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Just Sustainability Projects & Initiatives

2024-01-23T14:29:24Z

Naomi Schrandt: /* Projects & initiatives */

==Projects & initiatives==
*[[ARTS (Accelerating and Rescaling Transitions to Sustainability)]]
*[[BEACON (Bridging European and Local Climate Action)]]
*[[Cities4People]]
*[[CLIC (Circular models Leveraging Investments in Cultural heritage adaptive reuse)]]
*[[Connecting Nature]]
*[[EdiCitNet (Edible Cities Network - Integrating Edible City Solutions for social resilient and sustainably productive cities)]]
*[[ENERGISE (European Network for Research, Good Practice and Innovation for Sustainable Energy)]]
*[[FESSUD (Financialisation, economy, society and sustainable development)]]
*[[Goulburn Mulwaree Community Sustainability Hub]]
*[[GUST (Governance of Urban Sustainability Transitions)]]
*[[INCONTEXT (Individuals in Context: Supportive Environments for Sustainable Living)]]
*[[MiT (Municipalities in Transition)]]
*[[MUSIC (Mitigation inUrban Areas: Solutions for Innovative Cities)]]
*[[P-CAN (Place-based Climate Action Network)]]
*[[ROCK (Regeneration and Optimisation of Cultural heritage in creative and Knowledge cities)]]
*[[SHARECITY (Sustainability of city-based food sharing)]]
*[[SIADE SaaS (Spatial Decision Support System for Transportation Planning)]]
*[[SIC (Social Innovation Community)]]
*[[SMARTEES (Social innovation Modelling Approaches to Realizing Transition to Energy Efficiency and Sustainability)]]
*[[SONNET (Social Innovation in Energy Transitions)]]
*[[SO SMART (Socially sustainable manufacturing for the Factories of the Future)]]
*[[Cities of TOMORROW|TOMORROW (TOwards Multi-stakehOldeRs transition ROadmaps With citizens at the center)]]
*[[Transformative Cities]]
*[[TRANSIT (Transformative Social Innovation Theory)]]
*[[TURAS (Transitioning towards Urban Resilience and Sustainability)]]
*[[UrbanAPI (Interactive Analysis, Simulation and Visualisation Tools for Urban Agile Policy)]]
*[[Urban Gardening Peace Project]] (Intercultural and Interreligious Micro-level Peacebuilding)
*[[Vital Cities and Citizens]]

*[[Other databases]]

==Back end of projects==

The back end of the UrbanA database includes a long-list of 400+ projects (that resulted from the scan of CORDIS) and a short-list of 125 projects with relevant insights for (urban) (un)sustainability & (in)justice. These projects are listed in the pdf's below. The projects are also mentioned in the Wiki-pages on approaches (if and when relevant for the approaches) with links to the website. Additionally, the full report on the database-making can be found [https://urban-arena.eu/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/D.3.2-UrbanA-wiki-database-appendix-0_final.pdf here].

[[Media:Longlist projects.pdf|Longlist_projects.pdf]]

[[Media:Shortlist projects.pdf|Shortlist_projects.pdf]]

==Templates==
[[Projects & Initiatives Template]]

Goulburn Mulwaree Community Sustainability Hub

2024-01-23T14:26:42Z

Naomi Schrandt: /* Further Reading */

== '''General Introduction''' ==
The Community Sustainability Hub, under the banner of “Sustainable Goulburn Mulwaree”, is designed to bring the community together and give it agency so it is able to respond swiftly to the changing climate and social conditions, identified below:

* Degraded health of the environment
* Degraded state of the economy
* Poor community health
* Work with the First Nations Peoples in the CSH to learn from their knowledge

The CSH is intended to drive a transition of Goulburn Mulwaree's to be a cohesive and sustainable community, supported by a circular economy. This transition is to be informed and guided by plans at three levels:

* Federal
* State
* Local

The Goulburn Mulwaree CSH is working with its partners to build a network of across SE NSW Network, including:

* First Nations People
* Community Groups
* Tertiary Institutions
* Sustainable Farming Support and research groups
* Local Council
* Businesses

The project builds on its work in establishing a regenerative agriculture group and building two sustainable gardens to mitigate flooding .

