Small parks in parking lots

Parking lots in cities take up far more of the available open space than do parks and places allocated for people. Park(ing) day is an annual

Citizens decide how the local budget is spent

Participatory budgeting is a democratic process that allows citizens to have a say in how public funds are spent. It

One month without plastic

Plastic Free Challenge is a playful competition to become aware of the amount of single-use plastics in our everyday life and to find respective

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

One month with only regional food

The regional food challenge aims to motivate participants to base their daily meals on regional grown food only. This competition

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).

Motivating youth for nature protection

The Würm Rangers (Würm is a river in Germany) are the Children, Youth and Adults who are dedicated to take care of the Würm, a river in Munich.

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

Food from the community for the community

Fair, regional and sustainable - that's what this restaurant is all about, too. The daily changing menu (vegan or vegetarian) is

Irrigating public trees during dry season

Trees on the city streets are vulnerable to droughts in hot summers, and the ground near the tree may be compacted by cars,

Reforestation and promotion of biodiversity

Reforestation as the process of planting trees in an area where forest once existed but was removed or destroyed.

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

Motivating youth for water protection

Water Explorer is a fun, inspiring and multilingual programme that invites young people aged 8-14 years to team up with their classmates, in year

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

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

Free fruits for all

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Young councillors with speaking rights

A youth council is a group of young people who come together to discuss and work on issues that affect their communities. These