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Sustainability initiatives Carpathian Convention Campaigns Citizens Pact for European Democracy End Ecocide in Europe European campaign for the right to an Unconditional Basic Income Fix Copyright! Local sustainability initiatives Please see our local or city pages via the Europe category, where of course you can share any more information you may have about local sustainability initiatives. Initiatives by topic Arts, sport and culture labforculture.org - City Mine(d), international network of individuals and collectives involved with city and local action. Biodiversity EuroNatur, Nature conservation in Europe European Wildlife, Pan-European non-profit organization dedicated to nature preservation and environmental protection - Rewilding Europe, European Rewilding Network Climate action See List of climate assemblies, Europe Climate Action Network Europe - News, climate action, European Commission, A world you like, Success Stories - wikipedia:Climate change in the European Union Community energy Ace for Energy - www.communitypower.eu - wikipedia:Wind power in the European Union Community involvement European Alternatives - Draft Declaration Co-creating an open declaration on public services 2.0 Smarticipate Cycling activism European Cyclists' Federation, an umbrella federation for national cycling organizations (organizations that promote bike for urban mobility) throughout Europe. ECF was founded in 1983 by 12 bicycle user associations. It has now[when?] 74 member organizations representing over half a million individual European citizens in 39 countries. ECF actively promotes and encourages cycling worldwide while trying to enforce cycling policy at European level. One of its goals is to promote cycle tourism as a sustainable economic factor and environment-friendly mobility. It also focuses on the security of cyclists and safety for vulnerable road users. It also runs the Velo-city Conference Series, the EuroVelo cycle route project and lobbies European and international institutions. W European Cycle Logistics Federation EuroVelo bicycle routes are a network of (currently 14) long-distance cycling routes criss-crossing Europe in various stages of completion. As of May 2013 more than 45,000 km (27,962 mi) were in place.[1] It is envisaged that the network will be substantially complete by 2020 and when finished, the EuroVelo network's total length will exceed 70,000 km (43,496 mi). EuroVelo is a project of the European Cyclists' Federation (ECF). EuroVelo routes can be used for bicycle touring across the continent, as well as by local people making short journeys. The routes are made of both existing national bike routes — such as the Dutch LF-Routes, the German D-Routes, and the British National Cycle Network — and existing general purpose roads, together with new stretches of cycle routes to connect them. W Environment quality Ethical consumerism Electronics Watch Food activism The Food Assembly - GMO-free regions by country - GMOs Friends of the Earth Europe - Save our Seeds - Scandinavian Green Roof Institute Health Health and Environment Alliance - Health Care Without Harm Europe - World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe Reduce, reuse, repair and recycle RREUSE (Reuse and Recycling Social Enterprises in the European Union) is a European non-governmental organisation (NGO) and the first European umbrella organisation of social enterprises with activities in the reuse, repair and recycling sector. The very specialised European network puts the three pillars of sustainability at an equal level: environmental protection, social equity, and economic viability. W Road safety fevr, European Federation of Road Traffic Victims Sharing News and comment 2016 “Territories of Commons” in Europe: pivotal for food production, nature stewardship, heritage maintenance and climate mitigation, Nov 11 Sustainable livelihood European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions - The Other Market, platform, materialized in a meshwork of pushcarts and stalls, to trade products and services without money, using dialogue as a currency. - unMonastery Sustainable transport activism Loco2, Europe by train made easy - Citizens’ Rail, EU project to develop local and regional railways by involving the community. Projects span the UK, France, Germany and the Netherlands. Wikipedia: Rail transport in Europe, High-speed rail in Europe Towards sustainable economies Cosmolocalism, design global, manufacture local Trees, woodland and forest SaveParadiseForests Urban sustainability City Mine(d) - Code for Europe - Commons4EU - European Sustainable Cities Platform - Urbact Transformative Actions Database sustainablecities.eu

