Europe community resources
This article is an offshoot of Europe community action focusing on community resources and assets. Resources such as networks, events and community involvement (people and relationships) can be considered as primary resources. Also resources are the activism and physical assets (or what citizens value), such as green spaces and biodiversity, cycle lanes, etc, from the other Europe community pages.
Food activism
- European Coordination Via Campesina, eurovia.org, added 17:40, 11 February 2021 (UTC)
- "Your Land, My Land, Our Land: Grassroots Strategies to Preserve Farmland and Access to Land for Peasant Farming and Agroecology" arc2020.eu added 16:50, 10 June 2020 (UTC)
- The Food Assembly
- GMO-free regions by country
- GMOs Friends of the Earth Europe
- Save our Seeds
- Scandinavian Green Roof Institute
Community energy
Housing
- Cities engaging in the Right to Housing, initiative covering collaborative housing; no one left behind; and fair finance. added 14:14, 10 February 2022 (UTC)
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)
- SPREAD – Sustainable Lifestyles 2050, 2012, Demos Helsinki
Arts, sport and culture
labforculture.org - City Mine(d), international network of individuals and collectives involved with city and local action.
Health and wellbeing
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 European Union Social Enterprises) is an international nonprofit network that links social enterprises active in the environmental field of reuse, repair, and recycling. Its main focus areas are environmental protection, social equity, and economic viability.
Campaigns
Sharing
- "Territories of Commons" in Europe: pivotal for food production, nature stewardship, heritage maintenance and climate mitigation, Nov 11, 2016...europeancommonsassembly.hackpad.com
Maps
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%)..European Free Alliance, April 28, 2015
Public interest law resources
wikipedia:ClientEarth, non-profit environmental law organisation
Other resources
- Reference framework for European sustainable cities
- Europe in transition: Local communities Leading the way to a Low-carbon society
Research
Towards sustainable economies: New Economy, European Alternatives
European Commission: Environment
Apps for sustainability
See also
- Topic overview: Food activism, Community energy, Community resources, Visions, Arts, sport and culture, Health and wellbeing, Reduce, reuse, repair and recycle, Sharing, Maps for community action, Citizens data initiative, Public interest law resources
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