Next Generation - Summer Academy (Siófok)
2024-09-14 13:00 - 2024-09-15 14:00 (Europe/Brussels) | Siófok Youth Hostel, Siófok, Hungary, Siófok, Hungary
About the event:
Young people today are faced with a plethora of (bad) news and complex challenges, and it can be difficult to see the forest for the trees. How do local water struggles connect to the EU’s green agenda? What can health system failures tell us about rethinking care ahead of the next pandemic? And what is the role of education in building a society that is ready for a green and just transition?
With interactive sessions and expert inputs, this summer academy tries to combat skepticism and misinformation with vibrant discussions and ideas for change. Join us to think and work with others who are equally committed to a green future, and learn more about potential levers of change – in Hungary and across Europe.

Project background:
GEF’s Next Generation summer academy builds on several years of training young green activists in Hungary and beyond, offering tools, knowledge, and skills to counter disengagement and Euroscepticism in times of crisis.

Speakers:

Gergely Karácsony – Mayor of Budapest
Miklós Sebők – Research Professor at Centre for Social Sciences
Lili Aschenbrenner – Fridays for Future
István Bart – Energiaklub
Mia Machac-Tóth – United Forum of Students
Rebeka Szabó – Párbeszéd (Dialogue)
Eliza Popper – Green European Foundation
László Szilágyi – Progressive Hungary Foundation

And many more!

Programme:
Please note that the exact programme and timings remain subject to change. Registered participants will be informed accordingly.
Saturday, 14 September
13:00 – 13:30 Welcome speeches and icebreaker
13:30 – 14:15 Book talk: “The Beginning of the World”
14:15 – 15:00 Green Europe 2030: what comes next?
15:00 – 15:45 Future of the Green Deal following the European elections
15:45 – 17:00 BREAK
17:00 – 18:00 Fight against climate change: is adaptation really our last chance?
18:00 – 19:00 Next Generation of Green Europe: a conversation with the Mayor of Budapest
19:00 Dinner, campfire, and party
Sunday, 15 September
09:20 – 10:00 Book talk: “Handbook for Revolutionaries”
10:00 – 10:45 U.S. presidential election and the future of global climate policies
10:45 – 11:00 BREAK
11:00 – 11:45 From silence to action: where is the future of education?
11:00 – 12:00 Sustainable healthcare on the brink of climate change
12:45 – 13:30 LUNCH and closing

Practicalities:
Date and Time: Saturday, 14 September (13:00) – Sunday, 15 September (14:00)
Location: Siófok Youth Hotel, Balaton, Hungary
Language: Hungarian
Registration: Please register in advance via this link. Meals and accommodation are provided free of charge, you just need to cover your own travel. Spots are limited, so do register as quickly as possible!

This summer academy is organised by the Green European Foundation with the support of the Progressive Hungary Foundation (MMAA) and the financial support of the European parliament to the Green European Foundation.

Green Academy: Stay with the Trouble! (Komiža)
2024-08-24 - 2024-08-28 | Hotel Biševo – Ribarska ul. 72, 21485, Hrvatska, Croatia, Ribarska ulica, Hrvatska, Grad Komiža, 21485, Croatia
About the event:
The Green Academy is a discussion and dialogue platform, established in 2010 as a space for advanced learning in political ecology. The 9th edition of Green Academy is entitled ”Stay with the Trouble,” and will feature a varied programme of keynotes, panels, workshops, and social activities. As part of the programme, GEF is hosting a series of Green Talks spotlighting our latest work on the wellbeing economy, adaptation, and building a resilient Europe beyond growth.

Project background:
If trends continue, the summer of 2024 is likely to be the hottest yet, with the daily reality of the climate crisis coming into even sharper focus for ever more citizens. Yet unlike five years ago, climate and biodiversity do not dominate the political headlines or European voter priorities, whether due to disillusionment, disinformation, or competing concerns like cost-of-living and (in)security.
More than ever, it is important to demonstrate how social and ecological justice go hand in hand, and to foster the bottom-up democracy to make that happen. Concepts and ideas like post-growth, the commons, and citizen assemblies may hold some of the answers, but need the right narratives and policy grounding to truly pierce the mainstream European debate. GEF has supported this endeavour for a long time, including as a partner of the 2023 Beyond Growth Conference in the European Parliament and the International Degrowth Conference that took place in Zagreb that same year.
As we get ready to enter a new EU cycle, with a reshuffled parliament and Commission, it is crucial to keep the momentum going and ensure that wellbeing and a prosperous Europe beyond growth remain on the agenda. The Green Academy provides a constructive yet convivial setting in which to learn, exchange and expand on this challenge, in line with GEF’s role as a hub for political education and laboratory for new ideas.

Programme and Speakers:
GEF’s Green Talks are featured in specific slots throughout the programme. August 24th and August 28th are arrival and departure days.
Monday, 26/08 (12 – 13:30): Enough – Thriving Democracies for Tomorrow’s Europe
Panel discussion with Remy Bonny, Danijela Dolenec, Dirk Holemans, and Elze Vermaas (moderated by Alice Hubbard)
Tuesday, 27/08 (12 – 13:30): A Race Against the Clock? Time and Climate Adaptation
Panel discussion with Marc Martorell Escofet, Marie-Monique Franssen, and Katarina Kusic (moderated by Alessio Giussani)
Tuesday, 27/08 (17 – 19:00): Knowledge Community on the European Wellbeing Economy
Interactive workshop with Emma Bergeling and Antoine Oger (moderated by Sien Hasker and Laurent Standaert)

Practicalities:
Date and Time: 24-28 August
Location: Hotel Biševo – Komiža, Croatia
Language: English
This is an invitation-only event with limited capacity. For more information please contact sien.hasker@gef.eu and/or lana@ipe.hr.

This event is co-organised by the Green European Foundation with the support of the Institute for Political Ecology and with the financial support of the European Parliament to the Green European Foundation. The European Parliament is not responsible for the content of this event.

Green Day in Poland: EGD for All (Szklarska Poręba)
2024-06-29 10:00 - 18:00
About the event
Do we really want to continue on the path of exponential growth and increasing consumerism? If we do, a major global catastrophe is inevitable. Rapid change is needed at all levels: global, European, national, regional, and local.While the European Green Deal has provided a much-needed roadmap at the EU level, its implementation, particularly the social dimension, has fallen short of many greens’ hopes and expectations. More worryingly, the progress made over the past five years is now under threat from growing conservative and far-right voices in the European Parliament and certain national governments. Amid these forces of delay and distraction, it is crucial to equip European citizens with the tools to continue fighting for a European Green Deal for All.
Poland “returned to the European Union” thanks to the extraordinary electoral mobilisation of Polish society, especially women and young people. However, with this new progressive coalition in power, it is crucial for progressive stakeholders to strengthen their bonds to ensure a lasting impact on society. Additionally, they must ensure that the new coalition remains true to the principles for which they were elected.

This one-day GEF summer school in Poland aims to connect the green movement, NGOs, activists, and other relevant stakeholders. The program will cover topics such as just energy transition, alternative models like doughnut cities and the wellbeing economy, and the future of the European Green Deal (EGD).
Sessions will explore the connections between the ecological and social dimensions of the doughnut model, with a backdrop of the European Union’s landscape following the 2024 elections, especially concerning the fate of the EGD. Particular attention will be given to exchanging local solutions and best practices to build grassroots support and resilience for eco-social policies, utilizing European tools and leverage where possible.
Regarding energy transition, the focus will be on lignite mining, which dominates this Polish-Czech-German border region, seeking cross-border exchanges and ideas.

Project background
This project connects to GEF’s strategic and thematic priorities Capacity Building for All, Go Green East and South, and Green Deal for All. Additionally, it reinforces GEF’s specific focus on Poland and maintains the momentum of our work as the European Green Academy moves to Brussels in 2024.

Speakers
To be announced

Programme
10:00 – 11:30 Doughnut morning: building a thriving, just, and inclusive Europe within planetary boundaries
CONFERENCE HALL (EN/PL): Roundtable on the social doughnut – how to ensure inclusion of women, youth, LGBTQ+ residents, and people with disabilities?
PARALLEL ROOM (EN): Workshop on introducing the city-level doughnut as a social pact

11:30 – 12:00 Coffee break

12:00 – 12:45 Official opening and keynote speeches
CONFERENCE HALL (EN/PL)

12:45 – 13:45 Plenary debate: Future of the European Green Deal
CONFERENCE HALL (EN/PL): Panel discussion on EU 2024: What about the European Green Deal for All?

13:45 – 15:00 Lunch break

15:00 – 17:30 Energy transition afternoon: transborder exchanges

15:00 CONFERENCE HALL (EN/PL): Plenary presentations on transborder approach to energy transition: the future of lignite in the Tri-Earth region
16:00 CONFERENCE HALL (EN/PL): Round table discussion on the future of lignite areas of the Tri-Earth transborder region

Practicalities
Date and Time: 29th of June, 10AM-6PM CEST
Location: Szklarska Poręba, Poland
Language: English and Polish (simultaneous translation will be provided)
Registration and logistics: This summer school is open to everyone. Please register in advance here. After registration, you will receive a confirmation email within 5 days. Spots will be allocated on a first come, first served basis – with a final deadline of Friday, June 7th.
Participation fee: GEF’s Green Day in Poland is free for all registered participants. However, if you wish to stay in the pre-booked accommodation or participate in the side programme of activities organised by our partners (27, 28, and/or 30 June), then you will be asked to cover part of the food and accommodation costs.
You will be contacted by the organisers after registration to confirm these arrangements. Please do not let this be a barrier, as we can waive or reduce fees on a case-by-case basis.
Contact: Please email sien.hasker@gef.eu if you have any further questions or concerns.

This summer school is organised by the Green European Foundation, with the support of Strefa Zieleni and the financial support of the European Parliament to the Green European Foundation.

Deliberative democracy in tackling climate justice? (Požega)
2023-08-26 10:00 - 12:00
About the event
During this lecture and discussion, we will try to define some advantages and ambiguities of Deliberative Democracy when confronted with other participatory practices based on self-mobilisation, as a leverage to discuss about “hybrid” practices and how they must be related to the pre-existing struggles in a territory, and to the next-steps of decision making. A series of filed-of-contested-actions will emerge, for opening space to the working groups for imagining solutions that can better relate mini-publics to maxi-publics, and lay-and-expert knowledge. Leading questions will be formulated about what can we intend as justice (included epistemic justice), how can we tackle the asymmetries of information, and avoiding to consider territories as a neutral ground on which a debate on a specific issues (for example: those related to energy) has to start from scratch.

Project background
The projects aims to explore the different levels and possibilities of citizen participation. Experiences from different countries are presented and discussed, this summer school event being one oft them.

Speakers
Giovanni Allegretti, Centre for Social Studies (CES) of the Coimbra University, researcher on citizen participation in the management of territorial transformations and budgeting.

Practicalities
Date and Time: 26th August 2023, 10am-12am
Location: Osnovna skola Emilija Ostojic, Knjaza Miloša 26, Požega 31210, Serbia
Language: The main languags of the event will be English.

This EGAT programme is organised by Green European Foundation with the support of Institute of Center for Green Politics and with the financial support of the European Parliament to the Green European Foundation.

The Green Narrative on Peace and Security (Vaxtorp)
2023-07-19 12:00 - 16:30
About the Event
This learning space is designed for young activists (15-35) from across Europe. The two sessions, organised by GEF with the support of FYEG, will facilitate learning about what security is and what it can mean in different regional contexts in Europe, in the light of past conflicts, crises and current trends. The session will be led by carefully selected experts. Following this, space will be given to those directly affected by the recent conflict in Ukraine to share their thoughts, experiences and ideas for moving forward. After the Summer School, participants will be able to talk about security in an informed and holistic way.
Project background:
This event is part of the Summer Camp: Writing the Green Stories. The camp focuses on building the capacity of young people to create their own narratives, turning their personal stories and experiences into activist actions.

Speakers

Sofija Todorović, Programme Director of YIHR Serbia
Palina Burko, Belarusian environmental activist, Republican Theater of Belarusian Drama
Yevheniia Bryhinets, Executive Committee Member of Cooperation and Development Network Eastern Europe (CDN)

Programme
12:00 – 13:00: Security and geopolitics – hand in hand?

Sofija Todorović, Programme Director of YIHR Serbia

15:00 – 16:30: Workshop: Security in times of war – Belarusian and Ukrainian perspective

Palina Burko, Belarusian environmental activist, Republican Theater of Belarusian Drama
Yevheniia Bryhinets, Executive Committee Member of Cooperation and Development Network Eastern Europe (CDN)

Practicalities
Date and Time: 19 July, 12 – 16:30 CEST
Location: Vallåsens Värdshus, Rössjöholmsv. 20, 312 98 Våxtorp (Sweden)
Language: English.
Format: In person event
Registrations for this event are now closed

These summer school sessions are organised by the Green European Foundation with the support of FYEG and the financial support of the European Parliament to the Green European Foundation.

