by Marina Bassi | Feb 10, 2015 | The Urban Media Lab
Ecology, environment, recycling are elements aimed at sustainability in public spaces, to improve the lives of the communities within their own territory. That’s what happened on February the 3rd at the Council Chamber of the Municipality III of Rome with the presentation of the project ECOalTERZO. During the presentation, the most important associations in the Municipality have dealt about environmental sustainability. ECOalTERZO won the event “Ecology and Culture”, under the call “Cultura in Festa”. This call is part of a major project, led by the Municipality III, called ECOmune. It deals with ecology, with the aim of rethinking the city as a place to live in the pursuit of the enhancement of green spaces, fully functioning public transport, recycling, reuse, and with full awareness and cooperation of citizens. ReBike ALTERmobility and Interazioni Urbane – the two associations that have organised the event – illustrated the activities of ECOalTERZO, which will take place in Municipality during the first four Sundays in March at the Parco Delle Valli. There will be workshops on the recovery of materials, for both children and adults. Then, there will be organised lunch at the park, the “Coffee Project” (round tables on territorial issues), and concerts. At the end of the meeting, a group photo was taken, to highlight a cooperation that could be the beginning of a great work that aims to give a strong contribution to the improvement of the territory.
Concerning associations involved in the organization of the event, ReBike ALTERmobility promotes social collaboration. It is registered at the Lazio Regional associations (ARTES). The main aim of ReBike is to support and promote the culture of sustainable mobility in the city, particularly in the city of Rome;
Interazioniurbane is an association of social promotion, composed of young architects and enriched by professionals from other social disciplines. It aims at the development, promotion and implementation of projects of social solidarity, including the implementation of educational and cultural initiatives. The Association also pursues the objective of international cooperation in the areas of rehabilitation and urban regeneration. An example of it could be the project SOTTOilVIADOTTO, which represents the transformation of an urban space degraded and abandoned in a place of exchange and participation of citizens. During that project, LabGov participated organising workshops on activities for supporting the participatory design of the space. LabGov also illustrated how is it possible to realize a collaborative governance of a public space.
More information on : http://www.labgov.it/luiss-students-under-the-viaduct-regeneration-experiment-in-rome/
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ECOalTERZO: la nuova collaborazione tra le associazioni del Municipio III di Roma!
Ecologia, ambiente, riciclo non sono elementi finalizzati alla sostenibilità negli spazi pubblici, per rendere migliore la vita della comunità all’interno del proprio territorio. È quello che è accaduto il 3 febbraio scorso presso la Sala Consiliare del Municipio III, con la presentazione del progetto ECOalTERZO. Le due associazioni che hanno organizzato ECOalTERZO, Rebike ALTERmobility e Interazioni Urbane hanno illustrato i primi eventi di ECOalTERZO, che si svolgeranno nel nostro Municipio durante le prime quattro domeniche di marzo, presso il Parco Delle Valli. Ci saranno laboratori sul recupero dei materiali, rivolti sia a bambini sia ad adulti. Seguiranno pranzi al parco, i “caffè progetto” (tavole rotonde su tematiche territoriali) e infine concerti. Alla fine dell’incontro è stata scattata una foto di gruppo, per suggellare una cooperazione che potrebbe essere l’inizio di un grande lavoro che si propone di dare un forte contributo al miglioramento del territorio.
Per quanto concerne invece il lavoro delle associazioni coinvolte nell’organizzazione dell’incontro, ReBike ALTERmobility è un’associazione di promozione sociale iscritta al registro regionale del Lazio dell’associazionismo (ARTES);
Interazioni Urbane è un’Associazione di Promozione Sociale, composta da giovani architetti e arricchita dal quotidiano apporto di professionisti di altre discipline sociali. Ha per scopo l’elaborazione, promozione e realizzazione di progetti di solidarietà sociale, tra cui l’attuazione di iniziative educative e culturali. Principale obiettivo dei progetti e delle iniziative promosse è l’elaborazione di soluzioni creative per intervenire nei contesti disagiati delle realtà urbane contemporanee e sensibilizzare la cittadinanza ai diritti umani nella loro universalità. L’Associazione persegue altresì finalità di cooperazione internazionale negli ambiti del recupero e della riqualificazione urbana, come nel caso del progetto SOTTOilVIADOTTO.
by Marina Bassi | Feb 7, 2015 | The Urban Media Lab
The City of Bologna launched a participative process for the definition of the guidelines on school meals services. For the first time all the aspects concerning the school meals program, such as quality of meals, priority on investments, monitoring system and customer needs, will be defined through a participatory process. In fact, the opinions and comments expressed by citizens during the online consultation will be integrated in the Guidelines for the development of the school canteen service.
