Inspiring initiative Archives - Page 5 of 6

Energy saving checks to reduce poverty

May 17, 2023 | Clean Energy, Inspiring initiative

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

May 17, 2023 | Clean Energy, Denmark, Inspiring initiative

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. 

Enhancing the community’s quality of life

May 17, 2023 | Biodiversity, Inspiring initiative, Portugal

Terras de Cascais is a Portuguese citizens-led initiative that started in 2009 aiming to raise awareness about vegetable gardens and land use in an urban context based on organic farming.

Indigenous knowledge to nourish, heal and restore

May 16, 2023 | Farm to Fork, Inspiring initiative, USA

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.

Major strides to break the cycle of deep poverty in Turkey

May 16, 2023 | Farm to Fork, Food Security, Inspiring initiative, 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.

The 1st support system focusing on gender-specific homelessness in the Czech Republic

May 11, 2023 | Czech Republic, Farm to Fork, Inspiring initiative

The idea is to empower homeless women by encouraging them to demonstrate their culinary skills at street markets and festivals. This contributes to reducing the stigma associated with homelessness, proving that these vulnerable people are able and desire to work and help them to integrate into society.

The economic empowerment of women victims of violence 

May 11, 2023 | Farm to Fork, Inspiring initiative, Serbia

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.

The Road to Empowering Roma Women

May 11, 2023 | Farm to Fork, Hungary, Inspiring initiative

Banyaerdő (Forest of the Witches) is an exciting organisation in Dencsháza, Hungary, a village of 560 people in Baranya County. It is a network of environmentalist volunteers who assist Roma women of the rural village in selling their local produce. Through cooperation, Roma women take pioneer roles in strengthening their deprived societies and developing business skills. The volunteers help make this a zero-waste business activity. Besides, the aim is to build useful capacities which would make them more competitive in the labour market.

From citizens’ initiative to energy cooperative

May 5, 2023 | Belgium, Clean Energy, Inspiring initiative

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.

Fighting for a green future

May 5, 2023 | Climate Action, Denmark, Inspiring initiative

The Youth Green Movement (previously the Green Student Movement) is a Danish group of young climate activists fighting for a greener future with a biodiversity and climate crisis mindset.