Green Days for the Future (Gdansk)
2023-06-30 08:00 - 2023-07-01 17:00
About the event
The Green Days for the Future will unite Polish green movement representatives to share their views on current issues. GEF will specifically organise three sessions: More than energy–battle for the nuclear or for the vision of future? (plenary session) Sustainable Food System–different perspectives (parallel session) and how to ensure that European Funds serve the EU’s strategic objectives?–The role of Monitoring Committees and Horizontal principles of conditionality (round table). European and Polish speakers will engage in the debate together and offer valuable insights into the topics.

Project background
This event is part of the Polish Green Days project in which green actors address central challenges for a green Europe. The energy crisis forces states to rethink their energy policy, which will be more closely discussed. Additionally, there is a need for a sustainable plan to guarantee food is accessible and affordable to everyone.

Programme
Friday, 30th June 2023
10:30 – 11:45 Opening Plenary – More than energy – battle for the nuclear or for the vision of the future?

With Ula Zielińska,Dagmar Tuschek, Ewa Bińczyk (UT) lub Michał Krzykawski (UŚ), Kacper Szulecki lub Radek Gawlik, Radek Ślusarczyk, Zofia Łapniewska, moderated by Ewa Sufin-Jacquemart & Hanna Schudy

12:00 – 13:15 Sustainable Food System – various perspectives

with Olivier de Schutter, LVC, Dr Alicja Baska, Małgorzata Tracz, Lena Kuklińska and others! Moderated by Maria Staniszewska.

Saturday, 1st July 2023
11:45-13:15 How to ensure that European Funds serve the EU’s strategic objectives? – The Role of Monitoring Committees; Horizontal Principles of Conditionality

with wona Janicka (OFOP) and others! Moderated by Bogna Czałczyńska.

You can access the full Green Days schedule – including more speakers and other sessions not organised by GEF – via this link.

Practicalities

Date and Time: 29th June 15:00 – 1st July 19:00
Location: Hotel Orle, Lazurowa 8, 80-680 Gdańsk
Language: The main languages of the event will be Polish and English, with some sessions with simultaneous interpretation provided EN<>PL.
Registration: Registrations are now closed.

This summer school sessions is organised by the Green European Foundation, with the support of Strefa Zieleni and the financial support of the European Parliament to the Green European Foundation.

Green Political Activists Training (Balatonfenyves)
2023-06-08 08:00 - 2023-06-11 21:00
About the event
Are you interested in the environmental challenges faced in Hungary and in Europe? This summer camp will explore how to mobilise citizens and get organized to overcome these issues in an interactive way, and with the support of various experts.
As part of the training, participants will also have the opportunity to reflect on individual responsibilities, engage in green workshops and receive inputs and advice from EU actors especially tailored to them.
And last but not least, participants will also have time to network and meet other like-minded young green activists.
Project background
This event is part of the Green European Foundation’s Green Political Activist Training Project for which we put together a series of training courses and seminars aiming to help participants understand the concepts of political ecology and apply them to both local and European-level politics.
In this summer university, we will examine policies in place and policy proposals on various levels, such as local currents or the European Green Deal. Our goal is to prepare participants for both assessing and advocating policies in line with progressive green values.
The ultimate purpose of the training is to offer young green activists new tools and knowledge and an opportunity to network and get in contact with political actors and experts on multiple levels to come together as a political community. It is essential for us to help like-minded movements and actors connect to make the political ecosystem flourish.
Programme and Speakers
Thursday 8 June – Welcome to the summer school!
12.00 Arrival
13.00 – 13.30 Opening of the Green Summer University: Welcoming words by GEF and partners (online)
14.00-15.30 Workshops on green policies, getting to know each other
16.00 – 17.00 Sustainable Food production, food and self-sufficiency (hosts: Ferenc Tóth, Lili Forján)
Participants of the discussion: István Németh (organic farmer, cheese producer)
17.30-18.30 Food sovereignty in Europe Dr. Ágnes Kőváriné Bartha
19.00 Dinner
21.00 – 22.00 Campfire, Film Screening – A Just Transition

Friday 9 June – Living sustainable in a Europe under transition
8.00 Breakfast
09.00 – 10.30 Our Living Waters (host: Rita Csillag)
The state of Hungary’s and Europe’s wetlands: a brief historical overview, what is the present and what will the future hold. Participants of the discussion: environmental policy expert Dalma Dedák (WWF), landscape researcher Levente Viszló (ProVértes Public Foundation)
11.00-12.30 GET ORGANISED! Advocacy board game from and with the School of Public Life
13.00 Lunch
14.00-15.00 Workshops on green policies and netwroking
15.00 – 18.00 Sustainable Lifestyle (Host: Menta Móra)
The discussions will cover urban living and its social dimension, as well as the energy and waste aspects of the issue.

Part 2: How can we ensure a sustainable food supply and grow our own food?

Guests:
Pártha das (Krishna Valley) Gábor Nagy (Waldorf)

Section 2: How can we afford housing and living well with the environment?

Guests:
Zsolt Szegfalvi (Habitat for Humanity), Martin Takács (My Grandfather’s House)
18.00-19.00 Workshops on green policies, networking
19.00 Dinner
21.00 – 22.00 European Green “pub quiz” with Rita Csillag

Saturday 10 June – How to become a green activist
8.00 Breakfast
09.30 – 11.00 Political activism (host: Lili Forján)
Round table discussion on political activism. Our common successes, our common failures. Learning together. Participants of the discussion : Ádám Fischer (Vice-Mayor of Ercsi), Mihály Csernai (FreeSZFE, former President of the SZFE Student Union), a member of the Tanítanék Movement, Bence Járdány (green activist, photographer of GREENPEACE)
11.00-12.30 How can we promote European and Green Unity: Developing an Action plan
13.00 Lunch
14.00-15.30 workshops on green policies and networking
16.00 – 18.30 Have your say! EU Debate Theatre with Jakab Tóth (Partizan)
Who is responsible for the green switchover? Individual responsibility or the responsibility of decision-makers to set our future on a green path? Debate and play with all the camp participants.
19.00 Dinner
20.00 – 22.00 Networking

Sunday 11 June
8.00 Breakfast
09.00 – 10.30 Camp closing

Green Workshops running during the camp:

Making a compost toilet with Martoni Szabó (Thursday, Friday, Saturday)
Action planning (Thursday, Friday, Saturday)
Solar lighting making with Szilagyi Laszlo (Friday, Saturday)
Crafts – reusables with Forján Lili (Thursday, Friday, Saturday)
Children’s programmes with Krisztina Tóth (Thursday, Friday, Saturday)
Everyone is welcome! The discussions will be non-scientific, all participants are free to join in! We count on your social activity in the GREEN SPACE and in the discussions!

Practicalities
This event will be held in person. We have limited places, the registration follows a first come-first-served basis.
Date: 08-11 June 2023
Location: Balatonfenyvesi tábor
Language: The event will be held in Hungarian.
Registration: Please register in advance here
Facebook event

This event is organised by the Green European Foundation with the support of Progressive Hungary Foundation and the financial support of the European Parliament to the Green European Foundation. The European Parliament is not responsible for the content of this event.

Writing the Green Stories (Vaxtorp)
2023-04-15 09:30 - 2023-04-23 21:00
About the Event
GEF is organising a day focusing on peace & security in the framework of the The Federation of Young European Greens’ 2023 Summer Camp’. We aim to bring together a diverse group of young people who will learn about the green narrative on peace & security – from Dublin to Tbilisi, from Oslo to Nicosia. Our diverse and unique lived experiences, perspectives and beliefs are what make us green. Help us define what Europe’s future should look like and learn about the role of peace & security in the green movement!
Programme
More details on programme and speakers will be announced shortly!
Practicalities
Date: 20 July (10:00 – 22:00)
Location: Vaxtorp, Sweden
Audience: This summer school gathers 40 young people aged between 15 and 35.
Language: The main language of this activity will be English.
Registration: Sign up here

These summer school sessions are organised by the Green European Foundation with the support of FYEG and the financial support of the European Parliament to the Green European Foundation.

Green Academy: Archipelagos in Movement (Komiža)
2022-08-27 - 2022-09-01 | Vis Island, Croatia
About the event:
In the aftermath of the COVID-pandemic and surrounded with the devastating impacts of the war in Ukraine, we are moving forward with the second decade of the Green Academy, an effort to provide permanent discussion and a learning platform for progressive, green and left social forces in the Balkans, Europe and internationally.
While new energy and food crises are approaching quickly, the depth of the climate crisis and huge loss of biodiversity did not disappear. On the contrary, they are at its peak, continuing to challenge our maturity to create conditions for the good life of the generations to come. And yet, achievements and successes, bigger and smaller, of green and progressive political platforms in Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro and Slovenia demonstrate that the green wave is spreading through Eastern Europe and the Balkans – and that the protagonists that might be carriers of systemic change, though surrounded by hostile environments and worsening conditions, are gaining more and more recognition and power.
Our event is located on the island of Vis, in the midst of the Adriatic archipelagos, but in this 8th edition we explicitly focus on symbolic archipelagos of epistemological, cognitive, practical and political “islands of change” that exist across geographical but also institutional, disciplinary and practical territories and imaginaries. Placing our conversations and learnings in time of turbulences and global turmoil, we aim to create conditions to dive deeper into ideas, cases or models of transformative practices where more autonomy and/or innovation is being exercised, with the final goals of ensuring a just, secure, democratic and ecologically sustainable future. These emerging archipelagos spread across different division lines of class, gender, disciplines, sectors; as spaces of autonomy, emancipation and counter power to any oppressive, extractive, exclusive regime. It is the movement of these archipelagos that can open the door for paradigmatic shift and systemic change, which still appears to be very fragile.
This year, we will dive deeper into our imaginary of change and search for the ways of mutual empowerment. We will revisit our roles and reflect upon our strategies; learn from various experiences and dive deeper into ideas that are based on more autonomy, more self-organisation and internal knowledge-sharing. Before the next wave of expansion, our archipelagos need time to reflect on achievements and failures which occurred in our collective experience. Our program is inclined to be more open to initiative and self-organisation. Therefore, besides keynote lectures, panels and workshops, we will ensure sufficient time for participants to self-organize around certain topics and propose topics around which they want to initiate discussion (see Call for sessions).
Programme:
Confirmed speakers include:

Dirk Holemans – co-president of the Green European Foundation, director of Oikos
Danijela Dolenec – deputy mayor of the city of Zagreb, Možemo!
Giorgos Kallis – ecological economist, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB)

Jagoda Munić – director at Friends of the Earth Europe
Srećko Horvat – philosopher, DiEM25

Check out the provisional programme via this link.
Practicalities:
Dates and Time: 27th to 31st of August 2022. Registration starts at 18:00 on the 27th of August and the program starts at 20:00 with the opening session. During your stay at the Green Academy, the program will start at 9:30 and end at 22:30 (including 4 hours of lunch, sun, and sea break between 13:30 and 17:30).
Catering and Accommodation: Participants will have paid accommodation in two-bed rooms, including breakfast and dinner in Hotel BiSevo, which is also the primary event venue.
Location and Travel: The Island of Vis is easily reached via a ferry line from Split, Croatia. Check www.jadrolinija.hr for timetables. Once you arrive on Vis, a bus to Komiza waits for you in front of the port. Check the bus timetable here.
Due to decreased funding in 2022, we are able to offer travel costs only to speakers. In cases of international travel, where more people travel together (car-sharing) or take public transport to reach the Green Academy, co-financing of travel costs (up to 50%) will be considered. Travel costs within Croatia will not be covered.
Call for Action:
Registration for this event is now closed.

The Green Academy is organised by the Green European Foundation and Institute for Political Ecology, with the financial support of the European Parliament to the Green European Foundation.

This Oppressive System & our Mental Health (Rouen)
2022-07-27 09:30 - 21:00
About the Event
This youth-focused summer camp will consist of workshops and discussions exploring mental health in all of its political relevance, including how such issues disproportionally affect the oppressed and activists, and its relation to freedom of expression, right to protest, and access to information in Europe.
GEF, with the support of our partner FYEG, is providing selected participants with a crash course on how public policies and civil society actions address mental health at various levels, including on a European scale. Participants will be challenged to use their creativity, critical thinking, and activist skills to design the green visions and policy solutions of the future–addressing mental health and the fight against oppression across Europe.
Programme
09:30-10:00 Morning circle
10:00-11:30 Mental health and policy: national and regional level
11:30-12:00 Coffee break
12:00-13:30 Mental health and policy: European and international level
13:30-15:00 Lunch
15:00-16:30 Radical view: imagining the policies for an ideal future
16:30-17:00 Coffee break
17:00-19:30 Committee work and reflection groups
19:30-20:30 Dinner
21:00 Non-stereotypical cultural fair
More details on programme and speakers will be announced shortly!

