Carolina Innella
Wed, 27/11/2024 – 11:43
From Niche to Centre (City Centres as Places of Circular Lifestyles) is an Interreg Central Europe project. It aims to revitalise fading city centres by making local trade and consumption more circular and sustainable.
The nine partners, led by the German Development Agency, have a clear remit: to transform central places in cities in order to make it easy for the people living there to adopt sustainable lifestyles while also (re)animating those city centres in a more circular way. They will inform municipalities, regions, providers of alternative consumption, citizen associations and policy makers about ways to educate and inspire people.
The project is delivering a series of capacity-building webinars. This one will explore how to empower residents of European cities to adopt more circular living practices. It will delve into initiatives successfully implemented in Austria and Poland. Participants will discover how Warsaw residents are creating a sustainable food system within their own apartment block. The SmartFood project showcased how social and technological innovation, coupled with citizen collaboration, can promote urban food production and healthier eating habits.
Participants will also see how Graz fosters a culture of sharing and community responsibility. The event will explore initiatives that provide residents with tools to share resources and take an active role in shaping their neighborhoods, as well as how to tackle climate issues and bring them closer to people.
This online seminar is free and will take place in English on 4 December at 10:00-11:00 CET.
