Climate-KIC is Europe’s largest public-private innovation partnership, working together to address the challenge of climate change. Innovator Catalyst in Budapest: Boosting sustainable economy in Rural areas was held from 17th – 25th October 2015. An eight day fully coached program for experienced professionals to influence organization change and system innovation on the theme Working on the challenges we face and how to overcome...
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Permakulture forum of Austrian permakulture associations PIA Permakulture Academy in the Alpine region was held from 15th to 18th October 2015 on Limberg castle, near Schwanberg, Styria. Theme of the forum was “Preserving and designing nourishing landscapes”. Many of us still do not know how permaculture enriches our lives and what opportunities we can offer with permacultural planning. The purpose of the forum was: Find out as much...
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International Conference & INVOLEN Competition Award took place in convent of Saint Apollonia in the hearth of Florence. Aim of the conference was to promote discussion on three core topics connected to lifelong learning: intergenerational learning, for promoting the transmission of knowledge and skills between different generations in relation to nature conservation and local heritage; but also for promoting new technologies –...
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Social Innovation Academy was held from 7 to 9 September in Vienna at the Magdas Hotel. Klemen and Iztok participated at the academy. The main objective of the Social Innovation Academy was to support the semi-finalists in order to enhance the quality of the innovative projects and thereby enlarging the chances for the semi-finalists to become finalists. The three day program included webinars, open interactive discussions with peers...
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In the 2015 edition of the European Social Innovation Competition has the European Commission selected 30 semi-finalists from 1408 applicants across Europe. Our entry of project Land Sharing is one of 30 selected semi-finalists. Based around the theme ‘New Ways to Grow’ the competition aims to support individuals and organizations with entrepreneurial, game changing ideas for social innovation projects. The judges select...
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