The EURECA course on urban ecology will be tested between April and July in the five project partner countries (Czechia, Spain, Italy, Poland and Portugal), in the national language version of each country. The course also has an English version, available on the website.
The course, in online digital format, consists of five modules with five units each, covering various aspects of the key issues of urban ecology in a practical approach related to people's daily lives and their impact on the environment.
The themes of the modules and units are as follows:
M1. CITIES FOR PEOPLE    
U1. People-centred urban planning. 
U2. Architecture and Construction.
U3. Mobility and Accessibility. 
U4. Production and consumption. 
U5. Citizen’s participation. 
M2. WATER MANAGEMENT
U1. Water shortage. 
U2. Water revitalisation. 
U3. Urban islands. 
U4. Irrigation.
U5. Water retention in the landscape. 
M3. LESS ENERGY, BETTER FUTURE    
U1. Pro-environmental management of electricity.
U2. Pro-environmental thermal energy management.
U3. Community and local energy initiatives.
U4. Energy management in cities.
U5. DIY: how to build a solar kitchen.
M4. WASTE MANAGEMENT
U1. Introduction: Basics of urban waste management
U2. Recycling and Reuse: transforming waste into resources.
U3. Circular economy and waste.
U4. Community involvement and behaviour change.
U5. Environmental and health impacts of urban waste.
M5. THE GREEN CITY    
U1. Benefits of greenery at home and in the city.
U2. Plants at home, environmentally friendly growing methods.
U3. Plants in the garden, organic growing methods.
U4. Green building applications.
U5. Neighbourhood and urban green spaces.
The tests will serve to assess the adequacy of the course materials to the needs and expectations of a wide variety of adult learners and identify necessary and possible improvements.

In the meantime, EURECA invites people to check and improve their knowledge of urban ecology by using the first version of the course already available on the website.