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Win a trip to the European Rural Parliament by telling your story
Continue readingThe European Rural Parliament (ERP) in cooperation with ECOLISE is offering a chance to win an expenses paid trip to its fourth gathering 6-9 November 2019 in Candas, Asturias, Spain. Is your community at the forefront of the transition to low-carbon ecological future? Have you taken steps to reduce your carbon or ecological footprint? Have […]
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Community-led social solidarity economy initiatives deliver SDGs
Continue readingCommunity-led initiatives are using social solidarity economy as a way of delivering the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), according to a new academic paper co-written by several ECOLISE members and partners. The paper includes case studies of permaculture enterprise in the UK, Tamera ecovillage, solidarity markets in Latin America, and Gaia Education’s work supporting Senegalese smallholders […]
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Atlas of Utopias features 33 community-led transformations from 24 countries
Continue readingThe 2019 edition of the Atlas of Utopias is a unique collection of community-led transformations of water, energy, food and housing systems, featuring 33 stories from 24 countries. An initiative by Transformative Cities, the atlas is now live online. The cases show how public solutions based on principles of cooperation and solidarity rather than competition […]
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Insights from Heidelberg: ECOLISE’s Tom Henfrey reflects on international Climate conference
Continue readingIn late May, I visited the beautiful city of Heidelberg, taking up an invitation to represent ECOLISE as a keynote listener at the ICCA 2019 conference on Collaboration for Climate Action. ICCA 2019 was a partnership of the three main levels of German government, federal, regional and local: the national Environment Ministry, the State of […]
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ECOLISE on board with new European energy transition project
Continue readingA new collaborative project on collective energy transition began in Turin, Italy last month, with ECOLISE as a partner. COMETS (Collective Action Models for Energy Transition and Social Innovation) is focussed on researching the impact of Collective Action Initiatives (CAIs) at European level for energy transition and social innovation, and proposing tools and methodologies to […]