Welcome to the ECOLISE & Communities for Future newsletter
Save the Date! The 2022 European Day of Sustainable Communities will take place on the 17th September and it is dedicated to "Youth".
This will be an opportunity to celebrate Life, Communities and work for the Eco-Social Just Transition.
Stay tunned for more information in the weeks to come and check the post below :)
The Erasmus+ Youth Participation Initiatives could be a great way to support young people's participation in this year's European Day of Sustainable Communities (EDSC) and in the wider Communities for Future(CfF) initiative. Young people wishing to apply can do so through their national agency,highlighting in their application their proposal for a local community initiative and their intention to link this to the EDSC and CfF. The deadline for application is 23 February 2022 for actions taking place between 1 June and 31 December 2022.
Please circulate this widely within your networks.
How can we channel funding more effectively to community-led initiatives (CLIs) working on climate resilience? What are the CLLD and Smart Villages EU-programmes? How have ECOLISE network members benefited from these programmes?
Watch this 12 min intro and check the full recording here.
Listen to our series of interviews of Personal Practitioner Journeys in Transformative Learning. In them we hear personal journeys of working in the fields of personal and social-ecological transformation. Our interviewees describe how their experiences, expertise and learning-facilitation roles in these fields have evolved and deepened over time! Check them out here
UrbanA believes that sustainability and justice need to go hand in hand. Their platform collects news and resources on how to create cities that are both sustainable and just. They aim to support and provide tools for decision-makers, administrators, activists, and other city-makers in their work towards an equal, inclusive, and sustainable future. The platform is based on the work done by the EU-funded UrbanA project. UrbanA is a community of individuals and organizations committed to transformative change across Europe.