Practicalities
Date: 27 July (10:00 – 22:00)
Location: Rouen, France (Auberge de Jeunesse – 3, rue du tour Route de Darnétal)
Audience: This summer school gathers 40 young people aged between 15 and 35. Registrations are now closed and all selected participants have been informed.
Language: The main language of this activity will be English. Not being comfortable interacting in English

These summer school sessions are organised by the Green European Foundation with the support of FYEG and the financial support of the European Parliament to the Green European Foundation.

European Green Academy
2022-07-15 09:00 - 2022-07-16 19:30
About the Event
The European Green Academy opens its doors for the first time! On this occasion, the Green European Foundation, in cooperation with Strefa Zieleni and Heinrich Böll Stiftung Warsaw will invite diverse green actors, activists, politicians, and academics from all over Europe to further explore the political situation in Poland and build bridges and connections between national and European-level debates.
Topics and methods
The Academy will be the key meeting point for over 150 Green actors and interested citizens from Poland and across Europe to connect, debate, and build capacities. With this initiative, the organisers seek to promote an inspiring learning environment, facilitating skills building to collectively bring about a better future. With that in mind, the programme will delve into salient green issues via a diverse range of formats, including workshops, training, plenary debates and networking. The Academy will also serve as a space to strengthen connections between the Polish and European Green movements. The sessions will be split into four different streams:

⇉ JUST TRANSITION
✹ ENERGY
🕊 PEACE & SECURITY
⚧ FEMINISM & LGBTIQA+ RIGHTS
◉Livestreamed sessions

The Green European Academy will be hosted by Agnieszka Lichnerowicz and Sebastian Wehrsig
Programme

FRIDAY 15 JULY

08:45 – 09:30

ARRIVAL AND REGISTRATIONS

09:30 – 11:00

STREAMS

Parallel 1

Roundtable
Conference Hall

Parallel 2

⇉
Doughnut Economy in Polish Cities: Utopia or Political Project?
[EN]

🕊
Refugees and Migration: Poland, Ukraine and the EU Perspective
[EN]

✹
Shared Energy, Efficient, and Sufficient Energy, [EN/PL]
[EN]

⚧
LGBTIQA+ Rights in the Green Movement

[PL]

11:15 – 12:15

⊷ CONNECT

12:15-12:45

GROUP PHOTO
Roof Terrace

12:45 – 14:15

LUNCH

14:15 – 14:45

WELCOME [EN/PL]
Conference Hall

14:45 – 16:15

PLENARY
Go Green Go Social: Challenges and Pathways for a Socially Just Transition in Poland and the EU [EN/PL]

16:15-16:45

BREAK

16:45 – 18:15

STREAMS

Conference Hall
Roundtable
Parallel 2
Parallel 1

⇉
Right to Housing in Times of Instability
[EN/PL]
🕊
Just Transition in Rural Areas
[PL/EN]
✹
Deconstructing the Nuclear Industry Myth and Lobbying
[EN/PL]

⚧
Feminist Foreign Policy
[EN/PL]

18:30 – 20:30

⊷ NETWORKING DINNER
Roof Terrace

SATURDAY 16 JULY

09:30 – 10:00

◉ KEYNOTE
Conference Hall

10:00– 11:30

◉ PLENARY
Peace and Security: What do Polish and Ukrainian Perspectives Mean for the Debate on a Green European Vision for Security? [EN/PL]
Conference Hall

11:30 – 11:45

BREAK

11:45 – 13:15

STREAMS

Conference Hall
Parallel 1
Roundtable

Parallel 2

Media Literacy to Strengthen Democracy in Eastern Europe

🕊
Food Security in Times of Crisis
[EN/PL]

✹
Metals for the Energy Transition
[EN]

⚧
Reproductive Rights in Central and Eastern Europe
[EN/PL]

13:20 – 14:00

ENERGY SECURITY: A EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVE [EN & PL]
Conference Hall

14:00 – 15:30

LUNCH

15:30 – 17:00

STREAMS

Parallel 1

Conference Hall

Parallel 2

Roundtable

⇉
Greens Reinvent the City
[EN]

🕊
Biodiversity & Conflict: the Environmental Cost of the War in Ukraine
[EN & PL]

✹
Skills Training – Tiktok: Debunking Disinformation on Nuclear
[EN/PL]

⚧
Dare to Care or Ecofeminist Power of Change
[EN/PL]

17:00 – 19:00

📽 SCREENING AND DEBATE
Conference Hall

Practicalities
Date: 15-16 July 2022
Location: Conference Hall at the Copernicus Science Centre (Centrum Nauki Kopernik), Warsaw, Poland
Language: English and Polish.
Registrations are now closed.
For questions or more information, contact antoine.preel-dumas@gef.eu.

This event is organised by the Green European Foundation with the support of the Fundacja Strefa Zieleni, Heinrich Böll Stiftung Warsaw and with the financial support of the European Parliament to the Green European Foundation.

Ecotransformation Summer School (Litomyšl)
2022-07-14 08:00 - 2022-07-17 17:00
Context
The quick transformation of European energy is one of our biggest challenges today. Russia’s attack on Ukraine, and thus on democracy and fundamental freedom, has shown that investment in renewable energy production and storage is crucial not only for tackling the climate crisis and mitigating its effects but also as part of a strategy to increase European security and our energy independence.
Unfortunately, the Czech Republic is still lagging behind in this regard. Will the amendment to the Energy Act bring a change that sets rules for community energy production? What can cities and municipalities do today to promote renewables and increase energy self-sufficiency? The ongoing crises highlight the need for significant changes in how we operate as a society, how we manage limited resources, care for the natural environment, and care for each other. What is the role of politicians, activists and other partners in achieving such change? How can we support each other and spread green ideas? These are the questions we’d like to debate this during this summer school.
About Ecotransformation 2022
Ecotransformation is an environmental policy summer school, but it’s also a weekend full of interesting seminars, debates, presentations and experiential workshops aimed at helping you develop skills to drive green social change. In this third edition, we will focus on the following areas and topics:

Energy revolution: how cities and municipalities can support the development of renewable energy sources and contribute to increasing energy security
Community energy opportunities: experience from other European countries and what we can expect in connection with the new energy law organizing across movements: how to achieve lasting change in a sustainable, inclusive and effective way – communication, cooperation, capacity building and finding partners in different parts of society
Seeking consensus in a divided society: public opinion is influenced by a number of stereotypes and deliberate misinformation, the debate on issues such as helping refugees is dominated by populists who reduce it to simple slogans, a splitting society – what we can do about it and how to talk to people who do not share our opinions

Who is this summer school for?
We invite anyone passionate about green policy and wanting to take an active part in promoting it. This event can be beneficial for people interested in environmental issues who want to explore how to implement practical sustainable solutions such as activists, researchers, students, scientists, teachers, politicians, journalists and so on.

Programme
THURSDAY 14 JULY
19:00–21:00 Public Debate: Pacifism and green values in the light of the war in Ukraine
Dagmar Tutschek (Co-president of the Green European Foundation and chair of FREDA, Austria)
Kateřina Vnoučková (Faculty of Social Science, Charles University in Prague)
Moderator: Michal Berg

FRIDAY 15 JULY
9:00–9:45
Introduction & Ice-breakers
Klára Berg (GEF)
10:00–11:00
Community energy – experience from Austria – Michael Sigmund, Vice Mayor of Pressbaum, Austria
Modern waste management – example of good practice – Jan Pažin, Choceň Town Councillor
11:15–12:45
The energy revolution: reducing our dependence on Russian fossil fuels – Patrícia Čekanová, Association of Community Energy of the Czech Republic
14:30–16:00
Organizing the climate movement – Klára Bělíčková, Klára Suková, Fridays for Future Czech Republic
Walking tour of Litomyšl – Citizen participation in the design of urban public space – Daniel Brýdl, Litomyšl Town Mayor
16:30–18:00
Community energy projects: energy self-sufficiency of municipalities – Jiří Krist, Local Action Group Opavsko
Active hope – doing activism sustainably (workshop) – Martin Nawrath, therapist and facilitator
20:00–21:30
Debate: Barriers and opportunities for engaging women in active citizenship
Anna Kárníková (Friends of the Earth Czech Republic)
Klára Bělíčková (Fridays for Future Czech Republic)
Eliška Koldová (cooperative SdruŽeny)
Moderator: Marie Sehnalová

SATURDAY 16 JULY
9:00–10:30
Group Work & networking
Klára Berg (GEF)
10:45–12:15
Building communities – experience from Poland (workshop in English) – Dagmara Kubik, Rzecz Społeczna
Ageing in the city, cities friendly to older people – Marcela Petrová Kafková, Department of Sociology, Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University in Brno
14:30–16:00
How to engage religious communities in environmental issues – Marek Drápal, Czech Christian Environmental Network (ČKES)
Light pollution – Hynek Medřický, the lighting expert
16:30–18:00
Klimavize – the future of the Czech climate movement – Tereza Navarová, klimavize.cz
Citizens’ assemblies as a tool for change – Andrea Culková, filmmaker, author of the documentary Citizens’ Assemblies
20:00–21:30
Civil society in Ukraine before and during the war (helping activists in occupied Ukraine) – Milan Štefanec, NESEHNUTÍ

SUNDAY 17 JULY
9:00 – 12:30
Open space – an opportunity to bring your own topics

Practicalities
Date: 14. 07- 17. 07. 2022
Location: Castle Hill in Litomyšl
Price: The price of the registration fee includes accommodation and meals
– basic amount of fee 990 CZK
– reduced fee 650 CZK
– sponsorship fee (any amount over 990 CZK)
The reduced fee is intended for those participants who, for whatever reason, cannot afford the basic fee – we do not require any justification. If you can support the event with an amount higher than 990 CZK, we will use it to pay the total budget.
Accommodation: the price of the registration fee includes accommodation in 2-4 bed rooms with shared bathroom facilities.
If you have questions or special requests for accommodation, do not hesitate to contact us.
Meals: we provide common vegan / vegetarian meals for all participants throughout the event.
Registration: Registrations are now closed for this summer school
Contact person: Martina Dušková, project coordinator, martinaduskova@yahoo.co.uk
– We look forward to seeing you in July!

This event is organised by the Green European Foundation, with the support of the Institute for Active Citizenship and the financial support of the European Parliament to the Green European Foundation.

We are the future, but we are here NOW (Riga)
2022-06-08 09:00 - 2022-06-12 18:00
About the Event
Around 30 young people from Eastern Europe (Latvia, Poland, Balkans, South Caucasus, Ukraine and Belarus) will meet up to discuss the actions that can be taken in the ever-shrinking space for civil society in the Eastern part of our continent. We will look at the EU integration processes, the future of activism and politics and concentrate on 4 different skill-oriented tracks that are becoming more and more useful for the youth in Eastern Europe:
1. Creative Campaigning
2. Debates and public speaking
3. Movement organising
4. Non-Formal Education
The programme will be based on the principles of non-formal education and intercultural learning. We strive for an active and inclusive environment for direct communication and sharing of knowledge. The sessions will be balanced between theoretical inputs, work in small groups, workshops, discussions, training, and other interactive methods of non-formal learning.
Programme:
Arrival day
Day 1: Introductions, Team building, takaways from the 1st event, home evaluation groups
Day 2: Introductions to: Non formal education, creative campaigning, public speaking, non verbal communication, local actions planning, intercultural evening
Day 3: Introducions to: live and online events, urban performances, debates, non formal education methodologies, public speaking, free evening
Day 4: Non formal education in local actions, working wiht trainers, public speaking, teambuilding, presentation, movie night
Day 5: Morning cicle, technicalities of reporting, local actions planning and presentations, evaluation, final party
Departure day
Speakers & trainers

Nika Tarasevich (she, Belarus/Georgia) teacher of art, expert on artivism and long time practitioner.
Luka Gudek (he, Croatia) CDN alumnus, master degree holder of Political science.
Hanna Filistovich (she, Belarus/Lithuania) seasoned activist and organiser, experienced with the movement organising in Belarus.
Maja Klimentic (she, Bosnia and Herzegovina/Czech Republic) CDN alumnus, she was a member of 10+ preparatory teams, Non-formal eduction expert and gender activist.

Practicalities
When: 8-12th May, 09:00-18:00 PM CEST
Time Zone: Eastern European Summer Time (EEST) / Coordinated Universal
Time (UTC) + 3
Location: Rija VEF Hotel, Brīvības 199c, Riga, Latvija, LV-1039
Language: The main language of this activity will be English. But not being comfortable with interacting in English should not prevent you from applying. GEF & CDN strives to create an inclusive atmosphere at the events, where participants are encouraged to express themselves and ask for clarifications or translations from peers that speak the same language.

Additional Reading
Bulgaria’s Greens: From Street Protests to Government
How Green Independents Broke Through in North Macedonia
Extraction and Energy Transition in Serbia
Can Protests Steer Serbia Back Towards Democracy?
The War in Ukraine is Part of the Soviet Empire’s Unravelling
The Unfinished Business of Building Bosnia-Herzegovina
The Romanian Protest Wave: A Path to a New Political Era?
Belarus’s Struggle for Democracy

This event is organised by the Green European Foundation with the support of CDNEE and with the financial support of the European Parliament to the Green European Foundation and supported by the European Youth Foundation of Council of Europe. The European Parliament is not responsible for the content of this event.