== '''Main Insights on/for Sustainable Just Cities''' ==
The program and project(s) were initiated to counter climate and community issues, the first impacting the second. An unprepared community is at risk of falling into chaos and worse, due to its lack of cohesion and the lack of a plan on how to and manage the myriad challenges that it would face. The program is informed by the widely known planning maxim: “Hope for the best whilst planning for the worst".

The program was formed to address the composition of the community, its geographic situation, its economic structure and its political realities.

The program has project launched the sustainable farming group, that has initiated a successful soil rehabilitation project and that ran a very successful sustainable farming conference. This raised the profile of the farming group but the conservative character of the city and its farmers, limit what can be achieved. The program also brought agriculture research groups, farmer groups, commercial agriculture services groups together and they are important constituents of the Community Sustainability Hub, together with the state-run “Landcare” group.

However, the danger is that groups can be unduly influenced by political and economic interests and hold up progress of the CSH. There was a lack of buy-in from the likes of:

* Local Government
* Retailers of agricultural chemicals
* Existing community groups, despite significant efforts to get them on-board
* Low levels of community interest

== '''Suggested Key Readings & Links''' ==
Due to the scope of the program, including elements where the instigator Bob Philipson had very limited knowledge, the following informed the formation and conduct of the program:

* Bob's strong interest in social justice, but limited involvement in related activities, donating or raising donations aside
* Growing up in a rural area of England that formed Bob's appreciation for nature
* Some longer term interest in regenerative agriculture but only recent and very limited experience in its practice. Most knowledge was gained from spending three months on a farm helping out and reading books on the topic including those from Peter Andrews, some years ago:
** Peter Andrews two books: “Back from the Brink” and “Beyond the Brink”.
** Charles Massy: “Call of the Reed Warbler”
** Many farm visits
** Running a farmers group for two years
** Owning 1 acre of farm land (paddock) with two borrowed alpacas for a period of some 5 years and maintaining the garden and paddock
** Planning and running a Regenerative/Sustainable farming conference

* Transitioning our own 1.5 acre garden to a state of sustainablility
* Long running project to make our house sustainable
* Knowledge gained of Doughnut Economics by reading Kate Rawson’s eponymous book
* Delivery of a project, through our community group, to resolve a flooding issue on a 4.5 acre property belonging to some friends, by building “Swales” and ponds and a program of planting.

== '''Further Reading''' ==
For more information and the extensive plans of the hub, find a summary on their website: [https://www.cv-4h.org/g-m-community-sustainability-hub-overview.html#/ Community Sustainability Hub].

See also [https://www.cv-4h.org/building-humes-future-together-program.html#/ Building Humes Future Together Program].

Goulburn Mulwaree Community Sustainability Hub

2024-01-23T14:25:24Z

Naomi Schrandt: Added page with the input from Bob Philipson

== '''General Introduction''' ==
The Community Sustainability Hub, under the banner of “Sustainable Goulburn Mulwaree”, is designed to bring the community together and give it agency so it is able to respond swiftly to the changing climate and social conditions, identified below:

* Degraded health of the environment
* Degraded state of the economy
* Poor community health
* Work with the First Nations Peoples in the CSH to learn from their knowledge

The CSH is intended to drive a transition of Goulburn Mulwaree's to be a cohesive and sustainable community, supported by a circular economy. This transition is to be informed and guided by plans at three levels:

* Federal
* State
* Local

The Goulburn Mulwaree CSH is working with its partners to build a network of across SE NSW Network, including:

* First Nations People
* Community Groups
* Tertiary Institutions
* Sustainable Farming Support and research groups
* Local Council
* Businesses

The project builds on its work in establishing a regenerative agriculture group and building two sustainable gardens to mitigate flooding .

== '''Main Insights on/for Sustainable Just Cities''' ==
The program and project(s) were initiated to counter climate and community issues, the first impacting the second. An unprepared community is at risk of falling into chaos and worse, due to its lack of cohesion and the lack of a plan on how to and manage the myriad challenges that it would face. The program is informed by the widely known planning maxim: “Hope for the best whilst planning for the worst".

