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

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

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

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

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

Collecting rainwater from rooftops

Installation of simple systems to harvest and store rainwater from the roof on a household level. The water can be used for irrigation.

Pop-up parties in public space

"Reclaim the streets" is a slogan and movement that originated in the United Kingdom in the 1990s. The movement advocates for the use of

Community based solutions

Think globally - act locally. That is the idea behind the project "Regions in transition". During a guided process, the citzens in a region come

Repair instead of throwing away

Repair Cafés (already over 2,200 worldwide) are openly accessible community places and they’re all about repairing things (together).

Share seeds from heirloom plants

Many crops are nowadays threatened with extinction or have already disappeared. At the same time old seeds are often much better adapted

Support open pollination

More than 80% of crops and flowering plants in Europe depend directly on bees for their pollination. Without bees, we risk losing significantly

Safe way to school for young children

The Walking Bus is designed to encourage people from a specific demographic in the community to walk together to a centralised

City map of barrierfrei locations (for wheelchairs, shoppers, strollers)

Wheelmap is an international organisation that provides an online map of barrier free and