News and comment 2020 Apr 30 Clean air in Europe during lockdown ‘leads to 11,000 fewer deaths’ Apr 11 France, Germany join group of 10 EU countries calling for green recovery Mar 20 Covid19 Emergency Is a Green One. The only emergence from the Covid19 Emergency is a green one: A message to European finance ministers to double down on European Green Deal as the economic response to the Corona-pandemic. By Sandrine Dixson-Declève, Hunter Lovins, Kate Raworth, Hans Joachim Schellnhuber. Club of Rome. Mar 5 This winter in Europe was hottest on record by far, say scientists Feb 12 Car ‘splatometer’ tests reveal huge decline in number of insects A European tour of climate solutions 2019 Dec 31 Barcelona to open southern Europe's biggest low-emissions zone Jun 27 From compostable diapers to recyclable building material: meet the 30 semi finalists challenging plastic waste. Jun 24 Finland: Lahti becomes the European Green Capital in 2021 Jan 4 Norway: Oslo starts its year as European Green Capital 2019 2018 Dec 12 Climate news 2018: Climate change talks lead to heightened pledge to cut emissions. EU, Canada, New Zealand and developing countries to keep global warming below 1.5C Shared Spaces: New Paper on Urban Commons, Nov 16 2017 The European cities leading the way in car-free living, Oct 14 How Food Assembly Created a Sustainable, Community-driven Food Sharing System in Europe, Aug 1 Mapped: How ‘embodied’ footprints compare across Europe, May 31 The consideration of food as a commons rests upon its essentialness to human life and the revalorisation of the different food dimensions relevant to people, Feb 1 2016 Could intercity cycle highways revolutionise the daily commute? Jun 30 EU smashes 2020 emissions target six years early, Jun 21 2015 The Other Market! October 15 Last week I sat down with Pablo Calderon Salazar to talk about a great new project that bridges art with social design. In order to start a debat about ‘work’ in local communities initiator Calderon intervenes into daily life: he goes into dialogue with passers-by, challenging them to propose personal skills that would be usefull in a differently structured society and/or economy. Afterwards these conversations, opinions and proposals get documented with directly made posters, video’s, podcasts, drawings and photo’s. Let’s talk about The Other Market! European Project Recruits Smartphone Users to Collect Pollution Data, September 1 New rules to dramatically reduce use of environment-damaging bags get all-clear, April 28 Three European countries have already hit their renewable energy goals, March 10 EU power emissions fell by more than 8% in 2014, January 14 2014 Community energy deserves Europe-wide support, October 16 More than 3,300 clean-up actions implemented via European Clean-Up Day, May 12 Europe's young democracies learn to speak less and listen more. Amid volatility, governments in south-east Europe are starting to use technology to involve people in policymaking, April 29 European Parliament votes to slash plastic bag waste, April 17 Scandal of Europe's 11m empty homes, Febraury 23 EU to cut carbon emissions by 40% by 2030, January 22 Blogs Transition Europe News sources EUROPA, newsroom Rss feeds presseurop.eu, Presseurop, Ecology and Sustainable Development Video viEUws - the EU Policy Broadcaster Events 2017 May 29 - Jun 2 EU Green Week 2017: theme of 'Green jobs for a greener future' 2014 May 10 European Clean-Up Day June 23 - 27 EU Sustainable Energy Week September 16 -22 European Mobility Week, “Our Streets, Our Choice” Resources Reference framework for European sustainable cities Europe in transition: Local communities Leading the way to a Low-carbon society Apps for sustainability iSPEX-EU, 2015 Applications, Europe Commons Citizens data initiative Cooperatives Europe statistics, 2015 Hacking Democracy, hackathon, January 2014 OrganiCity, a service for experimentation that explores how citizens, businesses and city authorities can work together to create digital solutions to urban challenges United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Statistical Database Plastic bags Average consumption of single-use plastic bags was found to be at 176 bags per person per year in 2010. The reduction targets agreed are set as follows: 90 bags by the end of 2019 (equivalent to a reduction of almost 50% as compared to 2010), 40 bags by the end of 2025 (equivalent to a reduction of almost 80%). Legal resources wikipedia:ClientEarth, non-profit environmental law organisation Maps Interactive map - Green infrastructure indicators Networks Digital Social Innovation Research Towards sustainable economies: New Economy, European Alternatives European Commission: Environment Visions Green New Deal, from the The Greens/European Free Alliance (Greens/EFA), political group in the European Parliament containing green and regionalist political parties. (Wikipedia) Interwiki links Wikipedia: Europe, European Green Capital Award External links Ziferblat Non-government organisations Friends of the Earth Europe - Green 10 Government sites European Environment Agency ICLEI in Europe, association of Local Governments dedicated to sustainable development European Sustainable Development Network References This page includes Creative Commons Licensed content from the Sustainable community action wiki on Wikia. The list of authors can be seen in the history, link via drop down menu at top left of page.

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