Intercultural exchange by joint cooking

Cooking connects - across cultures! This is the idea of the organisation "Über den Tellerrand kochen". At joint cooking events,

Free cycling lessons and bike repair

"Bike Bridge" activities are focussed on giving free bike lessons and bike repair workshops for community members who do not have

Pedal-powered energy

Bike cinema is a unique concept that involves using bicycles to power a mobile cinema. The idea behind bike cinema is to create an environmentally

Provide shelter and protect from predators

Many wild bee species are threatened with extinction today due to industrial agriculture and destruction of natural habitats.

Use solar energy for preparing food

Directly using solar power to cook food? Yes, you can! Simply save a lot of energy for your cooker by using a (self-made?!) solar oven

Buying campaign to promote climate protection

A Carrotmob campaign is the opposite of a boycott: a group of people spends money to support a business, and in return the

Joint collection of trash

A clean-up day is an organized event in which volunteers gather to clean up and beautify a public space, such as a park, beach, river, or

Educational Escape Rooms for Climate Change

An escape game, also known as an escape room, is a type of puzzle-based game in which players are locked in a themed room or series of rooms

Intercultural Garden/ Intergenerational Garden

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Demonstration by bike to claim street space

"Critical Mass" bike tours are a form of direct action, appealing to councils, governments and road planners to stop

Joint cooking event with leftover ingredients

"Disco Soup" is playful, joint, usually public cooking event, which is organised like a party around turning food waste into

Urban vegetation for all

In Germany, the City of Andernach was a front runner "Edible City" with their garden project started in 2010, but in the meantime the idea has

Motivating youth to save electricity

This project aims to promote energy savings in schools. The students are learning actively and applying ways to reduce their resource

Find new favourite clothes

Call it clothing swap party, fashion exchange party or similar - the basic idea is the same: to clear off your wardrobe of those clothes,

Bring and take things for free

In a free store, items can be handed in that you no longer need yourself, but which can still be of use to others. In addition, things that

Citizens explore and share "green aspects"

The making of the original Green Map in New York City was inspired by the United Nations Earth Summit in 1992. The purpose was

Making the green areas near municipalities accessible in sustainable ways

Green or sustainable tourism is a form of tourism that focuses on minimizing the impact on the

A local currency is a form of currency that is used in a specific geographic area or community, typically as an alternative to national currency. The purpose is to promote local economic

Coalition for development and implementation of food strategy

A food council is a group of individuals or organizations that come together to discuss and address issues

Mobile trees on the street

Where streets are grey with concrete, and quickly heating up in summers, Mobile Tree Alleys can be a good solution to provide green and shade, to filter dust