What is the Magazine about?
Cooperative City Magazine brings its readers the stories of collaborative urban development processes in different areas in Europe.
It is a project run by Eutropian, a company and association developing collaborative planning processes in various cities in Europe.
Atelier 21: The Citizen Ecolab Making the Energy Transition Tangible
Atelier 21 is a Paris-based ecological laboratory that explores new ways of engaging with energy, making it visible and accessible through hands-on learning, cultural projects, and inventive tools. Based in the Jardin des Traverses community garden
Atelier 21: The Citizen Ecolab Making the Energy Transition Tangible
Atelier 21 is a Paris-based ecological laboratory that explores new ways of engaging with energy, making it visible and accessible through hands-on learning, cultural projects, and inventive tools. Based in the Jardin des Traverses community garden in the city’s 18th district, its Ecolab offers a collaborative space where students, residents,
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Budapest’s Community Gardens: Living Labs of Care and Connection
Hidden behind gates in Budapest’s crowded streets, community gardens are quietly demonstrating alternative ways of living in the city, offering a chance to slow down,
How Miutcánk Turns Sharing into Stronger Neighbourly Connections
Miutcánk, or “Our Street” in English, is a Hungarian digital platform designed to help urban residents share tools, resources, and local services. The idea was
Inside the Library of Things UK: The UK’s Fast-Growing Sharing Network
When one borrower lost his wedding ring in a local park, he turned to an unlikely hero: a metal detector rented from his neighbourhood Library
Powering the Future Together: How Six Austrian Municipalities Are Building Regional Energy Independence
The GU-Süd Energy Community in Austria is proving that collaboration can be the key to a more resilient and sustainable future. In our interview, Mayor
Placemaking
What kinds of financial support and solidarity structures are needed to help community-led development projects flourish?
Gamification
How to make digital interaction more engaging and fun? We explore the use of digital games to experience and design your city.
Urban commons
How can urban commons strengthen communities and help face the upcoming social and economic challenges? Produced in cooperation with the gE.Co project.
Manifesto to Action
We advocate for existing knowledge, policy recommendations and financial resources to be geared towards the strengthening of social and solidarity economy practices throughout Europe.
Solidarity City Vienna
Solidarity City Vienna is a platform of Cooperative City. It promotes and strengthens social and solidarity economy practices, mapping 12 initiatives that focus on social inclusion, fair employment, participation, sustainable food systems, ethical consumption and responsible tourism.
magdas HOTEL: Changing the world while sleeping
This retro-style hotel next to the famous Prater park is the first hotel in Austria that is run as a social business. It is dedicated to the integration of people with a refugee background and helping them overcome barriers at the job market.
Bikes and Rails: Co-housing with solidarity and an environmental mission
Self-managed and affordable, ecological and inclusive, Bikes and Rails' concept provides for buying houses collectively through private financing, freeing them from the market in the long term and thus securing affordable housing.
Zukunftshof: An agricultural city laboratory at the edge of Vienna
A former farm at the southern edge of Vienna’s Favoriten district, Zukunftshof brings innovative urban agriculture, water management and sustainable energy production closer to the people, integrating old traditions and former residents in new urban developments
