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Ashoka Germany (AG) was founded in 2003 and is part of the Global Network of Ashoka, a US-based not-for-profit organisation with more than 35 years of history. The country office of AG, as all local operations, are owned by the central, global organisation. More
Spice operates with partners UK-wide to create social value through incentivised volunteering: community organisation partners arrange socially-useful group activities (earning offer); private/public sector organisations donate spare capacities (spending offer). More
Hour Exchange Portland (HEP) has been a longstanding, leading and innovative US time bank. HEP offers an opportunity to trace the history of timebanking in the US, as Critical Turning Points for HEP correspond also to key moments in US timebanking more generally. More
FL2 is a multidisciplinary research lab located within an English university, comprising a workshop and library. Membership and access is available to all university staff and students. It was founded in 2010, and moved to its current home in 2012. More
HS1 is an inclusive shared social and work space for people living in a small post-industrial town in the North of England. and the surrounding area. The space was founded in 2015. NB. MATERIAL ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SII IS FOR INTERNAL TRANSIT USE ONLY More
The history of Magház (Seed House) started in 2011 when the political significance of the seed issue along with local organic food and culinary heritage first reached the public attention around the 5th Let's Liberate Diversity conference in Szeged, Hungary. More
The +ID DESIS Lab’s objectives include: stimulating design-led sustainable social change; mapping creative communities by gathering case studies of social innovation in Portugal; promoting social innovations and sustainability among the Portuguese design community. More
The collaborative city is run by several Italian cities (Bologna, Mantova, Battipaglia and Rome) and is inspired by the concept of sharing cities. It is implemented following a scientific approach based on empirical experimentation in line with a Co-City Protocol. More
Sfax Smart City Living Lab (SSCLL), a living lab in Sfax, Tunisia, offers an open platform for public and private sector actors. It focuses on assessing needs of users and sectors and on developing innovative ideas for the city regarding research and technology. More
Omstilling Ry was the first Danish Transition Town initiative to be founded. It was started in 2010 in the town of Ry. Since then it has been involved in a range of different activities including the development of a forest garden and local producer market. More
DESIS BH takes place within the State University of Minas Gerais and is held in the Center for Design and Technology (CedTec). The goal of DESIS BH is to use design as a tool to provide services which demonstrate characteristics for a sustainable future. More
FL4 is a community-run space in a small UK university town, with tools and equipment for manufacturing, prototyping and making, providing the surroundings to meet, work, build, socialise, and make. It was founded in 2010, moving into premises in 2012. More
Transition Norwich was a Transition initiative based in the UK city of Norwich. It was launched in 2008. Although it was never formally ended, by 2013 it had fragmented into a range of different projects. More
Transition Town Tooting is a Transition initiative that was first established in the South London district of Tooting in March 2008. It has developed a range of different projects including an annual 'Foodival' and a 'Trashcatchers' Carnival. More
iMinds Living Labs offers researchers and entrepreneurs the chance to test and co-develop their innovative solutions thoroughly with their target audience. It is uses a state-of-the-art living lab toolbox that consists of scientifically validated R&D methods. More
Transition Bro Gwaun is a Welsh Transition initiative which was first established in 2008. It has developed a number of projects including a community owned wind turbine and a cafe that uses waste food. More
Laurea Living Lab is a Finish network of livings labs (e.g. Active Life Village, BarLaurea, the Care Innovation, Design Hub). It developed the Learning by Developing (LbD) method for quickly mobilizing stakeholders for co-creation, open and user-driven innovation. More
DESIS Lab of Florianópolis is a research group at the Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC). The group seeks to conduct investigations and discussions about a systemic approach to design, in order to disseminate knowledge about its practice and theory. More
The POLIMI-DESIS Lab, based in the Department of Design at the Politecnico di Milano, is composed of a group of researchers adopting a strategic and systemic approach to design, with a specific focus on design for services and design activism. More
After the founding of BIEN-SUISSE (BIEN-Switzerland) in 2001 and the Initiative Grundeinkommen (Initiative Basic Income) in 2006, Switzerland saw a surge of activities and activism around a citizen initiative for a popular vote that took place in the summer of... More
Slow Food USA is the national chapter of Slow Food in the United States of America, which has 127 active local chapters and around 6.000 members. Slow Food USA aims to inspire individuals and communities to change the world through good, clean and fair food. More
APENOC is a peasant organization ubicated in the western of the Córdoba province in Argentina. The organization was created to solve economic and productive problems, health and rural infrastructure. The movement is part of the “Movimiento Campesino de Córdoba". More
The Spanish seed network, Red de Semillas: ‘Resembrando e Intercambiando’ (re-sowing and exchanging) is a decentralized organization of a technical, social and political nature that has been active for the last 14 years. More
Fair Shares is the first Time Bank in the United Kingdom. It has sustained and grown over almost 20 years and now consists of five Time Banks and a charity shop. It has worked to secure an independent funding stream to help cover operating costs. More
The Energy Academy opened in 2007 but the history starts in 1997 when Samsoe became Denmark's first Sustainable Energy Island. The Academy is working with sustainable energy; community power and a fossil free future based on local experiences. . More
Slow Food Mexico is the Mexican chapter of the Slow Food movement for Mexico and Central America. counts with 30 local chapters and around 500 associates in the Mexican territory, including some indigenous convivia. More
Ashoka Poland (AP) was founded in 1995 and is part of the Global Network of Ashoka, a US-based not-for-profit organisation with more than 35 years of history. More
Arche Noah is an Austrian organization which has now 13,000 members. Their aim is to preserve and develope the diversity of cultivated plants. More
The Northern Ireland Science Shop, located jointly at Queen’s University and Ulster University, benefits the community and voluntary sector across the region and is part of the wider European network of Science Shops. More
Slow Food Italy (SFI) is a nonprofit association working towards transformation of the food system through the preservation of cultural traditions around food and based on the voluntary participation of more than 300.000 affiliates. More
An initiative meant to serve as an open door for society to the university, providing help, resources, and empowerment, through different forms of research support. More
Since 30 years the "Pro Specie Rara" organization - in support of rare species – is active in the field of genetic and cultural heritage and plant and animal world. More
The Vereniging Basisinkomen is the Dutch affiliate of the BIEN network. It was founded in 1991 as the successor of a working group that had existed since 1987. More
VE was established in 1975 with the purpose of demonstrating possible alternatives to nuclear energy and fossil fuels. VE has played different roles in developing and promoting sustainable energy - and energy savings. VE initiated Inforse in 1992. More
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