The program was formed to address the composition of the community, its geographic situation, its economic structure and its political realities.

The program has project launched the sustainable farming group, that has initiated a successful soil rehabilitation project and that ran a very successful sustainable farming conference. This raised the profile of the farming group but the conservative character of the city and its farmers, limit what can be achieved. The program also brought agriculture research groups, farmer groups, commercial agriculture services groups together and they are important constituents of the Community Sustainability Hub, together with the state-run “Landcare” group.

However, the danger is that groups can be unduly influenced by political and economic interests and hold up progress of the CSH. There was a lack of buy-in from the likes of:

* Local Government
* Retailers of agricultural chemicals
* Existing community groups, despite significant efforts to get them on-board
* Low levels of community interest

== '''Suggested Key Readings & Links''' ==
Due to the scope of the program, including elements where the instigator Bob Philipson had very limited knowledge, the following informed the formation and conduct of the program:

* Bob's strong interest in social justice, but limited involvement in related activities, donating or raising donations aside
* Growing up in a rural area of England that formed Bob's appreciation for nature
* Some longer term interest in regenerative agriculture but only recent and very limited experience in its practice. Most knowledge was gained from spending three months on a farm helping out and reading books on the topic including those from Peter Andrews, some years ago:
** Peter Andrews two books: “Back from the Brink” and “Beyond the Brink”.
** Charles Massy: “Call of the Reed Warbler”
** Many farm visits
** Running a farmers group for two years
** Owning 1 acre of farm land (paddock) with two borrowed alpacas for a period of some 5 years and maintaining the garden and paddock
** Planning and running a Regenerative/Sustainable farming conference

* Transitioning our own 1.5 acre garden to a state of sustainablility
* Long running project to make our house sustainable
* Knowledge gained of Doughnut Economics by reading Kate Rawson’s eponymous book
* Delivery of a project, through our community group, to resolve a flooding issue on a 4.5 acre property belonging to some friends, by building “Swales” and ponds and a program of planting.

== '''Further Reading''' ==
For more information and the extensive plans of the hub, find a summary on their website: [[/www.cv-4h.org/g-m-community-sustainability-hub-overview.html#/|Community Sustainability Hub]].

See also [[/www.cv-4h.org/building-humes-future-together-program.html#/|Building Humes Future Together Program]].

Urban Arena Wiki:User guide

2023-08-30T13:25:03Z

Naomi Schrandt:

The Wiki on Sustainable Just Cities is a tool for knowledge co-creation. Users are requested to create a user page to make their participation in this community and relationship to their other work more visible, and invited to comment on and/or edit existing pages, and create new ones.

==Setting up your account==
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Contact the [[User:JUSTRA Team|JUSTRA Team]] to request an account. Please say a bit about yourself and why you are interested in contributing.

==Creating your user profile==
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When creating a new wiki page we would like to encourage you to use the templates for either [[Template_for_wiki_page|approaches]] or [[Projects & Initiatives Template|projects and initiatives]]. More information on the different categories in the templates can be found [[Description_of_mapping_themes|here]].

User:JUSTRA Team

2023-08-30T13:00:08Z

Naomi Schrandt: Created page with "The JUSTRA Team coordinates and further develops this open source Wiki database on sustainable just cities. Besides coordinating this Wiki, we are researching how just sustainability transitions manifest in cities. Our research question is: How do people contribute to just sustainability transitions in cities, and how can their transformative potential be increased? We are particularly interested in the potential of networks and tran..."

The JUSTRA Team coordinates and further develops this open source [[/wiki.sustainablejustcities.eu/|Wiki database on sustainable just cities]].

Besides coordinating this Wiki, we are researching how just sustainability transitions manifest in cities. Our research question is: How do people contribute to just sustainability transitions in cities, and how can their transformative potential be increased? We are particularly interested in the potential of networks and translocal connections to empower people for transformative change. In addition to our research, we want to promote these ideas through our [https://www.eur.nl/en/news/event-series-just-sustainability-transitions publication series] and [https://www.eur.nl/en/news/event-series-just-sustainability-transitions event series].

