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    Agents of change - Agueda's transfer story

    CREATIVE SPIRITS is a network of nine European cities, funded by the European Union in the frame of the URBACT III Programme. The nine CREATIVE SPIRITS partner cities have a common need to improve the

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    Youth Lab: Green Shoots

    YouthLab: Green Shoots is a collaborative and experimental project developed as part of the Centre for Chinese Contemporary Art’s YouthLab programme. The project ran from December 2020 to March 2021

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    Small steps, step change

    How adapting Manchester’s model of cultural collaboration on climate action and engagement has driven change for the better in Šibenik.

     

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    “The Sea Starts Here” – Urban Art raising awareness for Environmental Preservation

    The artistic interpretation of an aquarium is the subject of an urban art display in the centre of Agueda, in support of the campaign “O Mar começa aqui” (“The sea starts here”). The aim of the

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    The “Green Line” project for a “green” Bistrița city

    Over the last 10 years, congestion in the city of Bistrița has continued to worsen with an increase in the number of cars on the roads and an intensification of road traffic. This has led to the rise

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    "All Aboard" the Green Line to Bistrița city

    During the last 10 years, road transportation has been rising in Bistrița city with an increase in the number of cars and an intensification of road traffic. This phenomenon has led to an increase of

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    Manchester’s Road to Net Zero 2038

    The Paris Agreement on Climate Change committed countries to restrict carbon emissions so that global temperatures don’t rise more than 1.5 degrees above pre-industrial levels. With around 70% of

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    The Climate Kid - A Superhero we all need!

    The Climate kid works with schoolchildren on a sustainable living environment

    The City of Vilvoorde launched the Climate kid on 20 February 2018. Its mission is to make it clear to children of the 3rd

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    Covid's Silver Lining: Carbon Saving

    Adapting to life in a pandemic has not been easy in both our work and home life, with positives few and far between. As the C-change project works closely alongside arts and cultural organisations