A carbon-neutral URBACT City Festival, is it even possible?
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This year's edition of the City Festival brought many novelties, including carbon-neutral measures. Here are the take-aways from this experience!
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Local food in urban forks
Agri-food production can help with social inclusion says Miguel Sousa the Agri-Urban Lead Expert following the workshop held during URBACT City...
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BIOCANTEENS: How one city went 100% organic without spending any more
For those familiar with Asterix comics, Mouans-Sartoux (FR) could be compared to a small sustainable city, surrounded by the rather unsustainable...
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BeePathNet: enriching the urban jungle with bees
Klemen Strmšnik shares his enthusiasm for Ljubljana’s (SI) green endeavours and the on going success of the BeePathNet project linking 6 European...
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'Cities in Action-Stories of Change’ publication just released!
Discover how 40 URBACT cities across Europe have brought positive impact in their population in terms of urban mobility, jobs and skills, reuse of...
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Are Urban Gardens the place for modern community hubs?
From Rome (IT) to Vilnius (LT) and A coruna (ES), Urban Gardening plays a key role in creating social links and is at the forefront of social...
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Healthy Food, Happy Children in Fundão (PT)
The municipality of Fundão bets on short circuits of commercialization for food to promote children’s health. Thanks to the AGRI-URBAN project , the...
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Food, Foo Fighters and a Forward Thinking Attitude, a success story from Cesena
Cesena is a small Italian town not far from Bologna. Foo Fighters is one of the greatest rock bands on earth, filling stadiums in big cities. Still,...
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URBACT contributes to European Parliament reflections on urban affairs and the new Cohesion Policy
Cities from Spain and Poland testified to the Urban Intergroup of the European Parliament on the programme’s impact while the managing authority...
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From nature lovers to nature activists
How cities are reclaiming nature for citizens (and vice versa) Last Saturday I fell asleep in the park, basking in the unexpected rays of sunshine. I...