The story of the biodiversity corridor
As X-arts, we combine research methods with artistic practice, capacity building and exchange to activate and promote social change, sustainability, inclusion and well-being – in our built environment as well as within ourselves and amongst each other.
We enjoy gathering the stories of initiatives and communities that impact society: these are some of our documentaries and expose’s.
We met Florian and Corinna while working on the “BioYouToon” Erasmus Plus Cooperation project.
The project aims to promote Biodiversity awareness among young people – which is also a passion of Corinna and Flo’s.
So they joined the project as trainers, and consultants for the comic webtoon strips created as a result of the stories gathered.
They also have a very unique project they’ve been working on, one which we believe is important in ensuring we preserve the biodiversity of our urban environments: The biodiversity corridor.
The biodiversity corridor
The project focuses on creating islands of biodiversity along the lengthy streets of Meidling in Vienna, to allow insects and other species of living things we barely notice in our cities, to move through the city and find places to seek refuge in and exist within.
We documented the bio-diversity walk they took participants of the workshop in Vienna on, then sat down with them and asked them to tell us more about this amazing project!
They tell us of how the project began, how it’s been supported by the residents of Meidling and how they’d like to expand the biodiversity corridor – and we agree. This initiative needs more support and X-arts is happy to advocate for the promotion of this project.
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