WP2 is very glad to announce that the ECS profile (in English) is already available on the EdiCitNet toolbox web.  The ECS PROFILE aims to promote an interactive and inclusive knowledge sharing among people already involved, or willing to get involved, with the edible city movement.  The ECS PROFILE showcase diverse information such as:

– Short description
– Starting year
– Type of ECS (i.e private garden, local market, community kitchen)
– Location and contact
– Link to social medias
– List of edible goods and activities
– Network
– Type of ownership and funding
– Marketing strategies
– Initial budget and running cost
– Type of access (private or public)
– Edible and non-edible nature-based solutions
– Production methods

Furthermore, participants of a certain ECS can give their feedback though the ECS profile by clicking on “SHARE YOUR EXPERIENCE”.

Addionally, the ECS profile puts forward a unique performance assessment in terms or sustainability, urban challenges and ecosystem services addressed.

Coming soon (spoiler alert)! Currently, WP2 team is working on a set of interactive features which are based on exiting social medias such as Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn. The idea is that users will be able to interact with a ECS by leaving comments and questions and following an ECS PROFILE to get updates on events and news.

The City Team discussed the different already existing edible city solutions which will be further analyzed for the EdiCitNet Masterplan Berlin. As an outcome of the meeting, a short description of the projects was prepared. As part of the analysis of those projects, local ECS developers and teams will be interviewed.

Here, feedback on the questionnaires is expected from everyone. We hope to encourage more projects to register on the EdiCitNet Toolbox as well. The City Team is also working on a factsheet about the EdiCitNet research project to enable political involvement.

Furthermore, Terms of Reference were discussed and adapted.

On Tuesday, February 2, the first days of reflection in one of our partner cities SFLL were held.

In the virtual session different entities of the city and other members of the group met, who shared the objectives, challenges and vision of the future in relation to the work they develop around a common axis, such as the implementation of solutions based on nature for food production.

As a support of the project, the entity Arran de Terra proposed a dynamization to promote the participation of everyone with a brief presentation, and more specifically three experiences that have been developed in the municipality. In the course, a climate and dialogue of proximity between the participants was generated, with a debate that allowed drawing a map of proposals with solutions based on nature, and the relationship that people can have in a constructive way. These reflections will be the basis of work of the next forum where work will continue with the aim of making Sant Feliu an edible, sustainable city that generates intergenerational and economic relations around food cultivation.

Read more here: https://www.sostenible.cat/article/el-projecte-ciutats-comestibles-de-sant-feliu-de-llobregat-celebra-les-primeres-jornades-de

The French Ministry of Agriculture has recently launched a 30 million Euro support programme for urban agriculture and community gardens as part of its Corona strategy for the economic recovery of the country. One of the reasons given for this measure is that the edible city can make good use of its advantages, such as creating social cohesion and educational work, especially in these difficult times. Another 34 million are allocated for urban agriculture projects, which are currently underway in areas of urban renewal!

Let’s see who will follow France!

Read more about it here: Agriculture urbaine : les financements France Relance pour l’initiative « Jardins partagés » désormais disponibles | Ministère de l’Agriculture et de l’Alimentation

At minus 7 degrees, palm kale grows and spinach sprouts without any problems! This can be seen right now in an unheated glass house in the middle of Berlin on Friedrichstraße, which is currently closed to traffic. So let’s stop thinking that this is only possible in summer. Beyond urban farming, the edible city offers endless opportunities to produce, process and distribute food in the city, bringing people together, creating jobs and revolutionising unsustainable food systems.

REACT has participated in the Tunisia Environmental Film Festival ENVIROFEST TUNISIA  from 11^th to 13^th of  December 2020 at the prestigious “Cité de la Culture de Tunis”.

EnviroFest is an annual cultural, educational and cinematographic event that provides a platform for understanding and debating environmental issues.

EnviroFest is organized by the Tunisia Cinema Foundation since 2017.

For its third edition, the festival stretches over a period of seven months traveling to eight cities around Tunisia. In addition to screening award-winning films about the environment, the festival sets an environmental village in each of these cities.

The environmental village is an open forum for associations, private companies, individuals and institutions that advocate for awareness and actions to save our environment with practical daily steps. In addition to film screenings, a large part of the festival activities is focusing on workshops and playful activities for children and teenagers to raise their awareness of critical environmental issues such as global warming,

REACT and Carthage were part of the Village and have introduced to visitors their involvement and activities towards the EdiCitNet project. The broadcast of two short movies, produced as media support for explaining the aims and strategy of EdiCitNet in Tunisia was an opportunity to exchange with visitors and even with a special guest; the Tunisian minister of agriculture.

Many stakeholders and initiatives were invited to the Environmental Village, active members of civil society, wildlife protection programs, startups and ECSs involved with REACT and Carthage in the Edible Cites Network. They had the opportunity to introduce their services and sell products. They were pleased to participate and to broaden their collaboration; they have all noticed and contributed to the friendly atmosphere and exchange during the event.

Participating in the EnviroFest was a precious occasion to present in detail ECS, edible cities and urban agriculture to a large public. And also to explain how EdiCitNet could help to better adapt all these concepts in Tunisian context.