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    “The consumers have a huge power to increase organic offer”

    The 2nd Meeting of the BioCanteens Transfer Network took place in Torres Vedras, from 19 to 21 March, under the theme "Supply and Demand of Organic Products". The meeting gathered the seven project

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    How cities can accompany consumer change practices

    Marcelline Bonneau makes a case for changing habits, innovative incentives and the benefits of a circular economy.

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    Tropa Verde: recycling - the gift that keeps on giving

    Yvan Corbat, URBACT Lead Expert, says rewarding good behaviour still works! Case in point, in Santiago de Compostela (ES) local citizens are rewarded for recycling.

    As part of the “Tropa Verde” Good

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    Re-grow City: turning disadvantage into opportunity

    Regeneration practitioner and academic, Dr Hans Schlappa is the lead expert on Re-growCity. This network focuses on small and medium sized towns facing urban decline and shrinkage following Altena (DE

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    BeePathNet: enriching the urban jungle with bees

    Klemen Strmšnik shares his enthusiasm for Ljubljana’s (SI) green endeavours and the on going success of the BeePathNet project linking 6 European cities seeking to promote urban beekeeping. He asks

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    Welcoming international professionals and students

    MEDINT project MEDINT is an URBACt I Project which studied the integrated approach concept, which has become a characteristic feature of European urban development strategies. The work carried out in

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    New URBACT book: ‘Cities in Action - Stories of Change’

    The Creative SpIN Local Action Plan in Rotterdam

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    BLUACT: Why the Blue Economy is an increasing sea of opportunity

    A report by Darinka Czischke, Conor Moloney and Catalina Turcu

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    Every single house is interesting!

    There is a little square two-minutes from your flat. You have seen it many times on your daily route. You perhaps even recognised that it is somehow unique. Nothing special, no outstanding