you want to have a leading role in these activities.  
    2. Advocate: This role also involves the School introducing specific activities to be performed at the tiny forests, so  the students learn in a very hands-on and funny way key pressing topics such as biodiversity, climate change, the circular economy, new business models,  etc.
    3. Partner: This role implies beside the previous activites, the inclusion in your curriculum of subjects and participating in year-long activities and contest at the Parish, city and National Level. 

    Corporations

    There are many ways to get involved as a corporation. Here are some:

    1. Donate: There are many resources that we need to plant a Tiny forest. If your activity pivots around a resource that coud be beneficial to us, we will be more than happy to explore win-win circular business models. 
    2. Sponsor: As a corporation you can have a more visible involvement with the community by sponsoring aTiny Forest, or Parish or even a city.
    3. License: Maybe you own an urban void that could be a potential place for growing a Tiny Forest. Please, let us know using the form.
    4. Offset Carbon: You may be interested in offsetting part of your carbon, buying carbon credits from our project.
    5. Other: Do you have another idea, don't be a stranger reach us out using the form you will find at the bottom. 

  • CONTACT

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