This Oppressive System and our Mental Health (France)
2022-05-01 08:00 - 2022-05-16 17:00
About the Event
This six-day summer camp will consist of insightful workshops and discussions exploring the topic of mental health in all of its political relevance. We will aim to unravel how such issues disproportionally affect oppressed individuals and communities as well as the activists fighting against the systems of oppression. We will also tackle other issues such as freedom of expression, right to protest, and access to information in Europe.
GEF will be organising a one-day summer school as part of this activity, with a particular focus on mental health in the European political context and how the green movement can play a role.
Practicalities
When: 23 – 28 July (arrival on July 22nd, departure on July 29th)
Where: France (exact location to be confirmed)
Who: We are looking for 40 young people between 15-35, residing in one of the Council of Europe member states, Belarus, Russia and Kosovo*. We welcome applications reflecting diversity in all forms; therefore we encourage applications from those who identify as women*, LGBTQIA+, POC, or with a disability or other health impairment.
Language: The main language of this activity will be English. Not being comfortable interacting in English should not prevent you from applying, as we will try finding a solution with you to support you.
Further information on cost, Covid guidelines, and travel and accommodation can be found here.
How to Apply
Please apply online via this link.
Deadline: May 16th at midnight CET
You will be informed about the results of the selection within ten days after the deadline.

These summer school sessions are organised by the Green European Foundation with the support of FYEG and the financial support of the European Parliament to the Green European Foundation.

This Oppressive System & our Mental Health (France)
2022-05-01 08:00 - 2022-05-15 23:30
About the Event
This six-day summer camp will consist of insightful workshops and discussions exploring the topic of mental health in all of its political relevance. We will aim to unravel how such issues disproportionally affect oppressed individuals and communities as well as the activists fighting against the systems of oppression. We will also tackle other issues such as freedom of expression, right to protest, and access to information in Europe.
GEF will be organising a one-day summer school as part of this activity, with a particular focus on mental health in the European political context and how the green movement can play a role.
Practicalities
When: 23 – 28 July (arrival on July 22nd, departure on July 29th)
Where: France (exact location to be confirmed)
Who: We are looking for 40 young people between 15-35, residing in one of the Council of Europe member states, Belarus, Russia and Kosovo*. We welcome applications reflecting diversity in all forms; therefore we encourage applications from those who identify as women*, LGBTQIA+, POC, or with a disability or other health impairment.
Language: The main language of this activity will be English. Not being comfortable interacting in English should not prevent you from applying, as we will try finding a solution with you to support you.
Further information on cost, Covid guidelines, and travel and accommodation can be found here.
How to Apply
Registrations are now closed.

These summer school sessions are organised by the Green European Foundation with the support of FYEG and the financial support of the European Parliament to the Green European Foundation.

GEF at the Green Days: On the Way to COP26
2021-08-27 08:00 - 2021-08-28 17:00
About the Event:
The past year has taught us painful but vital lessons about our relation to nature, the importance of often underfunded public services, and other topics which the Greens have been highlighting for years. Yet as the green wave continues rolling, and with pandemic lessons fresh on our mind, now is precisely the time to refocus attention on key challenges like the climate emergency and to ensure that green-minded activists and politicians are ready to take responsibility at all levels.
The annual Green Days conference is an important moment of learning and exchange for the green movement in Poland and beyond. GEF is hosting several sessions at this event – tackling important topics on the road to COP26. We will address the question of rare-earth metals, a crucial but challenging aspect of the energy and digital transition. We will also ask ourselves what feminist climate and foreign policy looks like, heading to Glasgow, as well as dive into local and regional recovery plans. Finally, we will host a session on agriculture – a sector that is at times particularly hard to reach in our pursuit of a climate emergency economy.

Context:
These seminars are being organised as part of the transnational projects Climate Emergency Economy, Metals for a Green and Digital Europe, Feminists in the Climate Movement, and Cities as Places of Hope. For more information about each of these projects and the other partners involved, please check out their respective project pages on the GEF website.

Speakers:
The extensive line up of speakers includes:

Michael Bloss (MEP, Greens/EFA)
Urszula Zielińska (Polish Green Party MP)
Iwona Reichardt (New Eastern Europe journal)
Tomasz Piątek (investigative journalist, expert on Russia)
Joanna Maria Stolarek (Director HBS Warsaw)
Thomas Simpson (Green Foundation Ireland)
Jakop Dalunde (MEP, Greens/EFA)
Jan Popczyk (Silesian University of Technology)
Elżbieta Anna Polak (President of the Region of Lubuskie)

And many more!

Programme:
Friday, August 27th
11:30 – 13:00 “Agriculture friendly for climate, farmers, biodiversity, consumer health, animal welfare and future generations – utopia or necessity?”

With Tomasz Kowalczewski (senior expert at COWI and author of the EC report “Carbon Economy – studies on support to research and innovation policy in bio-based products and services”), Thomas Simpson (Green Foundation Ireland), Dorota Metera (Forum for Ecological Farming), Justyna Zwolińska (Living Earth Coalition), and more!

15:00 – 16:30 ‘’Green Europe of regions and cities – recovery and climate challenges’’

With Jakop Dalunde (Greens/EFA MEP), Przemysław Słowik (Green local councillor from Szczecin), Ada Colaou (Mayor of Barcelona), Elżbieta Anna Polak (President of the Region of Lubuskie), Miłosława (Miłka) Stępień (Akcja Konin/ Bankwatch), and more!

Saturday, August 28th
9:30 – 11:00 “Europe and Poland in the new global geopolitics of recovery, climate and resources’’

With Michael Bloss (Greens/EFA MEP), Urszula Zielińska (Polish Green Party MP), Richard Wouters (Wetenschappelijk Bureau GroenLinks, Tomasz Piątek (investigative journalist, expert on Russia), Dariusz Szwed (Green Institute), Joanna Maria Stolarek (Director HBS Warsaw), Małgorzata Kopka (former international policy coordinator at HBS Warsaw), and more!

11:30 – 13:00 – Digital economy and artificial intelligence – ethics, responsibility, human rights
Host: Kim van Sparrentak (MEP, online)
With: Anna Adamowicz (Polish technology philosopher), Sarah Chander (EDRI, online, tbc.), Maciej Józefowicz (Partia Zieloni) oraz Karolina Iwańska (online or video, Fundacja Panoptykon).

Lead by: Ioana Banach (Managing Director, Green European Foundation) and Kuba Bilski (Fundacja Strefa Zieleni Council/Partia Zieloni Council)

16:15 – 17:15 “Women on the way to Glasgow – climate and feminist diplomacy and foreign policy”

With Iwona Reichardt (New Eastern Europe journal), Małgorzata Kopka (former international policy coordinator at the HBS Warsaw), and more!

16:00 – 18:30 ‘Metals for a Green and Digital Europe (workshop – activists and experts will work on regional insights for GEF’s Agenda for Action)

With Radosław Gawlik (EKO-UNIA/PZ), Urszula Zielińska (MP), Prof. Jan Popczyk (Silesian University of Technology), Dr. Krzysztof Dudek (Mining and Metallurgy Academy/PZ), Dariusz Szwed (Green Institute), Ewa Sufin-Jacquemart (Strefa Zieleni), and more!

Please note that this programme is provisional and subject to change. Some speakers will be joining online or via video message. You can access the full Green Days schedule – including more speakers and other sessions not organised by GEF – via this link.

Practicalities:
The summer school will be taking place in person at the junction of three provinces: Wielkopolskie, Zachodniopomorskie and Lubuskie, in the Pestkownica settlement belonging to the Krzyż Wielkopolski commune, in the Drawska Great Forest – 200 km east of Berlin. Most sessions feature simultaneous translation in English and Polish.
There is no registration form in English. International participants and panellists who would like to take part in situ are asked to send the information to fundacja@strefazieleni.org with name(s) of participant(s), time and place of arrival/departure, and the relevant Covid-19 information (see details below).
Livestreaming will not be possible, but some sessions will be recorded in English and in Polish for later online viewing.
Transfers
We will have an autocar from the main rail station in Poznań (Poznań Główny) on the August 26th at 15:45 (we will wait however in any case for the arrival of the train from Warszawa, the planned arrival is 15:28). The same day at 22:00 we will organise a car transfer for a few persons. The nearest station is DOBIEGNIEW (25 km from the site) and we will organise transfers from/to there, case by case.
Price and Payment
The organisers offer all the conference logistics and the content, the participants pay the hotel, food and transport (except organised local transfers). The price of the full stay (2 nights with breakfast + 5 lunches/dinners) is 605 PLN (~ 140 EUR) that the participant will be able to pay directly on site if he/she needs an invoice, or pay by bank transfer before the event to Fundacja Strefa Zieleni, if he/she doesn’t need the invoice:
FUNDACJA STREFA ZIELENI, 01-822 Warszawa, ul. E. Schroegera 28, IBAN: [REDACTED] // BIC/SWIFT: BPKOPLPW, title: „Green Days + name(s) of participant(s)”.
COVID-19
Please inform us of the anticipated vaccination or testing status of each participant upon registration.

The participant will be vaccinated with two doses of the Covid-19 vaccine or one dose of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine
The participant will be vaccinated with one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine
The participant will not be vaccinated, but will have an up-to-date COVID-19 test (RT-PCR or antigens, done less than 72 hours before the arrival)
Other situation (please explain)

These summer school sessions are organised by the Green European Foundation, with the support of Strefa Zieleni and the financial support of the European Parliament to the Green European Foundation.

Terrestrial Forum: Horizons of Change- Summer School
2021-08-23 08:00 - 2021-08-29 17:00
About the event:
Sociologists define social change as changes in human interactions and relationships that transform cultural and social institutions. Well known examples of such change have resulted from social movements in civil rights, women’s rights, and LBGTQ rights, to name just a few.
The desire for change will be the driving force of this Summer School. We will explore together progressive policies, institutional practices and the fight for a just society within the limits of global sustainability. The National Forum’s purpose is to inspire progressive policy discussions and facilitate a networking space for social actors. This year’s program comprises three modules:

Affordable housing.
Democratization of public services and management of public resources.
A fair energy transition.

Context
Serbia has been under a conservative and authoritarian government for almost a decade. During this time, the powers in office have rapidly decomposed all the remaining welfare services and further deteriorated the already fragile democratic institutions. Whether one looks at the political, economic or social aspects, the Serbian society cries out for a radical structural change. Although we’ve witnesses a rise in resisting practices that show alternative models of governing, we need to strengthen our efforts to coordinate the counter-hegemonic voices to achieve better results.

Practicalities:
The program will unfold under the current COVID-19 measures. Travel, accommodation and food costs are covered by the summer school organizer. The official language of the school will be B / C / S, while some lectures will be held in English.
Dates: 23rd-29th August
Where: Sremski Karlovci (Serbia)

This event is organised by Green European Foundation with the support of MINISTARSTVO PROSTORA and with the financial support of the European Parliament to the Green European Foundation.

Climate Feminist Summer School
2021-08-20 12:00 - 2021-08-22 19:00
About the Event
Women and minorities are more likely to be affected by the impacts of climate change and environmental crises, but are also key to bringing about change in their communities. Countries with more diversity in decision-making have more ambitious climate policies, while the empowerment of women is also closely linked to better economic and wellbeing outcomes for all.
We need this diversity and we celebrate it, but we also know that it flourishes best when it is pursued actively and obstacles are clearly understood. Specific support for systemically underrepresented groups, including women and non-binary people, is crucial in order to make a change in traditionally male-dominated spaces.
How are women currently excluded from climate negotiations and decisions? What are the lessons and insights from those leaders who have managed to break through? What are the narratives and structures that keep inequalities in place, and the “gender-blind” solutions that fail to challenge the status quo? How does the patriarchal exploitation of the planet relate to the lived experiences and activism of women of colour, indigenous women, LGBTQ+ women, and others? And above all, what can we do to address all of this?
This online summer school will feature a series of interactive sessions to explore the gendered impacts of the climate crisis, but also provide concrete tools, inspiration, and knowledge to equip participants in their own lives and with a special eye on COP26. We will facilitate encounters between activists, climate scientists, researchers, policy makers, campaigners, politicians, and the general public, in order to move this priority high on the agenda and spark connections across Europe and beyond.
Context:
This summer school is part of the project “Feminists in the Climate Movement,” organised by GEF with the support of Visio, Green Economics Institute, Oikos, and Fundacja Strefa Zieleni. With a closed training programme for selected Feminist Climate Ambassadors as well as a series of public events, the project seeks to build capacity among (potential) climate leaders, while highlighting the gendered aspects and impacts of the climate crisis to a broader audience.
Speakers:
Confirmed speakers include:

Prof. Graciela Chichilnisky (professor of economics at Columbia University, IPCC lead author, co-founder of Global Thermostat)
Clare Bailey (Leader of Green Party Northern Ireland)
Jean Lambert (European Green Party)
Mana Livardjani (Director of ENOP – European Network of Political Foundations)
Frances Roberts-Gregory (Northeastern University Future Faculty Fellow)
Patrizia Heidegger (European Environmental Bureau)
Rahila James (ActionAid Nigeria)
Marie Pochon (Notre Affaire a Tous)
Ewa Sufin-Jacquemart (director of Strefa Zieleni, Congress of Women coordinator)
Chelangat Scholar (national chairperson at Green Congress of Kenya)
Olfa Jelassi (GenderCC)
Dr. Alexandra Harrington (research director at Centre for International Sustainable Development Law)

And many more!
Programme:
The full programme and speakers can be found here. Please note that sessions are subject to change.
Practicalities:
Date and time: August 20th – 22nd (13:00 – 19:30)

Sessions include plenaries, networking, workshops, social sessions, and many other formats. There will be plenty of extended breaks, and participants are welcome to join whenever and for whichever session(s) they want.