You can reach us at justrateam@essb.eur.nl

Urban Arena Wiki:User guide

2023-08-30T12:44:54Z

Naomi Schrandt: /* Setting up your account */

The UrbanA wiki is a tool for knowledge co-creation. Users are requested to create a user page to make their participation in this community and relationship to their other work more visible, and invited to comment on and/or edit existing pages, and create new ones.

==Setting up your account==
In order to leave comments and make or edit pages you will need a user account. This will be set up in your real name and allow users of the site to identify you and recognise your contributions.

Contact the [[User:JUSTRA Team|JUSTRA Team]] to request an account. If you are not already connected with the UrbanA project as a Fellow or Arena participant, please say a bit about yourself and why you are interested in contributing.

==Creating your user profile==
Every registered account user has a [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:User_page User Page] associated with it. Once your account is set up, please visit [[Special:MyPage|your User Page]] and create a profile there. Give a brief introduction to yourself and your work, and your connection with the UrbanA project, and link to any personal or professional websites or online profiles you want to share.

Other users might leave messages for you on your [[Special:MyTalk|User Talk Page]]. You will receive a message from the system notifying you of any new messages when you log in.

== Commenting on existing wiki pages ==
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*Always sign your name after your comments. Use the four tildes <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki> wiki syntax (or the signature button Signature button in the toolbar above the editing textbox). For more information see [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Signatures this help page].
*Start a new discussion with a <nowiki>== Level 2 Heading ==</nowiki> at the bottom of the page (or use the "+" tab).
*Indent replies with stars (*) at the beginning of the line. Multiple stars increase the level of indentation (useful if you are replying to a reply!)

Find out more on how to use the talk page in this [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Talk_pages help page].

== Editing existing wiki pages ==
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There are no strict rules regarding direct editing of pages. However, we trust you to respect the efforts made by the previous authors and build upon the work that has been done. In case you have doubts about what to insert where, you could contact the curator of the wiki page by adding a comment to the Talk page (see the previous section), or send them a message on their User Talk page (see 'Creating your user profile' above).

Wiki formatting is quite simple when you get used to it, but not always intuitive. Fortunately there are several good sources of online help. The brief summaries below include links to the most important of these.
* It is relatively easy to [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Editing_pages edit wiki pages]. Click the "Edit" page tab at the top of the page. Make changes to the text. Click the "Save page" button.
* You can [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Formatting format your text] using wiki markup. This consists of normal characters like asterisks, apostrophes or equal signs which have a special function in the wiki, sometimes depending on their position.
* You can [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Links link to pages] both within the wiki and on other websites.
* [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Images Images] help make a wiki page attractive and evocative. You or another user must usually upload an image before you can use it on a page, or you can directly embed images already on other websites in your wiki pages.

== Creating new wiki pages ==
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Please do check there is not already a page on that topic, and consider setting up [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Redirects redirects] from any other titles users might use to find your page. You can also link to your new page by editing other, related pages already on the wiki.

When creating a new wiki page we would like to encourage you to use the templates for either [[Template_for_wiki_page|approaches]] or [[Projects & Initiatives Template|projects and initiatives]]. More information on the different categories in the templates can be found [[Description_of_mapping_themes|here]].

Urban Arena Wiki:User guide

2023-08-30T12:44:44Z

Naomi Schrandt:

The UrbanA wiki is a tool for knowledge co-creation. Users are requested to create a user page to make their participation in this community and relationship to their other work more visible, and invited to comment on and/or edit existing pages, and create new ones.

==Setting up your account==
In order to leave comments and make or edit pages you will need a user account. This will be set up in your real name and allow users of the site to identify you and recognise your contributions.

Contact [[User:JUSTRA Team|JUSTRA Team]] to request an account. If you are not already connected with the UrbanA project as a Fellow or Arena participant, please say a bit about yourself and why you are interested in contributing.

