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ACCTING Narrative: Self-reliance and connecting with nature

Aug 7, 2024 | Farm to Fork, Hungary, Narratives

Tünde, 62, Hungary, on self-reliance and connecting with nature.

ACCTING Narrative: Loving nature, living from the nature

Aug 1, 2024 | Farm to Fork, Hungary, Narratives

Nowadays it is very rare, especially under 30, that someone knows which one is a ‘good’ herb and which one is a ‘bad’ plant while the previous generations have known all about them.

ACCTING Narrative: Contributing to tackling environmental disasters

Aug 1, 2024 | Climate Action, Italy, Narratives

Bernardo, 69, Italy, believes in the contribution of disabled people in tackling environmental disasters.

Social resilience in primary schools

Jan 25, 2024 | Climate Action, Croatia, Inspiring initiative

This initiative brings together social researchers and educational training practitioners from several Croatian institutions to research aspects of social resilience of schools in situations of natural (climate) disasters, as well as to empower them to enhance their resilience through learning and experience sharing.

A flexible aid platform for disaster relief actions in Austria

Dec 10, 2023 | Austria, Climate Action, Inspiring initiative

The Austrian Red Cross and Hitradio Ö3 founded Team Austria (original: Team Österreich)- a flexible aid platform with the goal to channel the willingness of people in advance to help during natural disasters and other emergency situations.

Providing free regional transportation for rural citizens

Nov 25, 2023 | Inspiring initiative, Lithuania, Sustainable Mobility

“Linava” is the Lithuanian national association of motor carriers. One of their initiatives is to encourage the members of the association to provide free regional transportation for rural citizens,

SoulRiders: using cycling to tackle inequalities

Oct 24, 2023 | Inspiring initiative, Sustainable Mobility, UK

SoulRiders is a community-led charitable organisation based in the south-side of Glasgow, Scotland. They use bikes to tackle inequalities, especially related to ethnicity, and overcome loneliness by bringing diverse communities together.

Oslo as an age-friendly city

Oct 10, 2023 | Inspiring initiative, Norway, Sustainable Mobility

As life expectancy continues to rise, the Nordic region is seeing a steady increase in an ageing population. The municipality of Oslo, Norway, initiated a series of action to make the city more age friendly.

An electric bus for senior citizens in the Netherlands

Sep 24, 2023 | Inspiring initiative, Netherlands, Sustainable Mobility

The Stichting Zonnebus Cuijk uses an electric bus to transport elderly people through the village to different destinations, including the pharmacy, the library, and the supermarket. By opting for an electric bus, the Foundation puts an emphasis on sustainable forms of transport to enhance the mobility of senior members of their community.

Indigenous Women’s Movement of the Xingu Indigenous Reservation Association

Jul 10, 2023 | Biodiversity, Brazil, Farm to Fork, Food Security, Inspiring initiative

ATIX Mulher (Brazil) is the female branch of the Indigenous organisation of Women’s Movement of the Xingu Indigenous Reservation Association. During the pandemic in 2020, the inhabitants of the Xingu Indigenous Reservation were heavily affected in their food security. Atix Mulher has campaigned for food, hygiene products and agricultural tools for the 16 ethnic groups of the reservation. It has helped gather food donations and has set out a collective crowdfunding that has benefitted 130 villages. Currently, items such as crafts and honey, produced by the villagers, help with capital to keep the small agriculture-based businesses running.