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Community-led action is a vital response to climate breakdown, ECOLISE tells Paris conference
Continue readingCommunity-led initiatives are an essential part of the response to the climate emergency, yet they are still not on the radar of policy makers and do not get the recognition and support necessary, Eamon O’Hara, executive director of ECOLISE, recently told a high-level conference in Paris. “Research shows the significant impact and benefits of community […]
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UrbanA: Open call to share projects on sustainable & just cities!
Continue readingThis is an open call to all city-makers to share projects that address issues of (un)sustainability and (in)justice in cities. Are you a policy-maker, activist, entrepreneur, intellectual, citizen or otherwise engaged individual interested in making cities better? Are you curious about what others are doing? Please share your knowledge & experience with us and we’ll […]
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Futuristic newspaper for MEP candidates envisions a fair and sustainable Europe
Continue readingECOLISE and four other European and International civil society networks have jointly published a fictitious newspaper – The Fair Times – with stories of what could be achieved if transformative policies for a fair and sustainable Europe are adopted and implemented. With a publication date of 9th May 2024, the end of the next term of […]
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Community-led action on climate change and sustainability offers real solutions to unprecedented global challenges
Continue reading(11 April 2019):- Over 50 representatives of ECOLISE, the European Network for Community-Led Initiatives on Climate Change and Sustainability, have called for European, national and local policy makers to recognise and enable the potential of empowered communities to positively transform society and to help reach ambitious climate and sustainability goals. “ECOLISE members’ vision and commitment […]
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ECOLISE member wins ‘Women of the Decade in Sustainable Change’ award
Continue reading(26 March 2019):- May East, CEO of ECOLISE member organisation Gaia Education, has received the ‘Women of the Decade in Sustainable Change’ award at the Women Economic Forum in Portugal. The award is recognition of her work over three decades to promote the role of women in society in vulnerable regions of the Global South at risk […]