Audience: This summer school will take place in English, online, and is open to the general public. We strive for an open but safe space, making the summer school as interactive and accessible as possible while ensuring the wellbeing of our participants.
Registration: Please register in advance here.

This event is organised by the Green European Foundation with the support of the Green Economics Institute and with the financial support of the European Parliament to the Green European Foundation. The European Parliament is not responsible for the content of this event.

Cities for all – How?
2021-07-26 07:30 - 2021-07-31 21:00
Objectives:

Exploring new tools and strategies for lobbying the demands of women and young LGBT+ individuals to different stakeholders.
Equipping participants with appropriate skills to work with local communities and organising outreach activities at a local level. Encourage young people’s active mobilisation around the topic of Cities for all.

The programme will be based on the principles of non-formal education and intercultural learning. We strive for an active and inclusive environment for direct communication and sharing of knowledge. The sessions will be balanced between theoretical inputs, work in small groups, workshops, discussions, training, and other interactive methods of non-formal learning.
Context:
The ‘‘Cities for all – How?‘‘ Summer School training will gather young activists who are interested in looking for different urban approaches and questioning the existing urban planning status quo that neglects inclusivity, human rights and needs of the city dwellers. Participants will come from a variety of countries including Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Greece, Kosovo*, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Slovakia, Serbia, Turkey and Ukraine.
*All references to Kosovo, whether to the territory, institutions, or population, in this text shall be understood in full compliance with the United Nations Security Council Resolutions 1244 and without prejudice to the status of Kosovo.

Programme:
Arrival day
Day 1: Introductions, Inclusive cities Online Course recap, Gender in the city
Day 2: Greening the city, Politics in the city, Manifesto discussion, Game night
Day 3: Methods of Urban activism, Actvist action – practical exercise, Importance of the local context, Lobbying and advocacy, Movie night
Day 4: Lobbying and advocacy practice, Free afternoon
Day 5: Taget audience, Emotional communication, Tailoring the message, Communication channels and media, Manifesto discussion, Organisational night
Day 6: Project cycle and technicalities, Communication within the project, LA development, Manifesto discussion, Human library with local activists
Day 7: LA development, LA presentation, Manifesto voting, Evaluation hour, Party
Departure day

Practicalities:
Date: 26-31 July
Place: Novi Sad, Serbia
Language: This activity will take place in English. We strives to create an inclusive atmosphere at the events, where participants are encouraged to express themselves and ask for clarifications or translations of terms from peers that speak the same language.
Costs: The cost of travel (80% or 90%), PCR tests, visa, lodging (accommodation in multi-bed rooms, vegan food, and refreshments), and working materials during the event will be covered by the organisers. In exchange, we ask for a participation fee of 20 EUR from participants coming from non-EU countries and 50 EUR from participants coming from EU countries.
CDN will reimburse 90% of the travel costs for the participants from the non-EU countries and 80% of travel costs for the participants coming from the EU countries, within reasonable limits and within Europe, with the condition of combining the most economic and environmentally friendly means of travel (lowest price + travel time + CO2 emissions).
Registrations are now closed.
If you have any questions or difficulties, please reach out to us via project.coordinator@cdnee.org
Please note that we continue to closely monitor the local COVID-19 situation. Any activities will take place in full compliance with the required hygiene measures, and participants will be informed accordingly.

This summer school is organised by the Green European Foundation with the support of Cooperation and Development Network Eastern Europe, with the financial support of the European Parliament to the Green European Foundation and supported by the European Youth Foundation of Council of Europe.

Ecotransformation of Cities Summer School
2021-07-22 - 2021-07-26
About the Event:
Today, more than 70% of people in the Czech Republic live in cities. For most of us, the city has become a major environment. The appearance of urban space is fundamentally reflected in the quality of our lives. But cities also have a significant impact on their surroundings. They contribute significantly to the production of carbon emissions and thus contribute to climate change. Urban sustainability is one of the keys to solving many global problems.
This July, we will discuss ideas and inspirations on how to build healthier, greener and more resilient post-pandemic cities. We will explore topics such as sustainable urban mobility, supporting healthy local food, introducing principles of the circular economy or climate neutrality at the urban level, and how these concepts impact the quality of life in cities.
Promoting change towards a more sustainable future requires cooperation with many partners. We must communicate our ideas in an inclusive way and invite others to the dialogue. This is why we traditionally include practical workshops in the program, for example on communicating climate change, or how to link municipal policy and local activism in a divided society. Like planetary resources, our powers are not unlimited, so we will also find time for tips on how to take care of your mental health and not burn out.
Context:
This is the second edition of the Ecotransformation summer school, which seeks to empower (local) politicians, activists, academics, and engaged citizens to better understand key green and environmental issues and act for change in their own communities. With a mix of traditional debates and presentations, but also skill-building workshops and more open and informal networking spaces, the summer school inspires, connects, and activates participants for a lasting impact.
Speakers:

Lucie Trlifajová (Institute of Sociology of the Czech Academy of Sciences)
Barbora Bakošová (Re-Set)
Richard Wouters (Wetenschappelijk Bureau GroenLinks)

Anna Kšírová (Doctors for Future)
Ondráš Přibyla (Fakta o klimatu)
Hana Matoušová (City councillor and member of Urban Development Commission, Prague 8)
Michal Berg (European Green Party)

And many more!
Programme:
A weekend full of interesting seminars, debates, presentations and experiential workshops awaits us.
Thursday, July 22nd
19:00 – 21:00 Public debate: Green Recovery of Europe, with Lucie Trlifajová (Institute of Sociology of the Czech Academy of Sciences) and Barbora Bakošová (Re-Set)
Friday, July 23rd
9:00 – 9:45 Icebreaker with Klára Berg (GEF)
10:00 – 12:00 Parallel sessions: Air Quality in Cities / How to Talk about the Climate Crisis
14:30 – 16:00 Parallel sessions: Modern Waste Management of Cities / Mental Wellness – Forest Mind
16:30 – 18:00 Parallel sessions: Re-use Centres / Gender-Sensitive Budgeting and Public Spending
20:00 – 22:00 Debate: Cooperation of Progressive Environmental Movements in Politics, with Michal Šmarda, Michal Berg and others
Saturday, July 24th
9:00 – 10:30 Parallel sessions: Metals for a Green and Digital Europe / Visual Smog in Cities
11:00 – 12:30 Parallel sessions: Transport and Sustainable Urban Development / Email Marketing and Copywriting
14:30 – 16:00 Parallel sessions: Urban Green Space Management in Times of Climate Change / Guided Arboretum Walk
16:30 – 18:00 Parallel sessions: A Charter for the Smart City / Communal Politics and Local Activism in a Time of Social Division
20:00 – 22:00 Mental Wellness: Self-Care in Politics and Activism
Sunday, July 25th
9:00 – 12:30 Open Space – time for participants’ own ideas and contributions
Practicalities:
Date: 22-25 July
Place: Kostelec nad Černými lesy, Czech Republic
Price: The registration fee includes accommodation and meals.

Basic fee: CZK 990
Reduced fee: CZK 650
Sponsorship fee: over CZK 990

The reduced fee is intended for those participants who, for whatever reason, cannot afford the basic fee. We do not require any justification. If you can afford to contribution more than CZK 990, we will use it towards the project costs.
The registration fee includes accommodation in rooms of 2-3 beds with shared bathroom facilities. It is possible to book accommodation in 2-3 bed apartments for an additional fee of 100 CZK / person / night.
Full board meals will be provided starting with dinner on Thursday (22/07) until lunch on Sunday (25/07). Vegetarian food will be provided.
Registration: This summer school will take place primarily in Czech. Advance registration is required via the registration form here.
After completing the application, you will receive a confirmation by email and instructions on how to pay the registration fee. Only after payment will your application be valid.
If you have any questions or difficulties, please contact Martina Dušková at martinaduskova@yahoo.co.uk.
Please note that we continue to closely monitor the local COVID-19 situation. Any activities will take place in full compliance with the required hygiene measures, and participants will be informed accordingly.

This event is organised by the Green European Foundation, with the support of the Institute for Active Citizenship and the financial support of the European Parliament to the Green European Foundation.

Green Academy 2020 “The Future is Ours” (Komiža)
2020-08-21 10:00 - 2020-08-26 21:00
About the event
The Green European Foundation and Institute for Political Ecology are organising the 10th edition of the Green Academy.
Under the title “The Future is Ours,” this summer university will focus on cities and municipalities as the real changemakers and terrains for progressive political change.
The dynamic and interactive program is composed of workshops, debates and lectures designed to encourage participants to dive deeper into the municipalist world and seek solutions that can be the driving force for political change at the local level.

Speakers:
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:

Kathleen Lynch, University College Dublin
Andreas Malm, Lund University
Tine De Moor, Utrecht University

and many more…

Programme:
FRIDAY 21st OF AUGUST
12:00 – 14:00 ARRIVALS AND CHECK-IN IN HOTEL BIŠEVO
17:00 – 19:30 REGISTRATION
20:00 WELCOME AND OPENING
21:00 “ADA FOR MAYORS” SCREENING
22:00 WELCOME DRINK

SATURDAY 22nd OF AUGUST
10:00 – 11:00 PROGRAM PRESENTATION
11:00 – 12:00 TOWARD GREEN INDUSTRIAL POLICY FOR THE EU
-Vladimir Cvijanović
12:00 – 14:00 THE FUTURE IS OURS – MUNICIPALISTS ON THE MOVE
Success stories from municipalists and green political movements (Lyon, Ghent, Barcelona)
17:00 – 19:30 WORKSHOPS – parallel sessions
See detailed programme here
21:00 OUR RAILWAYS – Presentation of IPE’s research on the democratisation of railways

SUNDAY 23rd OF AUGUST
10:00 – 11:00 KEYNOTE LECTURE
-Kathleen Lynch, University College Dublin
TIME FOR A NEW POLITICS: WHY AFFECTIVE JUSTICE MATTER AS A SITE OF RESISTANCE TO NEOLIBERAL CAPITALISM
11:00 – 12:00 HOW TO RECLAIM PUBLIC FUTURE THROUGH LAW
-Marija Bartl
12:00 – 14:00 THE FUTURE IS OURS – MUNICIAPALISTS ON THE MOVE
Cities Donuts – Introduction to the vision of sustainable and just cities (IPE)
17:00 – 19:30 WORKSHOPS – parallel sessions
See detailed programme here

MONDAY 24th AUGUST
10:00 – 11:00 KEYNOTE LECTURE
-Andreas Malm, Lund University
CORONA, CLIMATE AND CHRONIC EMERGENCY
11:00 – 12:00 PUBLIC OWNERSHIP IN / OF ENERGY TRANSITION – EU / UK EXPERIENCES
-Andrew Cumbers
12:00 – 14:00 THE FUTURE IS OURS – MUNICIPALISTS ON THE MOVE
-Case study – Mediterranean cities
17:00 – 19:30 WORKSHOPS – parallel session
See detailed programme here
21:00 “PUSH” SCREENING

TUESDAY 25th AUGUST
10:00 – 11:00 KEYNOTE LECTURE
-Tine De Moor, Utrecht University
COMMONS AND COLLECTIVE ACTION IN ENERGY TRANSITION
11:00 – 12:00 ESKOM TRANSFORMED: ACHIEVING A JUST TRANSITION FOR SOUTH AFRICA
-Daniel Chavez
12:00 – 14:00 THE FUTURE IS OURS – MUNICIPALISTS ON THE MOVE
-Case study – post-industrial cities
17:00 – 19:30 WORKSHOPS – parallel sessions
See detailed programme here
21:00 GREEN ACADEMY 2020 – IDEAS FOR THE FUTURE
22:00 PARTY
WEDNESDAY 26th AUGUST
DEPARTURES

Practicalities:
The event will be in Croatian and English.
Hotel accommodation and two meals per day (breakfast and dinner) is provided by the organisers. Travel costs can be reimbursed up to €250.
Given the COVID-19 pandemic, the organizers have been meeting various challenges, therefore minor changes to the program can still occur. This call is published at short notice.
Support for maximum 12 places is offered to participants from across Europe:
3 – the Balkans, Russia, Georgia, Ukraine
3 – Central and Eastern Europe
3 – Southern Europe
3 – Western and Northern Europe
Given the short deadline, the organisers ask for a short biography in English (no longer than 1 page) and a letter of interest (maximum 2000 characters) with two reference contacts (email and phone), preferably from people who have already participated in the Green Academy in previous years. Applications should be sent to ipe(at)ipe.hr by August 18, 4:00 PM CET.
The organisers reserve the right to cancel the event last-minute in case of a COVID-19 emergency. The event follows a NO REGRETS POLICY: travel can be reimbursed only after the event has taken place and once the travel documentation was provided to the organisers (in accordance with the guidelines provided prior to the event by IPE).
The organisers will ensure basic epidemiological standards are met during the event, however also bear in mind the general COVID-19 guidelines that need to be respected outside and beyond the conference, for everybody’s safety and well-being.
Applicants will be informed about the outcome by August 19.