==Creating your user profile==
Every registered account user has a [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:User_page User Page] associated with it. Once your account is set up, please visit [[Special:MyPage|your User Page]] and create a profile there. Give a brief introduction to yourself and your work, and your connection with the UrbanA project, and link to any personal or professional websites or online profiles you want to share.

Other users might leave messages for you on your [[Special:MyTalk|User Talk Page]]. You will receive a message from the system notifying you of any new messages when you log in.

== Commenting on existing wiki pages ==
Every wiki page has an associated talk page, which can be used for discussion and communicating with other users. Talk pages can be accessed by clicking the "Discussion" tab at the top of the page. Simply edit the page as normal to add your comment. As with any wiki page, you can edit it, link to it, and view the editing history.

In order to keep the discussion structured, we suggest everyone to follow some simple editing conventions:
*Always sign your name after your comments. Use the four tildes <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki> wiki syntax (or the signature button Signature button in the toolbar above the editing textbox). For more information see [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Signatures this help page].
*Start a new discussion with a <nowiki>== Level 2 Heading ==</nowiki> at the bottom of the page (or use the "+" tab).
*Indent replies with stars (*) at the beginning of the line. Multiple stars increase the level of indentation (useful if you are replying to a reply!)

Find out more on how to use the talk page in this [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Talk_pages help page].

== Editing existing wiki pages ==
If you see how any existing page can be improved with additional information, or edits to what is already there, you are invited to make changes by opening the Edit tab near the top of the page.

There are no strict rules regarding direct editing of pages. However, we trust you to respect the efforts made by the previous authors and build upon the work that has been done. In case you have doubts about what to insert where, you could contact the curator of the wiki page by adding a comment to the Talk page (see the previous section), or send them a message on their User Talk page (see 'Creating your user profile' above).

Wiki formatting is quite simple when you get used to it, but not always intuitive. Fortunately there are several good sources of online help. The brief summaries below include links to the most important of these.
* It is relatively easy to [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Editing_pages edit wiki pages]. Click the "Edit" page tab at the top of the page. Make changes to the text. Click the "Save page" button.
* You can [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Formatting format your text] using wiki markup. This consists of normal characters like asterisks, apostrophes or equal signs which have a special function in the wiki, sometimes depending on their position.
* You can [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Links link to pages] both within the wiki and on other websites.
* [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Images Images] help make a wiki page attractive and evocative. You or another user must usually upload an image before you can use it on a page, or you can directly embed images already on other websites in your wiki pages.

== Creating new wiki pages ==
The easiest way to [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Starting_a_new_page start a new wiki page] is to create an internal link in another page. You can also search for the title of the page you want to create, or enter its name directly as a URL in your web browser (https://wiki.urban-arena.eu/index.php?title=YOURPAGE). We find it works best if the words in page titles are not capitalised, except the first word and any proper names.

Please do check there is not already a page on that topic, and consider setting up [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Redirects redirects] from any other titles users might use to find your page. You can also link to your new page by editing other, related pages already on the wiki.

When creating a new wiki page we would like to encourage you to use the templates for either [[Template_for_wiki_page|approaches]] or [[Projects & Initiatives Template|projects and initiatives]]. More information on the different categories in the templates can be found [[Description_of_mapping_themes|here]].

User:Naomi Schrandt

2023-08-30T12:43:08Z

Naomi Schrandt: Created page with "I am a researcher at the Erasmus University Rotterdam, where I work at the Vital Cities and Citizens initiative on the theme of [https://www.eur.nl/en/research/erasmus-initiatives/vital-cities-and-citizens/sub-themes/sustainable-and-just-cities/ Sustainable and Just Cities]."

I am a researcher at the [[/www.eur.nl/en/master/urban-governance|Erasmus University Rotterdam]], where I work at the [[/wiki.sustainablejustcities.eu/Vital Cities and Citizens|Vital Cities and Citizens]] initiative on the theme of [https://www.eur.nl/en/research/erasmus-initiatives/vital-cities-and-citizens/sub-themes/sustainable-and-just-cities/ Sustainable and Just Cities].