#BIKEYGEES is a remarkable initiative that aims to empower refugee women and girls in Berlin by offering them free practical cycle training. The initiative also teaches German traffic rules and how to carry out basic bike repairs in different languages. They also give out bikes, helmets, maintenance tools, and locks to participating girls and women after passing a small theoretical exam, so they can leave the training self-sufficient.
Clean Energy
The Living Lab Experiment in Graz
The Living Lab Experiment at Griesplatz in Graz involves engaging local stakeholders in the smart redesign of the square, which plays a vital role as a traffic hub. This includes residents in the vicinity, cyclists, pedestrians, and marginalized groups. The EU project (Urban Europe) and the University of Graz facilitate the Living Lab which is the second oldest and largest in Austria. The initiative has a long-term Smart City Strategy that prioritizes mobility measures, such as public transport, e-mobility, and city logistics. The University of Technology Graz is also a project partner.
Rethinking production and consumption
The Zero Waste Association aims to promote a zero-waste lifestyle by gathering local leaders, professionals, and change agents willing to participate in the organisation’s mission; transforming production and consumption patterns towards a circular economy. This enterprising idea suggests environmentally friendly solutions to fasten the just transition to a greener way of living for the benefit of the environment and the community.
Community-owned Wind Turbines for regional development
The local enterprise model for ownership of local wind turbines has been highly successful, enabling residents and local communities to be the driving force behind the shift to the usage of renewable energy in Europe. Denmark is on track to meet its 2050 goal of using only renewable energy sources for transportation, heating, and power. This future-oriented project has several advantages among these:
Energy saving checks to reduce poverty
Stromspar-Check (SSC) is a joint project by the Deutsche Caritasverb and the Association of Energy and Climate Protection Agencies in Germany.
Environmentally friendly energy production
Måbjerg BioEnergy is a project situated in Måbjerg, an area on the outskirts of Holstebro town in Western Denmark – one of Denmark’s most important agricultural areas.
From citizens’ initiative to energy cooperative
HagelandStroomt; a citizens-led initiative aimed to support SMEs in the province of Flemish Brabant in Belgium to implement energy-conserving measures and reduce their overall greenhouse gas emissions.
An emblematic example of combining agriculture and energy
Speranza Cooperative, an Italian organisation based in Candiolo, in the province of Turin, operates in the zoo-technical industry and offers its goods directly to the public.
Helping people and the environment move forward
Energiesnoeiers (‘Energy Cutters’) are companies in the social economy of Flanders that carry out energy scans and energy-conserving measures like insulation of walls/roofs, preferably in the homes of socially and financially vulnerable people.
Towards renewable forms of energy
LICHT, Local Initiative for a Cooperative Renewable Transition, is an ambitious energy community project in Leuven focusing on the residents’ transition to renewable forms of energy while striving for a healthy and sustainable city.
Webinar: Strengthening food security through gender+ inclusive and sustainable small-scale farming
ACCTING is delighted to host an online webinar on “Rooted in equality: Strengthening food security through gender+ inclusive and ... read more
COMING SOON: ACCTING webinar on building resilience to natural disasters
The webinar "Building resilience to natural disasters: Valorising local communities and solidarity networks" will explore the vital ... read more
Ensuring an Inclusive Farm to Fork Strategy: ACCTING Policy Brief #2
In this second policy brief, the ACCTING team outlines selected recommendations relating to the transition to sustainable food ... read more
ACCTING’s agenda for future research
The agenda for future research developed by ACCTING aims to pave the way for effective policymaking and implementation by serving as a ... read more
First meeting with the ten ACCTING pilot projects
On 23 and 24 January, the ACCTING consortium organised a workshop on the evaluation of the impact of the pilot projects. read more
Marginalised communities’ access to healthy and sustainable food: Stories from Thessaloniki
ACCTING is co-hosting an online webinar on marginalised communities' access to healthy and sustainable food together with ... read more
ACCTING Policy Brief #1: For an inclusive and socially just European Green Deal
For an inclusive and socially just European Green Deal: Integrating gendered and intersectional perspectives in Green Deal policies The read more
ACCTING Factsheet: Local is beautiful
Gender+ inclusive agricultural policies and civil society practices for and with small farmers Agriculture and rural areas are central read more
ACCTING Factsheet: Inclusive civil society for an inclusive Green Deal
Towards a civil society with greater social impact, in solidarity with vulnerable groups Non-governmental organisations play a key ... read more
ACCTING Factsheet: Empowering employees to help mitigate Climate Change – A business-employees alliance promoting behavioural change towards achieving Green Deal goals
Empowering employees to become agents of change Recognising the important role that companies can play towards fighting Climate Change read more
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