This event is organised by the Green European Foundation with the support of Institute for Political Ecology and with the financial support of the European Parliament to the Green European Foundation. The European Parliament is not responsible for the content of this event.

Ecotransformation 2020 Summer School (Kostelec nad Černými lesy)
2020-07-23 18:00 - 2020-07-26 14:00
About the Event:
The transition to a sustainable, carbon-neutral future is a central theme of current European policy. Tackling the climate crisis – mitigating climate change and adapting to its inevitable effects – is one of the biggest challenges on this path.
We know how to do it. But can we convince others of that? Can we reach out to the important public and private partners and convince them that the transition to a sustainable economy is also in their interests? And does green politics go hand in hand with activism?
It turns out that we need to change the way we communicate on environmental issues. More and more people are aware of the threat of climate change, but it is difficult for them to imagine how to deal with it effectively. They need to hear a new story. The story of how we can handle the crisis together.
We cordially invite all those who are interested in green policy and want to take an active part in promoting to Ecotransformation 2020, a weekend full of interesting seminars, debates, presentations and experiential workshops grouped around several main topics:

Urban climate crisis and what to do about it: how to transform our cities to be better prepared for climate change and to actively contribute to reducing emissions.
Transforming the approach to landscape management: how to heal our landscape and increase its resilience to ongoing change.
Changing ways of communicating the climate crisis and other environmental topics: using the knowledge of ecopsychology and the art of telling the story of positive change.
Transformation of Czech ecological policy into a successful project – the role of activism, inspiration from neighbouring countries.

Speakers:

Carmine Rodi – trainer, facilitator and consultant, an expert in communication skills, public speaking and storytelling techniques.
Helena Truchlá – editor of Aktuálně.cz
Ondráš Přibyla – founder of faktaoklimatu
Petra Kolínská – Zelený kruh (association of Czech ecological NGOs)
Martin Ander – Partnership Foundation (Nadace Partnerství)
Zuzana Pavelková – Federation of European Young Greens

Additional speakers may be announced.
Programme:
Thursday, 23 July
Public debate: Million Moments for Climate
Friday, 24 July
Climate change adaptation of cities

The new building law as one of the tools to solve the climate crisis? (Petra Kolínská – Zelený kruh)
Climate emergency – how cities respond to climate change (Martin Ander – Nadace partnerství)
Solutions to heat and drought in cities – LIFE TreeCheck project (Dita Tesařová – Nadace partnerství)
Blue-green-grey infrastructure (Jitka Češková – Pardubické ekologické forum)
The transition of cities to renewable energy (Jan Krčmář – Solární asociace)
Sustainable mobility (Roman Meliška – Consultant in Urban Mobility)

Adapting landscape to climate change

Healing our landscape – the transformation of agriculture system in the face of the climate crisis (TBC)

Communicating climate change

Environmental issues in the media – journalist cover of climate change (Helena Truchlá – Aktuálně.cz)
How to talk about the climate crisis I – project “Fakta o klimatu” (Facts about climate) (Ondráš Přibyla – Fakta o klimatu)
How to talk about the climate crisis II – topic management in the climate change discussion (Ondráš Přibyla – Fakta o klimatu)

Saturday, 25 July
Storytelling – introducing environmental topics to the public

Workshop, in English (Carmine Rodi – lecturer of storytelling)

Using videos in environmental activism

Workshop, in Czech (Petr Salaba – photographer and documentary filmmaker)

Transforming green politics into a successful project

Sharing European experience (Wojciech Kubalewski – Co-Chair of Green Party Poland)
European cooperation on environmental policies / European Green Deal (Kateřina Davidová – EUROPEUM Institute for European Policy, additional speakers to be announced)
The relationship between activism, the non-profit sector, and politics (debate with guests from across the environmental movement, to be announced)
How to involve young people in politics (Zuzana Pavelková – Federation of Young European Greens)

Sunday, 26 July
Workshop: Ideas for sustainable economic recovery at the urban level
Open Space
See the detailed programme here.

The summer school is organized the Green European Foundation with the support of the Institute of Active Citizenship and the financial support of the European Parliament to the Green European Foundation.

Univerde: Capitalism in Front of the Mirror - the Socio-Environmental Response to a Predatory System (Córdoba)
2019-11-15 - 2019-11-18 | Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain
Event Background
The capitalist model of the 21st centuray has generated serious socio-evironmental crise, chiefly those of climate change and the degradation of biodiversity.
In the face of these challenges and the worryingly low levels of concern and action on the social and political levels, society must reflect on our future path to reverse the deterioration of the planet’s vital systems. The European Union needs to be a leader in the shifts to a more equitable and sustainable model.
About the Event
The 11th edition of the Green University in Spain, Univerde: Capitalism in Front of the Mirror – the Socio-Environmental Response to a Predatory System, will focus on the political and societal changes necessary to transition to a just and sustainable model. It will also explore the role of Europe as a leader in driving this change.
There will be particular focus on the topics of climate change, environmental refugees, geopolitics, conflicts over natural resources and Green policies versus the rise of the extreme right.
This event will allow for a political debate on the existing socio-economic model and the path forward, providing a space for exchange on good practices and real alternatives for a fairer, more equitable and respectful system for the planet.
Programme
FRIDAY 15
17:00 Welcome ceremony
17:30 Opening speech “Collapsing systems. Biophysical triggers of political situation”
• Nafeez Ahmed Mosadeqq, investigative journalist, author and academic
18:30 Break
19:00 Plenary Session “Understanding the system to change it”
It is increasingly clear that the capitalist system has ceased to increase the welfare of the majority
and is pushing environmental degradation to the limit. If we do not change course and overcome the
current social and economic model, the future will be seriously compromised. But to launch the
change we need to reflect on the system itself from different fields: political, educational, economic,
social …
Speakers:
• Antonio Campillo, philosopher and sociologist, professor of Philosophy at the University
of Murcia and former president of the Spanish Network of Philosophy
• Julio Anguita, teacher, politician and writer
• Lourdes Lucía, lawyer, editor, activist and co-founder of ATTAC Spain
Moderator: Manuel Bermúdez, Doctor of Philosophy, Professor in the Faculty of
Education Sciences at Córdoba University
SATURDAY 16
09:15 Parallel sessions
• Fake news and environmental crisis
Manuel Bermúdez, Doctor of Philosophy, Professor in the Faculty of Education Sciences at
Córdoba University
• Environmental migrations
Raquel Celis y Ana Ferri, CEAR Euskadi

11:00 Break

11:30 Keynote speech by Fernando Valladares, research professor of the Spanish Research
Council (CSIC) at the National Museum of Natural History (MNCN) and associated professor at the
Rey Juan Carlos University of Madrid

12:15 Plenary session “Biodiversity under threat”
Capitalism and its excesses are having terrible consequences on the biodiversity and ecosystems of
our planet. The latest IPBES report alerts us to its very serious situation and the threat of extinction
of more than one million animal and plant species in the coming decades. This loss and
deterioration of biodiversity on a global scale also puts humanity at serious risk by subtracting
possibilities for future generations to enjoy a decent and healthy life.
Speakers:
• Victoria Reyes García, environmental anthropologist. ICREA Research Professor at the
Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals (ICTA) at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
• Pilar Marcos, environmental biologist, coordinator of the Biodiversity Area of Greenpeace
Spain
• Alejandro Sánchez, biologist, regional deputy, member of the board of Fundación EQUO
Moderator: Rosa Tristán, journalist

14:00 Break for lunch

16:00 Parallel sessions
• Basic Income as a tool towards the ecological transition
Julen Bollain, economist and researcher, member of the Basic Income Network and BIEN
(Basic Income Earth Network). Member of the Basque Parliament by Elkarrekin Podemos
Jorge Pinto, research associate at the Centre for Ethics, Politics and Society (University of
Minho, Portugal) and co-founder of the Portuguese party LIVRE
Lucía Baratech, economist specialized in Ecological and Social Economics. Member of the
Basic Income Network
• The emerging social movements
Yetta Aguado, Koro López de Uralde y Tomás Castillo, activistas por el clima

18:00 Break

18:30 Plenary session: “The EU and the challenge of an unplayable ecological transition”
In this panel discussion we will try to address the real capacity and possibilities of the European
Union to make a fair ecological transition from the current social and political situation; resistance
to change and progress made; its role, responsibilities and obligations globally.
Speakers:
• Ernest Urtasun, MEP. Vice-president of the Greens/EFA in the European Parliament
• Susana Borrás, Associate professor of Public International Law and International Relations
and coordinator of the Master’s Degree in Environmental Law at the University Rovira i
Virgili
• Marcos Castro, Professor of Applied Economics at the University of Malaga
• Juantxo López de Uralde, Ecologist. Member of the board of Fundación EQUO
Moderator: Lidia Ucher, journalist

20:15 Conclusions and closing
SUNDAY 17
10:00 – 14:00 Free visit to the archaeological complex of Medina Azahara, near Córdoba.
Practicalities
To register for this event, please visit the Univerde website (in Spanish), where you can also find more information on the event.
Registration fees:

€40 for registrations before the 31 October
€45 for registrations 1-11 November
€50 for tickets bought at the event
Reduced fees are available from €25 and €10

Summer School – Youth and the City: Young People for Fair and Green Cities (Prague)
2019-08-05 - 2019-08-10 | Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
About the Event
Green European Foudnation partner Cooperation and Development Network Eastern, alongside Alternative Urbanisation Working Group, are announcing a call for Participants for the summer school “Youth and the City: Young People for Fair and Green Cities”.
The Summer School aims to conceptualise and promote the model of sustainable and democratic cities among active young people in the Central and Eastern Europe and provide them with tools for reclaiming their cities.
The aims and objectives of the project are:

To create a space for youth to discuss the concept and role of Alternative Urbanisation in shaping the future of the cities;
To empower young people to use the city as a platform for doing local, Green and alternative politics;
To create a toolkit of positive practices and methods of influencing politics on a very local level.

Practicalities
The event will take place from 5th to 9th of August in Prague ( 4th and 10th are travel dates to and from Prague.)
Language: The main language of this activity will be English. But not being comfortable interacting in English should not prevent you from applying, the majority at the event will be non-native speakers and the group will be able to help out if there is some term you might not know!
Costs: The full cost of working materials, visa and lodging (accommodation in multi-bed rooms, vegetarian food, and refreshments) during the event will be covered by the organizers. In exchange, we ask for a participation fee of 20 EUR for participants coming from non-EU countries and 30 EUR for participants coming from EU countries.
Accommodation, food, working space, travel and visa costs for participants will be fully covered. For selection of travel means we encourage participants to combine the most economic and environmentally friendly way (lowest price + travel time + CO2 emissions).
Programme
The programme for this event can be found here.

*All references to Kosovo, whether to the territory, institutions or population, in this text shall be understood in full compliance with the United Nations Security Council Resolutions 1244 and without prejudice to the status of Kosovo.

Hackathon on Social Rights at FYEG Summer Camp (Serbia)
2019-07-25 - 2019-07-27 | Serbia, Serbia
Event Background
Summer Camp & GEF Hackathon
Green European Foundation partner Federation of Young European Greens is organising the Summer Camp “Our Social Rights – Our Future!” that will take place from 22 – 28 July 2019 in Serbia. GEF will support the Summer Camp and organise a hackathon that will take place on 25 and 26 July.
The summer camp will consist of five full days exploring different tools and platforms Young Greens can use to campaign and advocate for social rights. Participants will leave the summer camp with practical skills to use and share in their local contexts and on European level.
The aims of the summer camp are:

To understand how social rights apply to specific topics – including regional specificities, a just transition towards a sustainable society, and gender aspects.
To determine which tools to use for a campaign/advocacy depending on the cause and context, and how to apply these tools with limited resources.
To equip participants with the skills needed to carry out hackathons in their local regions.

