NEB Prizes 2023: All Applications

The city center of Leeuwarden colored green for 100 days. Between May 7 and August 14, 2022 more than 1,000 trees walked through the city. This 'walking' forest was set in motion by hundreds of participants and has given the trees - and therefore nature - a voice. With a packed program and huge press coverage , Bosk has drawn attention to the most important aspects of looking differently at the relationship between human beings and nature. Bosk revealed the strength of radical imagination.

The Project addresses one of the main constraints limiting successful development of adventure tourism in the cross-border Ohrid Lake region. The main goal of the Action was to contribute to the development of adventure tourism in this region, by establishing for the first time an efficient voluntary Mountain Rescue Service in the cross-border region, equipped and trained according to international practices and ICAR recommendations, thus increasing the safety of domestic and foreign visitors.

A significant centric area of the city was rebuilt with a common concept: the aim of the project was to create a sustainable, inclusive space for the community, which tells important stories of the city. The project area includes the oldest street of the city and its surroundings: a park by the river containing two playgrounds, an open square, plenty of green space, the old Castle, and the Museum; and the old Cinema.

The 20km dinner took place at the annual Silicon Vilstal Experience festival on the 24th of September 2022. The festival offers a wide range of workshops, lectures, performances, and interactive activities for all ages, focusing on innovation, entrepreneurial spirit and creativity. The 20 km is an experience dinner event with a menu whose ingredients come only from within a 20km radius of the venue. The aim is to raise awareness of regional products and sustainability.

Organisation of participatory workcamps in the Pequeur square in Anderlecht (a dense, popular and highly mineralised district), in order to create links, raise awareness of ecology, improve the quality of life for humans and non-humans alike and transform it into a resilient ecosystem. The workcamps consisted mainly of the demineralise 10 tree pits in order to enlarge them, with soil regeneration and collective planting, as well as the creation of protective furniture (infiltration barriers)

4 years of experimentations are necessary to transform a common old shop into
a habitable sculpture combining sustainability, poetry & innovation in the
Parisian nest of Romanticism.
Each element of daily life (handle, air, spoon, insulation) is the subject of
reflecting & challenging 80 disciplines (dressmaker, metal industrial, sommelier,
plumber) to obtain new experiences & objects; all dialoguing together thanks to
use, form, color.
The fuel: pleasure to excel/build together.

Thurje Handmade is a brand of artisanal products. The innovation of Thurje Handmade stands on the networking of skilled Albanian artisans and the young generation of designers, introducing a renewed vision for made-in-Albania products. The culture of handicrafts has almost disappeared with the modernization of our lifestyle, but Thurje Handmade rediscovers traditional ways of doing, conserving the same quality and offering refreshed products, designed to fit into contemporary lifestyles.

The DANCING TREES aims to sensitize the audience and encourage urban initiatives in defense against excessive tree felling. By using performing arts, the artists wants to inspire citizens to connect and network, be proactive in the defense of trees and forests. In addition to the dance-theater performance, the project included talk-back sessions after the show, round tables, webinar “Create Your Action“, digital platform, documentary and short film based on the project/performance.

Dream Flowers is a project created from a Bulgarian artist based in Malta inspired from the cultural heritage tradition of bobbin lace in Malta/Gozo and Croatia/ Lepoglava. Connecting cultural heritage by creating visual art installations.

The project is focused on creating a connection between tradition and modern vision. Through visual art, installation and workings using the bobbin lace and other stuff made from recycled materials by workshops with the community of Lepogalva.

‘Die Auenweide’ is an ecological co-housing project 30 km outside of Vienna. It is an alternatively financed affordable and natural living space, where 46 adults and their kids are living sustainable lifestyles and encourage rethinking.

Extensive common areas such as a co-working space, a guest apartment and the community house enable togetherness through everyday encounters. The houses are built as sustainable timber construction, insulated with straw. The interiors are plastered with clay.