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An online platform that promotes community traditions and local sustainable activities, to promote cultural identity and green education to new generations, offering the possibility to make the community known.

SMART VIEW is a nature-inspired user interface that enables workers to see the status of parts manufacture in real-time, showing progress as growing trees and coral. Co- designed with workers, this solution offers a new way of visualising real-time data, enhancing nature connections and improving worker wellbeing.

The experimental short film "SHADOWS" tells the dramatic story of a mother and her 10-year-old daughter being forcibly separated, and is devoted to the deportation of Ukrainian children by the Russians. The experimental short film "VALISE" centers on a 7-year-old boy who hides from a missile attack and tries to recall memories by packing them in his suitcase in case he needs to flee his home and become a refugee. The film is a tribute to Ukrainian kids enduring missile strikes every day.

In Touch with Nature is a one-of-a-kind sensory foraging experience designed to reconnect urban residents with rural landscapes. Through immersive nature walks, culinary workshops, and wild gastronomy, participants discover the flavors, textures, and aromas of wild species. They learn sustainable practices while rediscovering the rhythms of nature and their role in a diverse food culture. This experience provides a meaningful escape that nourishes both the soul and the planet.

Into the Darkness is a unique, interactive project at the WOMAI Center, created and led by blind individuals. It fosters empathy, highlights inclusivity, and showcases the value of diversity. Through full immersion in darkness, participants discover the world in a new way, developing sensitivity and new perspectives. At the same time, they gain insight into the needs of people with disabilities, broadening their understanding of their role in society.

ARBIO converts organic waste into sustainable biomaterials, creating innovative, eco-friendly alternatives for industries like packaging and construction. By integrating circular economy principles and life-cycle thinking, ARBIO reduces environmental impact, promotes waste valorization, and fosters a greener future. Through biomimetic design and local partnerships, it drives sustainable transformation in industrial ecosystems.

The project is part of the Malta Housing Authority’s Specialized Housing Programme, which is based on the concept of sustainable communities. Dar Bla Hitan in Birgu strives to create a supportive environment where prisoners spend the last months of their sentence to help ease their reintegration into society. A previously dilapidated building was rehabilitated following a design competition with architects that adapted the building fabric to address the constraints posed by its layout.

ROMA SPECIAL, conceived and managed by the artist Ilaria Paccini, has been defined by ISPRA (Italian Institute for Environmental Protection and Research) has “an embrace between art and the defense of biodiversity”, in cooperation with the “Life-ASAP”: to raise the citizens awareness and active participation on the impact of Invasive Alien Species (IAS). The artworks are live-performed on oxidised aluminium in the most famous locations of Rome to highlight the point of view of those species.

They sewed thousands of reusable bags for vegetables and fruits from old net curtains! They reduced the use of plastic packaging! The Polish city of Tarnów organized a unique ecological campaign - Bags of Art. Its residents sewed reusable eco bags for shopping on the streets and taught passers-by how to make them themselves. The rhythmic clatter of sewing machines could be heard on every street! With Bags of Art, anyone can sew an eco bag and create their own Eco Ego! For our green future!

”Urme pe PLAY” is a trail running competition and cultural event in a rural village in Rasinari, Romania. The word ”urme” means ”traces” in Romanian, as in animal or human traces. Where ”play” is the English meaning but also the name of the viewpoint reached by runners. The concept revolves from the idea that the paths we are using as a running ground for our event have been modelled by wild animals, sheep and shepherds and in recent years by hikers and runners.