The City School Meals Commission, established in 2013 thanks to the alliance between families, the City, the Health Local Service and SE.Ri.BO (the mixed-capital local school meals food service company), drafted a document titled “Guidelines for the development of the school meals service”. The document announces that “school age is the time when the child sets up and consolidates the eating habits. It is in this stage of life that collaboration between institutions, family and school can contribute to the development of a healthy eating style which continues and persists into adulthood. Proper nutrition combined with regular physical activity can prevent excess weight and reduce the risk of developing adult chronic diseases”.
Therefore, there is full awareness that the Municipality of Bologna has an important role in the determination of quality food and educating the younger generation and their families to proper nutrition, preventing the risks of chronic diseases. Now, the process is open to all citizens who can express their ideas and introduce any additions to the document.
To participate:
- Join the community “Comunità” of Rete Civica > Access to “Comunità”
- Express your preferences in each section of the document.
Particularly, it is possible to send contributions about six main topics:
- Quality of alimentation
- Staff employed
- Investments
- Environmental Sustainability
- Customer services
- Monitoring and evaluation
For more information: openscuola@comune.bologna.it
Link to consultation: Linee di indirizzo per lo sviluppo del servizio di refezione scolastica
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Servizio di mensa scolastica: è online la consultazione per definire le linee guida
Il Comune di Bologna ha avviato un percorso partecipato per la definizione delle linee guida del servizio di refezione nelle scuole bolognesi.
Grazie al lavoro realizzato dalla Commissione Mensa Cittadina (CMC), istituita dal Comune a marzo 2013, che riunisce formalmente Comune, genitori, AUSL, SE.Ri.BO (società mista attualmente incaricata del servizio), per la prima volta vengono definite alcune specifiche indicazioni sul servizio di refezione dei prossimi anni, in particolare sulla qualità dei pasti, sugli investimenti
necessari, sul sistema di monitoraggio e controllo e sulla partecipazione degli utenti
La Commissione Mensa, composta da Comune, genitori e Se.Ri.Bo, ha realizzato il documento “Linee d’indirizzo per lo sviluppo del servizio di refezione scolastica“, articolato in 6 punti, in base al quale verrà poi elaborato il capitolato di gara per la selezione del nuovo gestore del servizio. Il documento specifica che “L’età scolare rappresenta il periodo in cui s’impostano e si consolidano le abitudini alimentari del bambino ed è proprio in questa fase della vita che una migliore collaborazione tra istituzioni, famiglia e scuola può contribuire allo sviluppo di uno stile alimentare salutare, che si protragga e permanga anche nell’età adulta. Attraverso una corretta alimentazione associata a un’attività fisica regolare si può prevenire il sovrappeso e ridurre il rischio di sviluppare in età adulta malattie cronico-degenerative (malattie cardiovascolari, diabete, ipertensione, ecc…). Vi è la piena consapevolezza, quindi, che il Comune di Bologna quando eroga il servizio di ristorazione ha un ruolo importante nella determinazione di un’alimentazione di qualità e nell’educare le giovani generazioni e le loro famiglie a una corretta alimentazione, volta a prevenire l’insorgenza di malattie croniche.
Ora il processo è aperto a tutti i cittadini, che potranno esprimere le proprie idee ed introdurre eventuali integrazioni al documento.
Come fare per partecipare?
Per esprimere le proprie osservazioni è sufficiente:
- iscriversi alla sezione “Comunità” della Rete Civica
- esprimere la propria preferenza sotto ad ogni singola sezione del documento (tramite “VOTA” o “FAI UNA PROPOSTA”).
In particolare, è possibile inviare i contributi in merito ai 6 argomenti principali:
- qualità dell’alimentazione (derrate alimentari, qualità nutrizionale, sicurezza alimentare, gradibilità)
- personale impiegato
- investimenti
- sostenibilità ambientale
- rapporto con l’utenza e gli stakeholder del servizio
- controlli (misurazioni)
Tutti i contributi e le domande che arriveranno saranno analizzati dal Settore Istruzione e, in base alla pertinenza degli stessi, eventualmente recepiti nelle “Linee di indirizzo”.
La consultazione è a questo link > Linee di indirizzo
by Marina Bassi | Feb 2, 2015 | The Urban Media Lab
Did you ever imagine a space, a street, an abandoned area, a neighborhood or a city center where boarded-up shops have changed the face of a city? Are you an administrator, an association or a group of citizens who want to take steps to strengthen their communities? Join the Pop_Up Lab Call for ideas 2015!
