Edible Cities participated in the autumn celebration held by Prinzessinnengarten last Thursday 08.10 at 14:30 in GutsGarten Hellersdorf. Neighbors, along with project members, had the chance to grill, share food together, exchange anecdotes and ideas and enjoy a music show performed by children from the local school. The local project “Hellersdorfer Gesichter” also took part in the event, where participants had the chance to narrate their own stories and receive a portrait from one of the artists involved. It was a great opportunity to meet each other, explore and garden together while enjoying a nice autumn evening.

On September 22, 2020, the seventh edition of the pre-labour course Technician in the maintenance of urban gardens, composting centers and gardening (ASSÍS verd) began, promoted by the ASSÍS Reception Center and UB Solidarity Foundation. The training is intended to people in situation of homelessness cared for at the ASSÍS Reception Center and other social entities.

As part of the series of technical visits to ECS organized by REACT, we visited on September 11, 2020, Tunisie Auaponie. It is a company founded by the young fishery agri-entrepreneur Mr. Sofiene Rouis. Enthusiastic and passionate, he is a leader in this field and launched his company 3 years ago offering training services in aquaponics as well as the design, installation and monitoring of aquaponics units. His original concept is based on two volleys.

The first is the aquaponics technique used, which is a soil-less culture synchronizing the breeding of freshwater fish (aquaculture) and the cultivation of plants, fruits and vegetables, in water (hydroponics). It is based on the installation of a balanced and autonomous system thanks to a symbiotic relationship between fish, bacteria and plants. It is an ecological, biological and water/nutriments saving system with also an integration of rainwater. The second flight is the adaptation of this system to the urban context. Such a culture blends with urban architecture and can be installed on the walls, roofs, terraces and even the small balconies of apartments. He is daily working in improving the system to adapt it to the urban contexts and to extend it to a wide variety of vegetables and plants.

Any city dweller; as an eco-responsible consumer, by installing an aquaponics unit, benefits from fresh and organic products of a vegetable garden as well as a production of tasty Tilapia fish.

The visit took place in a friendly atmosphere with several question/answer sessions as well as practical exercise related to Tilapia multiplication process. At the end, each participant composed bouquets of vegetables and medicinal plants as a welcome gift. 

Tunisia aquaponics begins to irradiate in Tunisia, its units were visited by the Ministry of Agriculture, Water Resources and Fisheries. We wish Tunisia aquaponics good continuation and success on a national and international scale.

We are pleased to introduce to you the association REACT, which is part of the Edible Cities Network.

REACT draws on the multiple multidisciplinary experiences of its members in various fields of research and innovation (water and environment, biodiversity, human health, IT, etc.). The association also relies on the professional and associative networks of its members and is a sustainable development association with an expertise in the fields of Water management and the integration of non-conventional water for optimal use of water resources in arid environment and to achieve zero discharge.

Their main work consists of the protection of biodiversity while developing and integrating endemic plants into both ecological and production systems, the governance and institutional aspects related to water and health and support to decision-makers and main actors and the moderation, dissemination and awareness-raising among different target groups including young people.

The association’s main role in the project is to support the Follower City Carthage with the integration of ECS into urban master plans and the ECS development adapted to specific climatic, social and cultural contexts.  This implies the integration of sustainable components on ECS linked to water and biodiversity, co-creation and exchange meetings with main actors as well as the implementation of the Carthage city team, including the awareness-rising, capacity building, dissemination and the sustainability of EdiCitNet achievements.

Find their projects and more information on their website: http://react.org.tn/

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On August 20, the second workshop for the implementation of ECS in our Living Lab Marzahn Hellersdorf in the Front Runner City Berlin took place.

At the first workshop in July, the City Team there selected six topics to focus on: direct marketing of regional food, activities in the manor garden, product development, improving the accessibility of the garden, decentralized areas for food and conflict management.

During the second workshop, the participants (divided into small groups) developed project ideas on these topics, which can be further processed as edible city solutions. A ranking was used to select the three topics that should be further developed: activities in the manor garden for children and adults, decentralized areas for food and product development. The aim was to develop three projects from these themes as edible city solutions for the Hellersdorf site.

After the workshop, the project concepts will be worked out in the form of an “Implementation Plan” and coordinated with the City Team. All participants are invited to get more involved in one (or more) of the projects and to become part of a working group.

We are happy about this fruitful workshop and thank all participants for their active participation!

We are pleased to introduce to you the company Andernach.net, which is part of the Edible Cities Network.

Andernach.net is the official site for tourism in our Front Runner City Andernach.

They offer guided tours and walks through the edible city of Andernach, and regularly organise theatre and concerts. Additionally, the tourism platform provides information about hiking and cycling paths and offers round and stage tours.

Tourists which visit the city of Andernach are very interested in the project of the “edible city” for which reason Andernach.net is the intersection to transmit the activities of the project of EdiCitNet to the guests and to support the network with their expert knowledge in questions of marketing.

Find their projects and more information on their website: https://www.andernach-tourismus.de/

Become part of the EdiCitNet Marketplace along with many exciting initiatives like Andernach.net and register here: https://www.edicitnet.com/biz/