This is Rubbish (TiR) aims to communicate the preventable scale of food wasted in the UK, through policy research, community- and arts- led public events.

Totally Locally is a free, bottom-up campaign for any town or village to use in order to make people aware of the independent shops and smaller businesses in their local communities.

https://network23.org/stopg8/

When: Tuesday, June 11th 2013

Where: West End, London, UK

What: StopG8 is organising a week of action, including workshops, gigs and cultural events in June. There is also a major day of action on 11th June, ‘Carnival against Capitalism’, being run under the slogan “One Common Struggle”. Contact: stopg8 @ riseup.net

Bristol City Council have combined with Bath & North East Somerset, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Councils to form a larger, area-wide free car share scheme 2carshare.com - a free web-based matching service.

Rejuce: redirecting food surpluses from local markets/supermarkets and transforming it into healthy socio/enviro/eco friendly soups and smoothies.

Pocket parks are part of the Mayor of London’s 'Great Outdoors' - the programme to improve streets, squares, parks, and canal and riverside spaces across London. The Pocket Parks initiative aims to deliver 100 new or enhanced pocket parks throughout the city.

Community Freshview is a Lambeth Council initiative which provides materials and tools to any community group with the will to get stuck in to improve their environment.

http://www.altersummit.eu/

When: Friday-Saturday, June 7-8th 2013

Where: Athens, Greece

What: The Alter Summit process was first started in Firenze in 2012 in Florence. It is a self-financed process which aims at bringing organisations and movements together to start working in order to restore democracy in Europe.

The City Council is the largest property owner in the city of Leicester and through the Property Shop it is possible to access available properties from its extensive portfolio to buy or rent, thus helping to prevent properties from lying empty and unused.

City halls are distributing free hens to their residents not only to provide them with eggs, but also to reduce waste.

The City of Paris has implemented a programme to support the creation and development of community gardens.

Often seen as a way of legalizing the occupation of spaces where activities of community interest are being performed, the emphyteutic lease is a type of long-term real estate contract that provides large rights to the lessees on condition of taking care of the land or building and paying a small rent.

Le PIVOT is a long term holistic project in a deprived Brussels’ neighbourhood that aims at enabling families living in extreme poverty the strenghth to get together, co-create actions and through this proccess regain dignity and control over their lives.

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Bring & Fix events are intergenerational community fairs where people share their skills and knowledge freely with each other to 'fix' problems (material and non-material), recycle and reduce waste. The aim is to stimulate sustainability and contribute towards generating resilient and empowered communities in the locality.

SPIRAL methodology training with local public officials

Date: June 3-4, 2013

For more information please contact Malcolm Cox - malcolm.cox à coe.int

City of Радищево-Radishhevo description

Responding Together meeting with citizens and local public officials

Date: May 29-31, 2013

To participate, please contact Malcolm Cox - malcolm.cox à coe.int

IPA Project SPIRAL Methodology Tool Training, Ankara, 3-4 June 2013

The coordination group of Karsun, created in 2012 consits of the local authorities, social workers, representatives of educational establishments, workers of culture, active citizens, among whom the youth and the elderly people are very active. The latter factor has contributed a lot to the Action Plan, distinguishing it from the the Action Plans by the other CG: The elderly citizens are actively engaged into the life of the settlement. Probably this has defined the main directions of the activities of the local Coordination Group: