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NEWSLETTER - April 2023
Interconnecting SSE in Europe
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Slow speed….

Slow speed….

Editorial by Josette Combes, RIPESS Europe - The transport sector is the leading emitter of greenhouse gases and its impacts on the environment are numerous: air pollution, water pollution, noise pollution,…

SSE around the world

Expansion of the Solidarity Economy in the world

Article by Daniel Rabanaque for economiasolidaria.org - The economic model of the Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE), based on solidarity, cooperation and democratic participation, is growing and expanding worldwide. In Europe…

Special Issue on Green transports

Free public transport in Luxembourg

Article by Eric Lavillunière, Transition Minett - Luxembourg is the first country in the world at offering free public transport throughout the country to any traveller. This is valid when you…

Velorution: changing the city, changing life

Article by Vélorution Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg - Transportation is responsible for a significant share of greenhouse gas emissions, the main cause of climate change. This is the case worldwide, and even more…

GKN FOR FUTURE: Italy’s first socially integrated factory

By Jason Nardi, RIES Italia - Something extraordinary is happening in Florence, Italy. Since a year and a half, a community in support of the workers of the GKN factory (producing…

Horse-drawn carriages taking children to school? Why not?

La Chapelle Gaceline, a rural commune in Morbihan (Brittany, France) has been building an increasingly marked horse identity since 2009. It began with the arrival of Nayak, the first territorial…

CoopCycle: uberization is not inevitable

Excerpt from the article in Sésame magazine, by Stéphane Thépot - Change of gear With Jean-Bernard Robillard, a former courier of the Belgian start-up who made a…

Blowing in the wind

Examples of sailing transport are multiplying, sometimes coupled with other themes than simple transport without carbon impact: Low-tech catamaran world tour 2016_2022 - In 2016, Le Nomade des Mers, catamaran ambassador…

Cargonomia in Budapest: bicycle and degrowth

Extract from "Reimagining the world of (care)work: the case of Cargonomia", Ágota Csoma and Orsolya Lazányi, 2019 - The case we aim to present in this paper is a degrowth-inspired open…

RailCoop: Sustainable and citizen mobility on track!

Summary of the interview with Alexandra Debaisieux from RailCoop, Pour la Solidarité - RailCoop is a Cooperative Society of Collective Interest (SCIC) that aims to…

Carpooling, solidarity-based shared mobility

Two examples among others: 1. Mobicoop, France Article based on the article in Reporterre, Covoiturage: Mobicoop, l’alternative solidaire à Blablacar, by Franck Dépretz, September 4, 2019 and the Mobicoop website.…

Save The Date !

Insights into ECOLISE’s policy flagship project: Communities and the European Green Deal – and how you can contribute

Last chance to register to #DAKARGSEF2023

Beyond Growth, Pathways towards Sustainable Prosperity in the EU

17 April : International Day of Peasant Struggles

Call for Global Solidarity Actions

International Day of Voting Rights for all, 26 April

Join the campaign !

Join Ripess Europe & GEN Europe for the European Ecovillage Gathering - 12 to 17 July, Germany

Social Economy 2023 – Building a stronger and resilient Europe - June 7 to 9, Gothenburg, Sweden

What's happening on Socioeco.org in April ?

Soft mobility, solidarity mobility, sustainable mobility, shared and inclusive mobility, you will find analysis documents and examples of initiatives by putting “ecomobility” in the search engine of socioeco.org. Some examples:…

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