About the Event
Hackathon – an intense, sprint-like, goal-oriented, small teamwork-based activity. Hackathon is a period of 36h when participants can plan, design and carry out their own mini-projects in small teams. The teams will be composed of young people – participants and guests – with different skills and backgrounds: activists, young advocates, lawyers, and programmers.
Programme
The programme will be based on the principles of non-formal education and intercultural learning. We strive for an active, inclusive environment for direct communication and sharing of knowledge. The summer camp will balance the dynamism of the hackathon with interactive discussions and reflections for participants to develop their practical and theoretical knowledge of social rights in an supportive and informal environment.
Participants will already be familiar with social rights and issues facing young people through the other activities of the summer camp.
The participants will identify their particular interests and choose one problem that they want to find a solution for. Forming teams of three-four, they will spend the next 40 hours designing an innovative solution to their chosen problem.
The session will start with a small teambuilding and sharing expectations excercise, as well as determining routine and agreeing breaks amongst the teams.
The hackathon will be participant-led, with monitoring from the prep-team who can offer guidance where needed.
The goal of the hackathon is to not necessarily have a concrete solution to the challenge posed, but to have developed ideas in how to approach the issues and work collectively and creatively towards solutions. Partiticipants will hone their practical skills by putting their ideas into reality.
Practicalities:
Language: The main language of this activity will be English.

Successful applicants to the FYEG Summer Camp will be notified by 5 June. Stay tuned for more information on the Summer Camp coming soon.

Green Summer Academy - Closer to Europe (Ośno Lubuskie)
2019-07-11 - 2019-07-15 | Zespół Szkół Ekonomicznych, Rzepińska str. 8, Ośno Lubuskie, Poland
About the Event
The fifth Green Summer Academy in Poland will take place 20km from the Odra River, a natural border between Poland and Germany, near the two towns on the both sides of the river: Słubice in Poland and Frankfurt / Oder in Germany.
The Academy is set against the new political reality following the European Parliament elections, in which the Greens became the fourth largest force in the Parliament. At the same time, right-wing and conservative, authoritarian forces were highly successful in Poland and Hungary.
In Poland, pro-democracy and European opposition are preparing for national parliamentary elections in October. On a global context, we are facing crises in the form of climate change, biodiversity extinction, natural resource depletion, pollution, growing inequalities and rising nationalism.
On the other end of the spectrum, we are seeing citizens mobilising across the world, with initiatives at every level rising to meet these crises. Now more than ever Poland and the rest of Europe needs a strong, coordinated Green movement.
This Academy will bring together activists, experts and politicians to exchange and discuss these pivotal issues and how to empower those wanting to enact change.
Programme
The details of the following programme are still to be confirmed. Please check back later for more information.
Information on the event in Polish can be found here.

11th of July 2019 – Thursday
14:00 PM- 16:00 – Arrival of participants and allocation in rooms or setting up tents
17:00 – 19:00 – Green Ośno Lubuskie, presentation of the Circle of the Greens and the specificity of the transborder city and region, including a meeting with Michael Kurzwelly, founder of the association and „city” Słubfurt and of Polish-German “state” New America (Zespół Szkół Ekonomicznych, Rzepińska 8)
16:30 – 18:30 – meeting of young people from climate movements and young Greens from Ostra Zieleń association with the international youth camp of the Association of Friends of Korczakowo (transfer by cars or by bu, departure at 16:15)
20:00 – diner of integration and presentation of the program and participating organizations (Zespół Szkół Ekonomicznych, ul. Rzepińska 8)
Possibility in the afternoon: nature expeditions: Owczary ecological station by the Club of Naturalists.

12th of July 2019 – Friday /plenary debates and lecture/
5:30 – 8:30 AM – Nature expeditions: Owczary ecological station by the Club of Naturalists.
8:00 – 9:00 – Breakfast

9:00 – 9:30
Official Oppening of the Green Summer Academy – Ewa Sufin-Jacquemart (GEF / Strefa Zieleni ) and Irene Hahn-Fuhr (HBS Warsaw)

PART I
THE FUTURE OF EUROPE

9:30 – 11:30
“Does the Green Wave in the European Parliament give hope for facing a climate crisis, reduce inequalities and improve democracy in the EU?” – debate
[As part of the seminar “Towards Europe, democracy, ecology” in partnership with the Heinrich Boell Foundation in Warsaw]
Participants: Małgorzata Tracz (Partia Zieloni), Sergey Lagodinsky (MEP), Zuzana Pavelková (FYEG), Miriam Kennet (Green Economics Institute), Jamie Kendrick (Green European Journal).
Moderation: Maciej Słobodzian and Miłosława Stępień (Partia Zieloni)
Participants that did not confirmed yet: Edwin Bendyk (Collegium Civitas), Alena Karaschinski (90/Grunen in Frankfurt/Oder, Christine Chemnitz (HBS).

11:30 – 11:45
Coffee Break

PART II
CLIMATE CRISIS AND ENERGY TRANSITION

11:45 – 13:30
“Saving the climate: energy transition necessary but not sufficient”- debate.
Participants: Krystyna Boczkowska (ex-CEO Bosch Polska, Partia Zieloni), Radosław Gawlik (Eko-Unia, Partia Zieloni), Tomasz Wojciechowski (IGOZ, Partia Zieloni), Maciej Wereszczyński (Extinction Rebellion).
Moderation: Piotr Trzaskowski (HBS Warsaw) and Urszula Zielińska (Partia Zieloni)
Participants that did not confirmed yet: Michael Cramer (ex-MEP), Stefan Schönfelder (HBS Dresden), prof. Jan Popczyk (Silesian University of Technology) , Monika Sadkowska (RT-ON)

13:30 – 14:30
Lunch

PART III
BIODIVERSITY AND POLITICS

14:30 – 16:15
“6. Great Extinction – can Europe prevent it?” – debate
Introduction: “Political protection of biodiversity in the world and in the EU”
Participants: prof. Piotr Skubała (Silesian University), Radosław Ślusarczyk (Association Workshop for All Beings), Marcin Kostrzyński (journalist, naturalist), Iwona Krępic (Oder Delta Safaris/ Save Rivers Coalition), Artur Furdyna ( TPRIiG Association/ Save Rivers Coalition), prof. Grzegorz Gabryś (Univ. of Zielona Góra)
Moderation: Marta Jermaczek-Sitak and Krzysztof Wychowałek
Participant that did not confirmed yet: Zenon Kruczyński (Niech Żyją!)

16:15 – 16:30
Coffee break

PART IV
FAIR AND HEALTHY FOOD

16:30 – 18:15
“From the Common Agricultural Policy to the Common Food Policy” – debate
[debate within the international GEF project “Fair and Healthy Food”]
Introduction: Olivier de Schutter
Participants: Andrzej Nowakowski (expert GGEP), Katarzyna Jagiełło (Greenpeace), Ewa Jakubowska-Lorenz (HBS Warsaw), Dorota Metera (IFOAM/ Forum of Organic Farming), Francesco Ajena (IPES-Food, Skype], Agnieszka Makowska (Living Earth Coalition and Nyeleni), Aleksandar Gjorgijevski (Sunrise, Macedonia).
Moderation: Ewa Sufin-Jacquemart

18:15– 19:30
Diner

20:00 – 21:30
„Passive and ecological architecture” – lecture of Jarosław Malicki, Green architect

20:00 – 21:30
(salka debat)
„Delta of the Odra River, threteaned natural tresure” – lecture of Iwona Krępic [partnership: Save Rivers Coalition]

16:30 – 18:00 – Marta Jermaczek-Sitak – ecological workshop for children and families (in Owczary nature station)
19:00 – 22:00 PM – Nature expeditions: Owczary ecological station by the Club of Naturalists
22:00 PM – Film or documentary screening (Afrikamera, Przemysław Stępień) + „Human Energy” ENG
Possibility of ad-hoc exchanges of knowledge and experiences in groups during the day.

13th of July 2019 – Saturday /parallel workshops/trainings/round-tables/debates/
6:00 – 9:00 – Nature expeditions: Owczary ecological station by the Club of Naturalists
7:45 – 9:00 – Breakfast

Auditorium
Languages room
Workshops room
Debates room

9:00 – 9:45
Odra and the World Bank – press conf.
9:30 – 11:00
Platform of e-learning GEF – training
9:30 – 11:00
Ekofeminism – roundtable
9:30 – 11:00
Citizens’ Panel – lecture

9:45 – 11:00
The Greens in the EU – Q/A

11:15 – 13:00
Nuclear Energy – lecture

11:15 – 13:00
Hunting – roundtable
11:15 – 13:00
E-learning for climate movements – workshop
11:15 – 13:00
Mobilty inside the UE – witnesses

14:00 – 15:45
Ekonomy of sustainable development – panel
14:00 – 15:45
Education – panel

14:00 – 15:45
Electoral campaigning- training
14:00 – 15:45
Water in a city – lectures/workshops

16:00 – 17:45
Green city – roundtable

16:00 – 17:45
Platforms and coalitions – roundtable
16:00 – 17:45
Young climatic and green activism –workshop
16:00 – 17:45
Security policy -panel

[Biodiversity] roundtable “Is hunting necessary and / or acceptable in times of the 6th Great Extinction?” – Niech Żyją! Coalition and Living Earth Coalition
[Climate] workshop „Who are the new climate movements, how can the Greens support them? – [the concept of GEF e-learning for climate movements as incentive for green activists], led by Urszula Sadłowska, GEF
[Water, rivers, wetlands]: Save the Rivers Coalition: “River in the city” – Roman Konieczny and arch. Anna Januchta-Szostak PhD. Eng. (Faculty of Architecture at the Poznan University of Technology). Led by: Izabela Zygmunt
[Rivers] „The Oder River and the of World Bank to protect Kotlina Kłodzka from floods”(press conference, Save the Rivers Coalition) – Radek Gawlik, Ewa Leś, Sascha Maier/BUND
[Gender] “Will ecofeminism change the world?” – workshop – led by Magdalena Galkiewicz (Partia Zieloni/Gals4Gals) and Aleksandra Kołeczek (Partia Zieloni/Ostra Zieleń)

[As part of the seminar “Towards Europe, democracy, ecology” in partnership with the Heinrich Boell Foundation in Warsaw]

[Economy] “What does classic economics not include and how to compensate for sustainable development?” – debate

Dr Ewa Rumińska-Zimny (the Warsaw School of Economics / Congress of Women), dr Ewa Jastrzębska (SGH), Jamie Kendrick (Green European Journal), prof), prof. Bożena Ryszawska (University of Economy, Wrocław)
Moderation: Justyna Szambelan
To read: https://www.greeneuropeanjournal.eu/from-global-tax-dodging-to-worldwide-wellbeing/

[Green city] “How to develop Green cities in a conservative-nationalist region / country?” – workshop, led by: Paweł Pomian (Partia Zieloni Wrocław) and Aleksandra Zienkiewicz (miastoDrzew, Wrocław).
[Civil democracy] “How to organize effective coalitions, platforms and movements? How to make them cooperate for achieving common goals?”- with representatives of the Coalition Living Earth (KŻZ) – Maria Staniszewska, Justyna Zwolińska, Save the Rivers Coalition – Izabela Zygmunt, Ewa Leś, coalition Niech Żyją! – Tomasz Zdrojewski, Krzysztof Wychowałek, young climate movements. Led by Ewa Sufin-Jacquemart

[As part of the seminar “Towards Europe, democracy, ecology” in partnership with the Heinrich Boell Foundation in Warsaw]

[Climate/ young in politics] “How to attract young people to Green activism?” – workshop with Ostra Zieleń –Joanna Górska, Igor Skórzybut, and participants from young climate movements (Alina Pogoda and Maciej Wereszczyński from Extinction Rebellion and others). Led by: Artur Wieczorek and Aleksandra Kołeczek (Partia Zieloni)
[security] “What should be Europe’s and Poland’s security policy in today’s unstable world?” – panel

Participants: Tadeusz Nowak (Partia Zieloni), Piotr Niemczyk, Weronika Grzebalska (Polish Academy of Science). Led by: Maciej Józefowicz (Partia Zieloni)

[education ] “How to educate people in rapidly changing times full of challenges?” – panel

Piotr Działak (Center for education Tvind, Danmark), Krystyna Boczkowska (Partia Zieloni), Urszula Sadłowska (GEF). Led by Aleksandra Kretkowska (Partia Zieloni)

[mobility in EU] „How to move to another country in the EU and actively participate in public life?” – panel : Joanna Kamińska, Ecolo, Brussels and Anna Czechowska, Agit-Polska, Berlin, led by: Urszula Zielińska (Partia Zieloni)

Expert lectures / training sessions:

[civil democracy] “European citizens’ panel – utopia or the necessary evolution of direct democracy?” – Marcin Gerwin
[Energy] “Why the Greens don’t see nuclear power as a climatic hope?” – Marcin Harembski (SMA) and video of experts of the GGEP: Yan Dupas, David Drui, Michel Raquet.
[Green methods] „Green electoral campaign”– Maciej Słobodzian
[Green tools] We get to know the green e-learning platform https://www.mygreenlearning.eu/ – GEF
[Green family] Questions and answers on the European Parliament and the European Greens – Benedetta de Marte, political councillor in the Greens/EFA group in the EP.