By networking creativity, POP UP Lab triggers an innovative process to consider the future of the contemporary city in an informal, open and engaging way. By doing so, it creates a favorable environment that make the leap from experimentation to policy. POP UP Lab is a laboratory for testing new practices that challenge emptying of the old town and its symbol: the boarded-up shops.
In Tuscany, municipalities are revitalizing the city starting from unused spaces and networks of relationships that local communities are able to express. Through the re-opening of the temporary vacant commercial funds (for social, cultural and artistic reasons), POP UP Lab enhances collaboration between owners, governments and citizens.
To do that, it implements a social and cultural experiment: to give a new life to the city by inviting those who have an interesting idea concerning a temporarily use of one of the many closed-end funds to the historical center. The initiative harnesses the creativity of all social resources: the City and private spaces. Through a call for ideas, citizens fielding ideas and translate into reality.
Also LabGov contibuted with the experimentation. On 14th November 2014 Cristian Pardossi, president of Pop Up partecipated ate the LUISS LabGov seminar devoted to Urban social regeneration. On 6th December 2014 Prof. Christian Iaione, LabGov Coordinator, held a workshop in Empoli devoted to the governance of urban commons.
Join the competition at: http://www.popuplab.it/partecipa-a-pop-up-lab/
The Pop_Up Lab five steps:
1 – In municipalities involved, vacant funds are identified in a defined area of the city center, and they are made available to the participants during the event.
2 – A call for ideas is opened to individuals and formal or informal groups, offering an idea or a project to animate the funds over three days.
3 – An evaluation committee selects the projects submitted and it assigns them to the available space.
4 – The winners of the call could use for free the funds to realize over the course of three days the ideas presented and to organize social, cultural and commercial activities (amateur and / or business).
5 – During the next three days, cultural activities, debate and contact are held among the winners of the call and other parties participating
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Pop_Up Lab – Call for ideas 2015
Conosci uno spazio a cui vorresti dare nuova vita, una via, un’area dismessa, un quartiere o un centro storico dove le saracinesche abbassate hanno cambiato il volto della città? Sei un amministratore, un’associazione o un gruppo di cittadini che vuole attivarsi per rafforzare la propria comunità? Partecipa alla Pop_Up Lab Call for ideas 2015! In Toscana i Comuni sperimentano processi per rivitalizzare le città partendo dagli spazi inutilizzati e dalle reti di relazioni che le comunità locali sanno esprimere (See more at: http://nova.ilsole24ore.com/progetti/la-governance-collaborativa-rianima-il-centro-storico#sthash.Q5oTFeHP.dpuf). Attraverso la riapertura temporanea dei fondi commerciali sfitti per iniziative sociali, artistiche e culturali, POP UP Lab valorizza la collaborazione tra proprietari, Amministrazioni e cittadini.
Mettendo in rete la creatività, POP UP lab innesca un processo innovativo per riflettere sul futuro della città contemporanea in modo informale, aperto e coinvolgente e, così facendo, costruisce un ambiente propizio a compiere il salto dalla sperimentazione alla policy.
POP UP Lab è un laboratorio di sperimentazione di nuove pratiche che lancia una sfida allo svuotamento del centro storico e alla sua immagine simbolo: la saracinesca abbassata. Per farlo mette in atto un esperimento sociale e culturale: dare una nuova vita alla città invitando chi ha un’idea interessante a utilizzare temporaneamente uno dei tanti fondi chiusi al centro storico. L’iniziativa sfrutta la creatività di tutte le risorse sociali: il Comune e i privati mettono a disposizione gli spazi. Tramite una call for ideas, i cittadini mettono in campo le idee e le traducono in realtà.
Per partecipare: http://www.popuplab.it/partecipa-a-pop-up-lab/
POP UP lab in cinque passi
- Nei Comuni coinvolti, vengono individuati fondi sfitti in un’area delimitata del centro cittadino, e messi a disposizione dei partecipanti durante i giorni dell’evento.
- Viene lanciata una call for ideas aperta a singoli e gruppi formali o informali, che propongono un’idea o un progetto per animare i fondi nel corso di tre giorni.
- Una commissione di valutazione seleziona i progetti presentati e li assegna agli spazi disponibili.
- I vincitori del bando utilizzano gratuitamente i fondi a loro destinati per realizzare nel corso dei tre giorni le idee presentate e organizzare attività sociali, culturali e commerciali (di tipo amatoriale e/o imprenditoriale).
