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How does your worldview affect your sustainability solutions?
(25 April 2017) – Find out how your worldview and value systems affect your perceived needs and how you propose and design solutions by joining the 8-week Worldview dimension of Gaia education’s ‘Design for Sustainability’ E-Learning programme, starting 8th May. Learn to…
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Free Access to ‘A Quest for Meaning’ film until April 23rd starting today!
(12 April 2017) – This documentary film recounts the life-changing journey undertaken by two childhood friends gone to question the workings of the world, our relationship with nature and the meaning of life. We are all prisoners of a logic which has proven destructive for mankind and planet Earth….
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The European Ecovillage Conference 2017
(07 April 2017) – GEN Europe invites you to celebrate possibilities, solutions and connections at the 2017 GEN-European Conference at Ängsbacka, Sweden. Brace yourselves for the 21st edition of GEN Europe’s summer conference, the yearly gathering where the inspired and the inspiring come together. From July 16th – 20th,…
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Renewable Energies for Sustainable Development
(28 March 2017) – Gaia Education is partnering with UNITAR and the University of Strathclyde to launch the second edition of the Renewable Energies for Sustainable Development e-learning programme. Energy is the golden thread that connects economic growth, increased social equity, and an environment that allows the world to…
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Municipalities in Transition: Core Team Recruitment
(24 March 2017) – The Municipalities in Transition project is recruiting three part-time positions. At the end of 2016, Transition Network and the Transition Hubs group managed to secure funding for a 2-year pilot project that aims to promote the collaboration between citizen-led initiatives and the local public administration. They…
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ECOLISE annual gathering marks beginning of a new phase
(24 March 2017) – Over 30 people from throughout Europe gathered on 6-8 March – in person and online – at ECOLISE’s third annual general assembly, in the Basque country. The two-day meeting, which was hosted by the Amalurra community, took stock of 2016, celebrated ECOLISE’s achievements, planned for…
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Transformative Action Award launched
(14 March 2017) – The European Sustainable Cities Platform announces the launch of the first edition of the Transformative Action Award. Cities, regions and civil society organisations are invited to submit their applications. The Transformative Action Award rewards ongoing or concluded innovative local and regional initiatives that…
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Share of renewables in energy consumption still on the rise
(14 March 2017) – In 2015, the share of energy from renewable sources in gross final consumption of energy reached 16.7% in the European Union nearly double 2004 (8.5%), the first year for which the data are available. Since 2004, the share of renewable sources in gross final consumption…
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Open loops to economic development models and social innovation
(10 March 2017) – Katalin Kolosy (AEIDL) attended the seminar, ‘New economy models and social innovation: an opportunity for a better Europe’, organised by the European Economic and Social Committee and the Global Hub for the Common Good on 16 February in Brussels. The event brought together a panel…
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A toolbox of ideas towards a zero carbon society
(04 March 2017) – The Centre for Alternative Technology (CAT) has produced a new report. ‘Zero Carbon Britain: Making it Happen’ offers a ‘toolbox’ of ideas that can help inspire, inform and enable us to make change happen. The CAT’s latest research report, ‘Zero Carbon Britain:…
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