http://sustainable-everyday.net/cases This catalogue of cases is organized as a list of articles presenting more than 100 cases of social innovation. Use the "Categories" below to select your area of interest… Fri, 19 Oct 2007 13:43:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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. ... http://sustainable-everyday.net/cases/?p=116 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 ... http://sustainable-everyday.net/cases/?p=115 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 ... http://sustainable-everyday.net/cases/?p=114 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. Description Ainonghui found farmers working with “natural” agriculture produce (rice, vegetable ... http://sustainable-everyday.net/cases/?p=113 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. Description The co-op has started on January 1993. Products are mainly everyday food, such as vegetables, eggs, milk, ... http://sustainable-everyday.net/cases/?p=112 France, Paris By: Cafezoïde association www.cafezoide.asso.fr Education in enjoyable surroundings. Solution Café Zoïde is a combination of a neighbourhood workshop and a café, independent from the school system but providing educational yet liberating surroundings for children. The scheme offers a playground for families, art courses and exhibitions, help for foreign parents and children, a café ... http://sustainable-everyday.net/cases/?p=66 Italy, San Donato Milanese, Milan By: Cooperativa Sociale Solidarietà è Progresso, Municipalità di San Donato Milanese http://www.comune.sandonatomilanese.mi.it A flexible, customised professional day nursery for small groups of infants, at a reasonable price, and with a socialising environment Solution The service is run for the municipality of San Donato Milanese by a cooperative of 80 ... http://sustainable-everyday.net/cases/?p=70 France, Paris By: Les Jardins de Cérès, Association www.jardins.ceres91.net People interested in healthy lifestyle and preserving the environment obtain organic food from local farmers, and also support their production. Solution ‘Les Jardins de Cérès’ is consumer group which wants local farmers to produce food organically. To do this, the group orders the produce in advance, ... http://sustainable-everyday.net/cases/?p=45 Italy, Milan Il servizio per una mobilità sostenibile Stop alle spese di bollo, assicurazione e allo stress del parcheggio; nasce MilanoCarSharing, un servizio di auto in condivisione disponibile 24 ore su 24, che permette di sfruttare l’automobile solo quando serve, pagandone l’utilizzo effettivo. Attore protagonista, nonché promoter del servizio, è Legambiente Lombardia, che ... http://sustainable-everyday.net/cases/?p=90 The Netherlands, Eindhoven By: Aquarius Association People over 55 live in a resource-sharing community suited to their diverse needs and lifestyles Solution Aquarius is a social community of about 45 older people living together, helping each other when needed. They want to grow old together. They each have a private home and garden, but ... http://sustainable-everyday.net/cases/?p=25 Italy, Milan By: School of via Bottego, Milan www.iwalktoschool.org Children get to school by themselves - enjoyably and safely Solution The walking bus encourages children to walk to and from school in the safety of a group under supervision of one or more adults. Safe routes are created and become a fun part of children’s ... http://sustainable-everyday.net/cases/?p=52 The Netherlands, Utrecht By: Nieuw Utrecht Association A puiblic green makes a neighbourhood more beautiful and welcoming. Solution Loan Gardens is a public green, which as been turned into a garden by the residents. There are a lot of public green spaces in Overvecht, and residents wanted to use this particular area to give ... http://sustainable-everyday.net/cases/?p=30 Finland, Helsinki By: Oranssi www.oranssi.net How young people live independently, yet communally. Solution Oranssi renovates houses for young people looking for a more communal way of living. Inhabitants participate in the renovation from the beginning, and maintain the houses afterwards. Neighbours know each other and are active in taking care of communal maintenance, such ... http://sustainable-everyday.net/cases/?p=38 Italy, Milan Una spesa consapevole Filo di Paglia nasce a Milano dieci anni fa da un gruppo di volontari decisi a modificare i propri consumi secondo criteri di maggior consapevolezza, giustizia e solidarietà. Fare la spesa in modo diverso: ecco la motivazione principale di chi sceglie questo gruppo. Aderire è rendersi disponibili, è ... http://sustainable-everyday.net/cases/?p=96 The Netherlands, The Hague By: The International Institute for the Urban Environment (IIUE), NV Woningbeheer and the department of Nature an Environmental Education of the City of The Hague www.urban.nl Inhabitants improve living conditionms in their village environment Solution Residents have taken over responsibility from the local authority for certain maintenance tasks for their neighbourhood. ... http://sustainable-everyday.net/cases/?p=35 Belgium www.natpro.be Une association pilote pour la Belgique qui conscientise et agit vers un bien être social et environnemental. Présentation • Promotion de : l’agriculture, du jardinage bio, de la biodiversité • Aliment comme lien entre producteur et consommateur • Mise en place, promotion des circuits de distribution courts • Renforcement de la ruralité • Eco-bioconstruction et formation • Promotion de tourisme rural et ... http://sustainable-everyday.net/cases/?p=105 Belgium, Brussels Groupe d’achat commun de produit bio INNOVATION CLÉ Il s’agit d’un endroit où l’on peut acheter des paniers bios provenant d’une agriculture locale. FONCTIONNEMENT L’idée est de se regrouper, de manière à faire une commande groupée à un agriculteur proche et ainsi accéder à des produits garantis bio tout en ne déboursant ... http://sustainable-everyday.net/cases/?p=99 France, Paris By: Association T.E.R.E.M http://omnibusnet.org People are taught about trade without attending a conventional course. Solution The training shop gives professional courses about the sales industry allows students to put theory into practice in the on-site shop. The aim is to enable young people and adults who are either unemployed or of low education ... http://sustainable-everyday.net/cases/?p=69 Germany, Cologne, Bonn & surrounding By: Apfelbacher Gemüseabo web site: http://www.bioland-apfelbacher.de Fresh, organically grown, reasonably priced vegetables are delivered to the door, together with recipes, and opportunities to visit the farm. Solution The Apfelbacher Gemüsekiste delivers a box of local vegetables and fruits weekly, giving several options: a basic assortment with only vegetables, one with ... http://sustainable-everyday.net/cases/?p=43 France, Paris By : Association Quartier Saint Bernard AQSB www.qsb11.org Residents transform an abandoned plot into a shared neighbourhood garden. Solution This run-down eyesore was transformed into a dynamic, locally run community garden, meeting and events space. The 270 square metre shared garden is a platform for a multitude of activities; it inspires interaction between ... http://sustainable-everyday.net/cases/?p=29