5° european conference on sustainable cities and towns sevilla, march 23, 2007 life styles and...
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5° European Conference on Sustainable Cities and TownsSevilla, March 23, 2007
Life Styles and Sustainability:a local implementation of Aalborg Commitments
with CAmbieRESti? Project
SESSION D02Daily sustainable practice
Eliana Caramelli
City of Venice
Venice - Italy
CAmbieReSti? consumi, ambiente,
risparmio energetico,stili di vita
®
1. Environmental Sustainability
2. Social justice
3. Solidarity Economy
4. Participation
5. Protection of common goods
6. Natural resources conservation
7. …..
General background principles…
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Local Agenda 21
Aalborg Commitments (in particular 4th Commitment)
Kyoto Protocol
Italian “Solidarity Economy Chart”
…and tools
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To research and to propose models of
consumption with low environmental and social
impact, in solidarity with countries of the
southern world
Main goal
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General purpose
Involving citizens in a wide “social game” to reduce and
reorient consumption through communicative strategies
and information on global impact of individual choices
especially in purchasing goods for household using.
The project also aimed to provide knowledge on fair
consumption implementing social relationships between
producers and citizens.
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RES and RUE, Eco-housing, Water saving, Diet and Organic
food, Sustainable mobility, Waste disposal, Responsible
tourism, Ethical finance, Natural medicine, Animal’s protection
(clothing and cosmetics), Fair trade, self- and local production
…
Main issues considered
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1) Promoted by a local government (public sector)
2) Large dimension of the sample
3) Building network abilities
4) Ability to build up linkages between topics
Distinctive aspects of Cambieresti?
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Partners
Institutional partnersMunicipality of Venice, Province of Venice, AGIRE -
Venetian Energy Agency, Board Abitare Venezia
Supporting partnersActv, Asm, Coop adriatica, Enea, Enel, Italgas, Vesta
NGOsAmina, Bilanci di Giustizia, Consulta Animalista, El
Fontego, Federambiente, INBAR, Legambiente Veneto,
Movimento Consumatori Veneto, Movimento
Consumatori Onlus, VAS Venezia
Technical partnersMAG Venezia, University IUAV of Venice, WWF, Avanzi
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1. “demand-side” - Citizens
2. “supply-side” – Producers, sellers, services providers, … sharing the same commitments for territory exploitation, minimization of impacts, promotion of equitable and sustainable life styles
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Guidelines
1- (6 months) from September 2004 - co-planning with partners
Forum 1: supporter and institutional partnersForum 2: NGOs partners
- information campaign - participants involvement
2- (10 months) - experimentation with households - creation of local Solidarity Economy Network
3- (2 months) - results analysis and final presentation
Phases
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Local newspapers, radios, magazines, newsletter, mailing list, partners web site, posters, brochures
Information campaign
Participation rules:By themselvesTaking part in collective activities
Participants duties: Actively participate to monitoring
Experimentation
1248 households
(1000 expected)
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Local Groups
49 groups local based,
managed by facilitators
The groups provided:
assistance support the monitoring of the change. meeting opportunities and ideas exchange socialization
Offered instruments
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Sevilla, March 23, 2007 – V° European Conference on Sustainable Cities and Towns
Second level meetings
Thematic meetings with experts on project’s
issues
Labs
To experiment with practices the change of
lifestyles, acquiring knowledge and
instruments for everyday life.
Offered instruments
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Stil-Info points
Two public info-points in Venice and Mestre
Guide
Suggestions and information about the project
issues. Organized as a schedule folder, it is
an instrument to be implemented during the
different activities
Offered instruments
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WEB site: www.cambieresti.net
Offered instruments
Material incentives for changing lifestyles, as
goods and services:
Ex. Energy saving lamps, water flow reducer, car
sharing subscriptions, public transport season-
tickets, tap water analysis, domestic compost,
etc.
Incentives
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1. Households consumption
Monitoring of energy and water
consumptions, through reading
meters each 2 months Filling questionnaire about
building’s data
Monitoring
Energy efficiency certificate by Venice Energy Agency
Consumptions in KWh/ m3 /year
54
Consumptions in m3 /year of gas (estimated)
558
Energetic Class of building C
2. Lifestyles behaviours
Monitoring
2) Monitoring behaviours relating the project issues, through compulsory questionnaire and checklist, at the beginning and at the end of experimentation
Personal results giving to each participant
3. Ecological Footprint
strengthening of best practicesgrowth of critic attention in purchasinguse of cheap technological stuffgrowth of car sharing subscriptions…
Incentive for self-monitoring and self-evaluation
Monitoring results
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“Solidarity Economy Network”
20 producers, craftsmen, sellers, …
1. To accept principles of eco-sustainability, cooperation, clearness, privilege towards local products
2) Starting new real actions (i.e.: Clear prices, direct selling, labs, etc.)
3) To elaborate proposals to Cambieresti? participants
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Towards participants
1. Greater awareness and a self-consciousness,
2. Straightness of social networks
3. Development of parallel projects
4. creation of 7 new Purchasing Groups
5. Participants new skills enabling and raising of
their ability to propose projects and actions
Main results
Promotion of “Moreover Cambieresti? Network”
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3. Implementation of CAmbieRESti? Energy 300x70 project
4. Implementation of ECHO ACTION - Energy Conscious HOuseholds in action project
5. Implementation of Venezia per l’Altra Economia project
Main results
Towards promoters
1. Activation of innovative services within the Municipality
2. Application of this format in different context
EIE
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