- Nel corso dei tre giorni si svolgono attività culturali, di dibattito e di incontro tra i vincitori della call, il pubblico e altri soggetti che partecipano all’iniziativa (See more at: http://www.popuplab.it/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Popuplab_call_for_ideas_2015.pdf).
by Marina Bassi | Dec 15, 2014 | Governance labs, The Urban Media Lab
The UI GreenMetric World University Ranking is an initiative of Universitas Indonesia which is being launched in 2010. As part of its strategy of raising its international standing, the University hosted an International Conference on World University Rankings on 16 April 2009. It invited a number of experts on world university rankings. We were aware that a number of top world universities, for example Harvard, Chicago, Copenhagen have been taking steps to manage and improve their sustainability. There are also cooperative efforts among groups of universities. A grading system which includes information on sustainability at 300 universities exists under the title the United States Green Report Card. This is excellent, however, results are given in terms of a grade (A to F) rather than a ranking and the number of universities included is relatively circumscribed. We saw the need for a uniform system that would be suitable to attract the support of thousands of the world’s universities and where the results were based on a numerical score that would allow ranking so that quick comparisons could be made among them on the criteria of their commitment to addressing the problems of sustainability and environmental impact.
ABOUT SUSTAINABLE UNIVERSITIES
BERKELEY : The UC Berkeley Office of Sustainability and Energy provides leadership to campus by setting ambitious sustainability goals and strategies and by accelerating the achievement of these goals through project implementation, planning, partnerships, and community engagement. The mission is to integrate cutting-edge sustainability practices into operations, foster the culture of sustainability at home and in the world, and enable and improve excellence in sustainability. The Office works to achieve climate neutrality and strive for excellence in breadth and depth by implementing bright green initiatives to reduce our ecological footprint, raising awareness and reducing energy use with Talking Louder and myPower campaigns, and emphasizing transparency and accountability through our plans and reports.
BOSTON : Boston University’s Sustainability Program comprises a broad range of stakeholder groups on campus to provide the greatest diversity of representation and opinion. The program is made up of sustainability@BU, Dining Services Sustainability, and the Sustainability Committee including the Sustainability Steering Committee and four working groups: Recycling and Waste Management, Energy Conservation, Sustainable Building and Facility Operations, and Communications and Outreach.
by Marina Bassi | Dec 8, 2014 | The Urban Media Lab
The international crowdfunding in 2013 came to 5 billion according to data released in Las Vegas, at the second international convention on the subject, anticipated by Adnkronos, after that in 2012 this mode of raising funds allowed to drain away over Internet $ 2.7 billion which doubled at the end of the year. At the convention, said Alessandro Lerro, representative of our country, “Italy looks like a leader, having implemented first in comprehensive legislation on equity crowdfunding, namely the collection by internet venture capital, for innovative start-ups. Italy – continues Lerro – provides a legal framework extremely protective for the retail investor, a clear and defined environment, supervised by CONSOB, suitable to provide the necessary certainty to all players in the market. Moreover, the legislation Italian has a strong international profile, allowing all European companies, with shareholders of any nationality, to participate in crowdfunding in Italy as proponents or as platforms, in addition to admit investments from anywhere in the world. “It adds Lerro, “an important opportunity which for now is limited to innovative companies, but that could be extended to all companies, according to the model originally conceived by the Jobs Act in the US.”
Remember that last July 12th, 2013, CONSOB published the Regulation on “raising venture capital from firms innovative start-ups through online portals” (equity crowdfunding). The Regulation defines a series of obligations relating to the conduct of licensed operators and to provide information to enable investors to reasonably understand the nature of the investment and make decisions in an informed way.
Moreover, these are other top crowdfunding campaigns of 2013:
3D Printing: As one of the most popular categories in 2013, 3D Printing saw many projects top the ‘most funded’ boards on both Indiegogo and Kickstarter; Smart watches: Following the runaway success of the Pebble watch in 2012, the smart watch was another hot category for crowdfunding this year; Location devices : With the advent of Bluetooth Low Energy, a number of devices have cropped up that allow you to track the whereabouts of your possessions so that if you lose something, it’s easier to recover it; Photography: A number of new technologies emerged in 2013 thanks to crowdfunding that allow new types of photography for the normal user, such as time lapse helpers, light painting sticks and other new form factors; Software: Hardware might be more popular on crowdfunding, but it doesn’t mean great software projects don’t get funded.
For more information: http://thenextweb.com/gadgets/2014/01/01/crowdfunding-hot-top campaigns-2013/7/
