URBACT stories

Hear from the URBACT community on today’s most pressing challenges and inspiring examples from all around Europe. Find the inspiration you have been looking for to put knowledge into action!

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    Food for thought in URBACT cities: the broad effects of eating local

    How can improving local food kick-start the systemic transition of a city and its surrounding territory?

    François Jégou

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  • Urban Sustainable Food systems – join URBACT’s movement towards COP26!

    Food will be a key thematic topic for URBACT in 2021 – Programme Expert Marcelline Bonneau tells us what to expect.

    Marcelline Bonneau

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  • Reinforcing local food ecosystems: a recipe for success?

    Discover how URBACT cities are using sustainable food and urban agriculture to address an array of local challenges.

    Marcelline Bonneau

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  • Covid-19: a springboard for more food solidarity?

    How cities can sustain and transfer good practice in improving access to (healthy) food.

    Marcelline Bonneau

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  • How a small Spanish town is revolutionising its local food system

    Baena (ES) supports sustainable agriculture for a resilient city developement model close to its citizens’ needs, beyond mass production.

    Jamie Mackay

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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: if the awareness and enthusiasm are already there, can urban beekeeping become integral to an urban lifestyle?

     

    Klemen Strmsnik

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