Is your city ready to step up and empower the circular transition?

By: Eileen Crowley, Lead Expert, Resourceful Cities.

Our third transnational meeting of the Resourceful Cities network took place on 27^th & 28^th January and focussed on the role of the municipality in accelerating the transition to a circular economy. Hosted by the city of Oslo, this virtual meeting proved that even when we can’t visit each other’s cities to meet face to face and explore inspiring initiatives in the flesh, with a little help from videography and continually evolving remote meeting tools, virtual city visits can be just as effective as the physical version and a lot more sustainable!

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Photo 1: City of Oslo, by Thomas Ekström

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5 questions to Tanya Arler - the expat spouse

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How Santa Pola has strengthened communication with the local associative network through the development of updated database of associations and NGOs

Santa Pola is a Mediterranean city located on the south-west coast of Spain. With more than 32,000 inhabitants, the municipality has a very active associative network, that has grown extremely fast in recent years, made up of approximately 200 organizations from all kinds of sectors and activities. Its plurality and extension reflect the participatory nature of citizens and their commitment to the challenges that the city is facing.

Zanedbaný priestor v Meste Prešov s názvom "mestská oáza" dostane novú podobu

Nový vzhľad areálu bývalej mestskej oázy na Okružnej ulici v Prešove vzišiel z návrhovej súťaže kreativity. Víťazný návrh počíta s oživením celého priestoru a je ľahko realizovateľný. 

The relationship between walkability and urban green spaces

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Planning and designing green spaces for health and well-being

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Promoting walkability and street life in cities

The URBACT Space4People Network and promoting walkability and street life in cities. Presentation by Claus Köllinger, Austrian Mobility Research FGM-AMOR, at our 2nd Health & Greenspace Academy

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Small Talk - Great Impact

The founding of the Climate Café was born from the restrictions created by the COVID pandemic, we too - like so many others - were affected and had to rethink how to proceed. Especially since we were just about to start our practical rollout after our structuring and the founding of the KLIMARTIST*EN.