MELI is an example of sustainable engagement that shows how engaging young people in action-based initiatives can help to create a stronger sense of community and advocacy in local government. By connecting young people with the right tools, resources, and support, MELI has been able to inspire people to become active in their communities and build relationships between them and the local government on important issues such as the environment.
Altofest is a human-specific experimental sociality project shaped as a Performing Art Festival. It was born in 2011 "to give rise to" a large, heterogeneous and international community based on the “poetic citizenship” principle. It calls to dialogue all the social components of the human-urban fabric in which it is grafted. It acts as a semantic interference in everyday life, allowing inhabitants to speak to each other in a neutral language and meet in a shared risk space, daring together.
A group of architects, sports enthusiasts and social researchers delivered a network of public spaces friendly to all generations of users at the Warsaw's transport hubs. The inclusive, bottom-up process took over a decade, but the result transformed the culture of physical activity in Warsaw and beyond. The network clearly demonstrates the impact of inclusive design and the importance of improving usually neglected spaces around transport hubs, populated by millions of pedestrians every month.
We created a modern and sustainable rural coworking space from scratch.
We built a meeting place, which could be the anchor for many to rediscover the beauty of rural living, slow life, and rebranded traditions despite the calling of the big cities.
In the journey toward the beautiful, Amargi stays true to its roots.
The word ‘Amargi’ translates from ancient Sumerian as ‘return to mother’. Through the exploration of the Albanian ethnographic heritage, Amargi seeks to reawaken a national intellectual wealth that will evanesce with the generation of our grandparents.
Narusa Leśna przystań is an example of an investment standing in harmony with Nature. A forgotten and abandoned communist-era resort in one of the poorest parts of Poland has been given new life and breathed hope into the hearts of locals who see a better tomorrow in this investment. The old buildings, mostly suitable for demolition, were rebuilt and supplemented with wooden cottages in the woods in such a way that no tree was cut down.
The Student Hub (SH) is an initiative developed by the University of Coimbra (UC) to transform and recreate an all-inclusive learning space built in a sustainable way. Focused on the quality, efficiency, and transparency of our mission, the aim of SH is to support UC’s academic community activities, guide students in their academic path and outreach, as well as foster civic intervention and social impact.
Dear fellow earthlings,
I am going to share a story, my story, your story, our story. A story about pollution, global warming, overpopulation, waste, ocean acidification, loss of biodiversity, deforestation, ozone layer depletion, and pandemics. And I probably could go on with this forever but, what can be radically proposed to you instead, is the need for new relations, a restored relationship with nature.
Mallorca has a forest mass area of 42% of its territory. This forest mass corresponds to the Mediterranean forest and currently 95% of the surface of the forest mass is abandoned.
Amarar wants to take care of the forests, for this he proposes a model that goes from one "Cut down and burn" to a new one based on "Cut down, manufacture, build, reuse and recycle", corresponding to a circular economy. For this, the industrial network is recovered to be able to go from “tree to furniture”.
Sara Culture Centre combines local timber tradition with modern technology, to create a new living room for the inhabitants of Skellefteå and a showcase for sustainable design. Realized with a structure entirely made of timber, the 20 storey building constitutes a significant leap for the industry in broadening the possible applications of renewable materials in construction. The culture centre houses 6 theatre stages, the city library, two art galleries and a 200-room hotel.
