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Civil Society organizations

Initiatives tagged: Civil Society organizations

 

Spice (UK)

Spice (UK)

November 1 2016

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 (USA)

Hour Exchange Portland (USA)

May 1 2016

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

Hackspace 1 (North of England, UK)

Hackspace 1 (North of England, UK)

January 1 2014

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

Magház ‐ Seed House (Hungary)

Magház ‐ Seed House (Hungary)

January 1 2012

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

Omstilling Ry (Transition Ry - Denmark)

Omstilling Ry (Transition Ry - Denmark)

March 1 2010

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

Transition Norwich (UK)

Transition Norwich (UK)

March 1 2008

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 (UK)

Transition Town Tooting (UK)

March 1 2008

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

Transition Bro Gwaun (UK)

Transition Bro Gwaun (UK)

April 3 2007

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

BIEN-SUISSE (BIEN-Switzerland)

BIEN-SUISSE (BIEN-Switzerland)

September 1 2001

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

Slow Food USA

January 1 2000

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

Red de Semillas (Spain)

Red de Semillas (Spain)

April 1 1999

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 (UK)

Fair Shares (UK)

January 24 1998

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

INFORSE - Samsoe Energy Academy (Denmark)

INFORSE - Samsoe Energy Academy (Denmark)

July 1 1997

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

Slow Food Mexico

October 1 1996

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

Arche Noah (Austria)

Arche Noah (Austria)

January 1 1990

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

Slow Food Italy

Slow Food Italy

May 1 1986

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

ProSpecieRara (Switzerland)

ProSpecieRara (Switzerland)

January 1 1982

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

INFORSE ‐VE (Denmark)

INFORSE ‐VE (Denmark)

October 1 1975

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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