Restore the trust and responsibility to community
Shanghai, China
http://www.shymca.org.cn
Synthesis
The Luoshan Community Service Centre is currently the only group house for elderly people in an open style, combining a service centre for youth with the service centre for elders. This creates an opportunity for the elders to communicate with people from outside. (more…)
Programa Carona Solidária
São Paulo - SP, Brazil
www.caronausp.z8.com.br www.ambiente.sp.gov.br
Promoters
São Paulo´s Environment State Office, schools, colleges, companies and condominiums all over Brazil.
Solution
Around the metropolitan area of São Paulo, the occupation of the vehicles is on average 1.5 people for each car. Considering the fact that there are four places where people can comfortably sit in a car, this number can damage many aspects of a good living structure in the town. The number of the cars on the streets is extremely high, causing heavy traffic, polluted air high levels, a increasing of the travel period and stress for many people. (more…)
Projeto Horta Comunitária - Program of Feeding Quality Improvement for the Suburb Inhabitants
Boa Esperança- MG, Brazil
Promoters
Communitarian Association of Boa Esperança, Cláudio Lúcio da Silva and Inhabitants of suburbs in Minas Gerais
Solution
Most of suburb areas in Brazil suffer with a disregard of the government in some social aspects. They are usually poor and the most needing areas in the cities.
This project was created as an answer to combat the hunger and to increase the citizenship of the lacking suburb districts in the state of Minas Gerais. With the support of Banco do Brasil Foundation, the idea of cultivating a communitarian vegetable garden appeared in the district of Boa Esperança, south of the state. At that time, Cláudio Lúcio da Silva was the local communitarian association president. He had the idea about asking to the fallow lands owners in the district, the authorization to cultivate vegetables in there. It was advantageous for the owners, because they didn’t need to spend with cleaning it and the lands would be all surrounded, what guarantees that there won’t be any invasion. (more…)
A network between urban people and traditional agriculture
Liuzhou, China
http://tuguan.bokee.com/
Synthesis
“Ainonghui” (the work group of communities support agriculture) established a bridge between urban young people and the natural (organic) agriculture resources. It established connections and trust relationship between urban communities and organic farmers. (more…)
Collective Purchase Centre
Taipei, Taiwan
http://www.hucc-coop.tw/
Synthesis
The initiative relies on the purchasing power of consumers seeking a healthier and safer lifestyle, with a direct participation into production. It opens up a direct conversation between producers and consumers. (more…)
Brasil, Sao Paulo
Clube de Compras
Located in Jd Lilà neighbourhood Capà Redondo district (Sao Paulo city periphery). Main actor is Church/Parish Santo Antonio, through Father Reinaldo (a grass-roots, socially active catholic father). Clube de Compras is a nucleous of the Solidarity Network, supported by ITCP-USP Incubadora Tecnologica de Cooperativas Populares USP (incubator of social cooperatives of University of Sao Paulo).