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Sharing resources on Covid-19 and sustainable food systems: a shared learning resource
Professor Damien Maye from the University of Gloucestershire has put together some links to academic and non-academic resources on Covid-19 and sustainable food systems that might be of interest. Here's the link and here's the...Inspired cities! Planning in pollinators to promote urban greening
The Guardian online newspaper is running a super and very relevant Wild Cities series to showcase stories of biodiversity in cities. This link describes how a city in Costa Rica have recognised the rights of bees, butterflies and hummingbirds into...The role of cities for change! Upcoming Daring Cities online (and free) conference!
Are you aware of the municipalist movement? Barcelona and Madrid were two of the first cities to participate as Fearless Cities back in 2015. Also referred to as a translocal movement, cities around the world are realising their resources and...Sharing outcomes on distilling solutions for sustainable and just cities with Urban-Arena!
Following the post on cities as leaders for sustainable futures, I introduce UrbanA: Urban Arenas for Sustainable and Just Cities, a recent EU program that consists of a Community of Practice, UrbanA Fellows, and the organising team,...Making visible urban food sharing practices
Many types of edible city solutions already exist in cities all around the world! However, as many urban food actions remain hidden, fragmented and marginalised, its important to make them visible to create solidarity, to learn from and share...Online event: Cities and Covid-19: Food access for vulnerable communities in practice - 15 May
How are cities maintaining access to safe and nutritious food for vulnerable populations in times of Covid-19?Discussing Nature-based Solutions (and more) on 'The Nature of Cities'
To share more wonderful online resources (and the fantastic networks that support them), I'd like to introduce 'The Nature of Cities' website. This top quality resource hosted by David Maddox is an excellent platform that discusses many urban...Building in inclusivity to our food systems
Inclusive food systems are a key aim for our City Teams where urban food projects can offer great opportunities to create new networks and improve local conditions. IFPRI (the International Food Policy Research Institute) recently released the...Nature4Cities Virtual Forum with NBS experts, 19-20 May 2020, online and free!
Shared by WP2 (thank you!) is the upcoming Nature4Cities Virtual Forum to help you discover useful insights and tools to foster your NBS projects. Topics are very relevant to EdiCitNet and include: tools, methods and guides to...Naturerlebnistag auf der Permakultur Eich (28.07.2019)
Die Umweltbildung Rhein-Mosel feiert ihr 10-jähriges Jubiläum mit einem Naturerlebnistag auf der Permakultur Eich.
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- Ferne on Online event: Cities and Covid-19: Food access for vulnerable communities in practice - 15 May (): A number of organisations are releasing reports and strategies to explore links...
- Ferne on Online event: Cities and Covid-19: Food access for vulnerable communities in practice - 15 May (): @lamiabouziri, @latifabousselmi, @inkenschmuetz, @soerenbott, @sparham,...
- Ferne on Inspired cities! Planning in pollinators to promote urban greening (): @IrisKroeger, I realise Andernach's City Team has a focus on pollination! This...
- Ferne on Building in inclusivity to our food systems (): @sebastian.eiter, this report includes a section on indicators for inclusive...