On the mornings of February 2-4, the key knowledge needed to support people or communities in producing and consuming their own green energy, will be shared at a cross-European online conference. Throughout the conference days, experts and practitioners are invited to join ‘prosumerism’ ...
The UrbanA Berlin Arena will bring people together to explore governance arrangements for sustainable and just cities. We will learn and get inspired together with practitioners from Berlin and other corners of Europe, specifically regarding how to organise for more sustainable and just cities, and ...
Encouraging social innovation in energy transitions via collaborative governance
A fishbowl discussion
People around the world are trying out new social practices, or reviving practices from the past, in the hope that those meet our needs better than existing solutions do. Those new (or revived) practices are social innovations. Social innovations in energy (SIEs) can include energy cooperatives; new...
Sharing and Caring: Partnerships for Adaptive Heritage Reuse
The 2nd Open Heritage Dialogue
Registration is now open for the second in a series of workshops (taking place online) exploring adaptive heritage reuse.
The adaptive reuse of historical buildings represents both an opportunity and a challenge, especially with respect to community-led reuse processes. When various stakeholders ar...
Mannheim2020 Conference Toolbox session: Lessons from the European Green Capital Network
The European Green Capital Network Secretariat invites you to join its session “Toolbox: Lessons from the European Green Capital Network”, taking place on 2 October as part of the 9th European Conference on Sustainable Cities & Towns: Mannheim2020.During 2018-2020, the European Green...
European Green Capital Network Webinar: Applying for the EGC Award
How can your city become the next European Green Capital?
During 2018-2020, the European Green Capital Network is developing five toolkits to share the experience of European Green Capital Award winners and finalists with other cities and provide recommendations and strategies around key thematic visions for sustainable urban development.
Following the la...
European Green Capital Network Webinar: Human Scale
How can your city get to a human scale?
During 2018-2020, the European Green Capital Network is developing five toolkits to share the experience of European Green Capital Award winners and finalists with other cities and provide recommendations and strategies around key thematic visions for sustainable urban development.
Following the la...
Fighting for Local Power: how a UK Bill seeks to support local energy producers
SONNET online seminar series
Register today for the third SONNET online seminar! The event will dive into campaigning on local renewable energy, exploring the example of the (currently being debated) "Local Electricity Bill" in the UK, which aims at enabling local energy producers to directly sell their energy and thus create a...
Join an upcoming, online "community conversation" to explore feminist perspectives for sustainable just cities.
Sara Ortiz Escalante will open the Community Conversation, speaking about the relevance of gender perspectives to create sustainable and just cities. Sara works at Col·lectiu ...