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Join us in designing the policies for the communities of tomorrow.
Community-led initiatives as catalysts for societal transformation Community-led initiatives across Europe and elsewhere are actively envisioning, creating and living within alternatives that strive for sustainability, equality and social justice. They represent promising working models of how a sustainable and fair society under current global circumstances might look….
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How can we make regional and local development policies which support transformational change – driven by communities – a reality on the ground? Join us to make the voice of communities heard at EU policy levels!
We at ECOLISE think it is time to bring a stronger voice of community-led initiatives into EU policy more strongly. Together with partners, we aim to make a call for truly transformational regional and local development policies, which enable a wide-spread community-led response to the ecological crisis.
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Request for services: Facilitation of policy positioning process & training on community-led initiatives and the European Green Deal
ECOLISE is seeking an external service provider to support the design of a consultation and co-creation process, and provide facilitation, training and expert support in policy positioning and advocacy for grassroots initiatives dedicated to climate and environmental action at EU levels: “Towards a joint policy positioning of ECOLISE…
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A Potato Revolt begins in Sweden in response to covid-19
On 11th April 2020 a handful of local citizens in the north Swedish town of Söderhamn marched to the city hall demanding action on food production in light of the Covid-19 crisis. Their actions have sparked similar protests around Sweden, reminiscent of the Potato Revolt of 103 years ago….
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Call open! Join Barcelona UrbanA Arena ‘Justice Challenges in Urban Sustainability’, 4-5 June
Are you passionate about justice and sustainability in…
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Social Solidarity Economy and the Commons conference hopeful yet critical
A hopeful yet notably system-critical atmosphere similar to that of Degrowth movement gatherings was tangible at the second international conference ‘Social Solidarity Economy and the Commons’, held 6th to 8th of November 2019 at the Instituto Universitário de Lisboa in Lisbon, Portugal. Donatella della Porta of Scuola Normale…
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Community-led social solidarity economy initiatives deliver SDGs
Community-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…
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Reflections from Brussels conferences: Postgrowth and Citizens collaborating with municipalities
(9 October 2018) In late September ECOLISE was closely involved with two ground-breaking events which took place in Brussels – the Post-growth Conference and its Preparation Day, and the Civil society and municipalities conference co-hosted by ECOLISE and the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) in…
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Communities, collaboration are vital in responding to IPCC’s unequivocal 1.5°C report
(8 October 2018) – Responding to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)’s 1.5°C special report published today, Eamon O’Hara, executive director of ECOLISE, said: “The report’s clear message of urgency and hope will only serve to encourage the thousands of communities across Europe and beyond that are already…
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Making climate a priority in the EU LEADER programme
(8 Oct 2018) – ECOLISE executive director, Eamon O’Hara (centre, above), recently participated in the LEADER Reloaded conference in Portugal, where he underlined the need to put climate and transition centre stage in the next round of the EU’s LEADER programme for rural development. Organised by ELARD (the…
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