From ACTive NGOs to solidarity networks: civic ecosystems during and after COVID-19
Written by Eutropian Director Levente Polyak for Urbact. The COVID-19 crisis has heavily disrupted the activities of NGO Houses and their civic ecosystems. While the
Cooperative City in Quarantine #3: Cultura – IT
Episodio # 3: Sfide e soluzioni potenziali per il settore culturale Viviamo tempi difficili, siamo spaventati e isolati nelle nostre case. E tuttavia in tanti hanno chiamato a raccolta le
Cooperative City in Quarantine #2: Cibo – IT
# 2: Sistemi di produzione e distribuzione alimentare Nel secondo episodio di ‘Cooperative City in Quarantine’ (27.3.20) abbiamo ospitato esperti di diverse città europee sul tema dei sistemi di produzione
Cooperative City in Quarantine #1: Intro – IT
Viviamo tempi difficili, abbiamo avuto paura per la nostra salute e quella dei nostri cari, e ci siamo trovati costretti all’isolamento nelle nostre case. Tuttavia, in tanti hanno chiamato a
Uno spazio di comunità pazzesco – Ex OPG di Napoli
Abbiamo incontrato a Napoli gli attivisti del Centro Sociale Ex OPG Occupato – Je so’ pazzo, un ex ospedale psichiatrico che è stato sottratto all’abbandono, sistemato e restituito alla città
Co-Hab Athens: changing the ownership paradigm in Athens
Co-Hab Athens is a research project which aims to elaborate long-term models of collective housing ownership, claiming the quality of housing as a right. Active since January 2016, it aspires
Exploring FRIEDA 23: a media and arts space in the city centre of Rostock
FRIEDA 23 is a venue for art and media production. Located in Rostock, Northern Germany, it was opened as a result of the cooperation of various institutes in the city
Revolutionary social centre in an occupied prison – Ex OPG in Naples
Ex OPG Occupato Je so’ pazzo (Neapolitan for “I am crazy”) is a former criminal asylum. The building was saved from abandonment and returned to its neighborhood (and the city)
Agri-urbanism with social integration in Paris – Ferme du Rail
How can a complicated, abandoned parcel of land in a dense urban tissue gain new life through gardening and housing? Ferme du Rail is an agri-urban space in the 19th
Protecting common assets from privatisation: Poveglia per Tutti in Venice
Poveglia per Tutti is an association whose aim is to reclaim Poveglia, one of the many islands scattered across the Venetian lagoon, and make it a public place for the
The Art of Traveling Light: Tourism with a Positive Impact
The extractive nature of mass tourism is made possible by tourist behaviour, missing regulations and lacking alternatives. There has been very little work done to make tourism more responsible, sustainable
Creating Soil from urban waste – experience of Maribor
The City of Maribor is piloting circular economy projects to close the material loops through the involvement of the municipal companies. In this interview with Igor Kos and Brina Lazar
The Bip/Zip strategy – empowering local communities in priority districts of Lisbon
Based on the experience developed over the past ten years in Lisbon, the Bip/Zip program is currently at the basis of the URBACT Transfer Network Com.Unity.Lab which aims at sharing