Food Security

Indigenous knowledge to nourish, heal and restore

Indigenous knowledge to nourish, heal and restore

Deep Medicine Circle (DMC) is a worker of a colour-led non-profit organisation that aims to “heal the wounds of colonialism through food, medicine, restoration, story and learning.” They emphasize the importance of healing and care for Indigenous and non-Indigenous communities and non-humans. DMC is formed by a collective of farmers, elders, physicians, healers, herbalists, lawyers, ecological designers, scholars, political ecologists, educators, youth, storytellers and artists. They pursue “earth-based, Indigenous ecofeminist principles of organising, with participatory governance structures and circles of decision-making.” In producing solutions to the climate crisis, they turn to indigenous knowledge to repair the broken relationships between people and nature.

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Major strides to break the cycle of deep poverty in Turkey

Major strides to break the cycle of deep poverty in Turkey

During the pandemic, the Deep Poverty Network was established in 2019 as a solidarity network “that carries rights-based work in dozens of poor neighbourhoods that tackle urban poverty” in Istanbul. Besides their educational and policy activities on the root causes, dimensions and implications of poverty as lived by the most vulnerable (homeless, unemployed, Roma, and on the brink of starvation), the Deep Poverty Network carried out a food access campaign to 1000 families, 60 of which are women-led. It was founded by activists, researchers, sociologists, psychologists, and journalists.

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The economic empowerment of women victims of violence 

The economic empowerment of women victims of violence 

The Good Garden is an innovative contribution to the joint effort from the local community and organizations to combat the violence against women in Serbia. It is a social enterprise engaged in the organic production of vegetables, especially cherry tomatoes, without pesticides and artificial fertilizers. Apart from that, the initiative provides training to the participants to learn social entrepreneurship, as well as organic production, with the support of the provincial agricultural expert services.

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Findings from inspiring bottom-up initiatives

Findings from inspiring bottom-up initiatives

ACCTING has published a report on these inspiring practice cases of bottom-up initiatives, examining their types and characteristics. ... read more

Co-creating innovative solutions: ACCTING to hold its first Open Studios

Co-creating innovative solutions: ACCTING to hold its first Open Studios

As ACCTING’s first project cycle is coming to an end soon, the team is organising the first set of Open Studios, taking place in March ... read more

ACCTING seminar on Feminist Methodologies

ACCTING seminar on Feminist Methodologies

ACCTING is organising an online seminar which aims to explore the ways in which feminist methodologies will improve research, as well ... read more

Introducing ACCTING’s research lines

Introducing ACCTING’s research lines

ACCTING aims to understand the impact of Green Deal policy initiatives on individual and collective behaviours with specific attention ... read more

What makes the ACCTING project distinctive?

What makes the ACCTING project distinctive?

In this article, we explore the project's goals and challenge, the features that make it distinctive and the difference it aims to make. read more

Launch of ACCTING: AdvanCing behavioural Change Through an INclusive Green deal

Launch of ACCTING: AdvanCing behavioural Change Through an INclusive Green deal

The new EU-funded project ACCTING, which aims to tackle inequalities exacerbated by Green Deal policies and advance behavioural change, read more

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