11:15 – 13:00 – Marcin Kostrzyński – Meeting with nature (for children and families) (tbc.)
18:00 – 19:00 – Marcin Kostrzyński – Meetings with nature (for the participants of the GSA) (tbc.)
19:00 – Dinner
19:30 – 22:30 PM – Nature expeditions: Odra river and/or National Parc Dolina Ujście Warty
Possibility of ad-hoc exchanges of knowledge and experiences in groups during the day.
22:00 PM – Film or documentary screening (Afrikamera, Przemysław Stępień) + „Human Energy”

14th of July 2019 – Sunday
6:00 – 9:00 AM – Nature trip
9:00 – 10:00 – breakfast
10:00 – departure of the bus to Warsaw, on the way : River happaning „Big Jump” (International Day of Action)

Practicalities
Accommodation:
Accommodation partly subsidised (reduction included in the participation fee):
• Double and triple rooms: Hotel Dolina Leśnna, ul. Dolina Leśna 1, Ośno Lubuskie (for 70 people)
• Single and double rooms: Hotel Malinowy Dworek, ul. Gronowska 6a (for 14 people)
• 4-bed rooms with bunk beds: dormitory of Zespół Szkół Ekonomicznych ul. Rzepińska 8 (10 rooms for 40 people, each room shares the bathroom with residents of one tent)
• Space for 10 tents: the green area of Zespół Szkół Ekonomicznych ul. Rzepińska 8
Please note that the deadline for securing subsidised accomodation is 7th July.
Other possibilities:
Other options of accommodation in Ośno Lubuskie: camping, agrotourism, hotels.
There are more accommodation options in Frankfurt (Oder).
Participation Fees:
The full fee of PLN 500 should be paid by bank transfer to the account of Fundacja Strefa Zieleni. Transport to and from the event from Warsaw is also available for an extra PLN 100.
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To make the event accessible to everyone, a lower participation fee is possible in certain circumstances. To enquire about this possibility, please contact Ewa Sufin-Jacquemart: +48-664673700 ewa.sufin@strefazieleni.org
Food:
Vegetarian and vegan meals (partly subsidized, reduction included in the participation fee): in the dining room of Zespół Szkół Ekonomicznych, ul. Rzepińska 8
In hostels there is a possibility to buy breakfast on your own (PLN 20).
Transport:
Collective transfer by autocar from Warsaw (departure on Thursday, 11.07 at 9:30 AM from the Palace of Culture and Science, return on Sunday, 14.07 at approx. 4:00 PM at Palace of Culture and Science), price: 50 PLN / person for one direction.
Train: The nearest railway stations: Rzepin 14 km (we will organize a transfer), Frankfurt (Oder) 30 km (we will organize a transfer), but there is also a possibility of travel by bus through Słubice.
Plane: Berlin airports, then by train to Rzepin or Frankfurt / Oder
From other cities in Poland, we will cross-link people who will arrive by car with people who are looking for transport.
People with accommodation in hotels: bikes would be useful (we recommend to get by train to Rzepin and then by bicycle to Ośno Lubuskie; a few bikes could be probably transported from Warsaw; some bikes will be made available to participants by local participants).
Registration
Please register for this event via the form found here (in Polish).
To register your interest in taking part in this event in English, please contact:
GEF project coordinator Urszula Sadlowska +32 (0)2 234 65 70 urszula.sadlowska@gef.eu
Event partner Ewa Sufin-Jacquemart +48-664673700 ewa.sufin@strefazieleni.org

The Green Summer Academy “Closer to Europe” is organized by the Green European Foundation with the support of the Fundacja Strefa Zieleni, with the financial support of the European Parliament to the Green European Foundation.
The seminar “Towards Europe, democracy, ecology” is organized in cooperation and with the finantial support of the Heinrich Boell Foundation in Warsaw.
Debate on transition of cities towards the Commons is organized as a part of international project “Creating Socio-Ecological Societies through Urban Commons Transition” by the Green European Foundation with the support of the Fundacja Strefa Zieleni, with the financial support of the European Parliament to the Green European Foundation.

New Political Course Days (Barcelona)
2018-09-14 17:00 - 2018-09-15 14:30 | Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Campus de Poblenou / Carrer Roc Boronat, 138, Barcelona, Catalonia, 08018, Spain
Context
The current times in Europe are characterised by political uncertainty and instability in regard to domestic as well as foreign policies. As it is clear that we are living in times of fundamental change, citizens all over Europe must be equipped with the tools to take a new political course and they must be empowered to face the challenges ahead.
Many countries across the EU face similar challenges in various areas that affect citizens’ daily lives: insufficient access to affordable housing, high unemployment rates and precarious jobs, sexist violence and the ongoing migration and asylum policies crisis. At the same time, we can observe a neoliberal drift as well as the rise of nationalist, undemocratic forces in some EU member states that is counterproductive to find sustainable solutions to those challenges.
Only with an extensive participation of citizens, the radical changes that are needed to face those challenges can be made.
About the event
The upcoming New Political Course Days, organised with the support of Fundació Nous Horitzons and in collaboration with a variety of other actors such as Fundació l’Alternativa and Instituto 25M Democracia, will provide a space for debate with agents of change and to formulate demands towards the political representatives for this era of change in Catalonia, Spain and Europe.
Programme
Friday, 14 September
17:00 REGISTRATION
17:20 OPENING
17:30 DISCUSSION WITH ADA COLAU
Ada Colau, Mayor of Barcelona
18:15 PANEL DEBATE Multilevel governance, politics of scale and social transformation
Lucía Martín, ECP representative in the Congress of Deputies: Housing policies
Pablo Cotarelo, Engineer and consultant for the energy sector: A new energy economy
Marta Junqué, Fearless Cities: From the neighbourhoods to Europe – the relation of local and global
Moderation: Marc Parés, Professor of Geography at the Autonomous University of Barcelona and head of the Research Group on Urban Governance, Commons, Internet & Social innovation at the Institute for Government and Public Policies
Programme
Saturday, 15 September
10:00 PANEL DEBATE Europe, sovereignty and democracy
Ernest Urtasun, Member of the European Parliament for the Greens/EFA Group
Fabio de Masi, Member of the German Parliament of Die Linke
Elly Schlein, MEP of S&D
Moderation: Lucile Schmid, Co-President of the Green European Foundation
11:00 BREAK
11:15 PANEL DEBATE A new economic, social and environmental model for Catalonia
Jordi Angusto, Economist: A new economic model for Catalonia
Sandra Ezquerra, Professor of sociology at Universitat de Vic Barcelona: A feminist economy
José Antonio Donaire, Professor of geography at Universitat de Girona: A sustainable economy
12:45 PANEL DEBATE Start of the new political course: the challenges ahead for progressive forces in this moment of change
Elisenda Alemany, Member of the Catalan Parliament for Catalunya En Comú Podem
Ione Belarra, Representative in the Congress of Deputies for Unidos Podemos
Enric Juliana, Deputy Director of La Vanguardia
Gemma Ubasart, Professor of political science at Universitat de Girona
Moderation: Dolors Comas d’Argemir, President of Fundació Nous Horitzons
14:15 CLOSING

For more info and registration, send an email to fundacio@noushoritzons.cat
Stay tuned for updates on this website and by signing up for the Facebook event!

Univerde X Edition (Madrid)
2018-09-08 09:00 - 2018-09-09 14:00 | Fuenlabrada, Madrid, Spain
Context
66% of the world population will live in urban areas by 2050. Currently, already 73% of Europeans live in urban areas. There is no doubt that the future of humanity will be decided in cities and that they can be catalysts for the transformation we urgently need to face the multiple challenges, both socially and environmentally, that we see at the moment. Cities constitute the new political centre, tackling global problems on a local level: local governments and citizens’ movements are at the forefront of the fight against climate change or aid to refugees, and new forms of participation and democracy are being experimented with.

About the event

At this Univerde, which will already be the tenth edition of the successful Spanish summer school, we’ll reflect on the present and future of cities; about their role for the future of the planet and its inhabitants; about how our cities should be to move towards environmental and social sustainability.

In this context, we’ll discuss about climate change, citizen movements and commons, gentrification, water and food supply, the relationship between the urban and the rural. We will bring positive European experiences that can be replicated in other cities.

Programme

Saturday, September 8
08:45 – 09:30 Accreditation
09:30 – 11:15 Parallel Workshops:

Green urbanism for the 21st century
Cities of solidarity: immigration and cooperation
Political ecology and local political action
The policy against plastics
Education for the ecological transition in cities

11:15 – 11:45 Break
11:45 – 12:15 Opening Ceremony: Initial reflections on the city

Aurélie Maréchal, Director of the Green European Foundation
Javier Ayala, Mayor of Fuenlabrada
Florent Marcellesi, Member of the European Parliament for Greens/EFA
Monica Frassoni, Co-president of the European Green Party and Board member of Fundación EQUO
Juan López de Uralde, Co-spokesperson of EQUO and member of the Congress of Deputies for Unidos Podemos

12:15 – 14:00 Round table: Cities and citizens building future
Moderator: Mariano Baratech, Sociologist and Member of the EQUO Fundación’s board

Evelyne Huytebroeck, Member of the Brussels Parliament and Local Councillor in the Brussels commune of Forest, Responsible of the Local Councilors Network for the European Green Party
Julia López Ventura, C40’s Regional Director for Europe
Christina Monge, Political scientist and Associate Professor of Sociology at the Unversity of Zaragoza

14:00 – 15:45 Lunch break
15:45 – 17:30 Parallel Workshops:

The city of the future vs. the field of the past
Women who “paint” cities to inhabit them
Re-municipalisation of basic services: water
A more just, supportive and sustainable Europe: the role of EQUO in the European Parliament
Re-naturalisation of our cities

17:30 – 18:00 Break

18:00 – 18:45 Keynote speech: Anthropocene and bioregion

Fernando Prats, urbanist architect. Advisor of the Complutense University of Madrid for the Global Change Spain 2020/50 programme

18:45 – 20:30 Round table: City and territory. The road to a sustainable coexistence
Moderator: Ana Sabaté, former Professor of Human Geography at the Complutense University of Madrid

Marco Marangoni, Member of the research team of EStà – Economia e Sosenibilità
Alejandro Sánchez, Member of the regional parliament of Madrid
Irene Lorite, Architect and Urbanist, Advisor in the municipality of Cercedilla (Madrid), Member of Ahora Movilidad

Sunday, September 9
9:45 – 12:00 Parallel Workshops:

Latest lessons on citizens’ participation
Make your city a seed
“With you”: The positive presence of the wolf in our environment
Bullying in a digital world – cyberbullying
Energy transition in the administration: reality or fiction
Visit to the agricultural park of Fuenlabrada

12:00 – 13:45 Round table: Green cities – egalitarian and sustainable

Moderator: Ana M. Álvarez, Local councillor of Parla (Madrid)

Neus Truyol, Councillor of Ecology, Agriculture and Animal Welfare of the Palma de Mallorca City Council
Inés Sabanés, Councillor of Environment and Mobility of the Madrid City Council
Jean-Claude Englebert, First Deputy Mayor of the municipality of Forest (Region of Brussels-Capital)

13:45 Closing Ceremony

Ruth Pascual, Local Councillor of Fuenlabrada
Marta Santos, Co-spokesperson of EQUO
José Larios, President of Fundación EQUO

Stay tuned for updates on our website and get more information via info@fundacionequo.es.

Moving Beyond Fragments (Komiža)
2018-08-25 08:00 - 2018-08-30 17:00
Context
In its 6th edition, the Green Academy aims to identify the convergences and draw on positive experiences of social movements and political actors across Europe. The will is to foster transnational European exchange on ways of moving beyond the fragments, with a particular focus on Eastern Europe and the European South, where obstacles to enact progressive politics seem most vivid. The emergence of far-right authoritarianism and the exposure to austerity should challenge us to formulate a sharp and coherent political strategy, homegrown to the European semi-periphery.
Since its establishment in 2010, the Green Academy was designed as an intensive knowledge-building and discussion program for left, green and other progressive political forces. So far, almost 1000 people from civil society, politics, academia, movements and media have participated in its work. The 6th edition of the Green Academy, grounded in intersectionality and transdisciplinary approach, encourages in-depth knowledge building, combining academic modules with political debate and activist exchanges.
Continuing its focus on three education modules, namely degrowth/sustainability, municipalism/commons and climate change/just transition, it will aim to break with disciplinary divisions and limitations, using methodologies such as critical pedagogy and new formats that encourage self-organisation, cultural expression and learning of practical political skills.
About the event
At the Green Academy GEF will organise a speciﬁc workshop under the title ‘’Degrowth & Glocal Sustainability’, that will offer relevant cutting-edge knowledge to participants (from Doughnut Economics and Eco-Sufficiency to the concept of a Good life for all) through interactive formats of learning.
The workshop will concentrate on different variations between growth, technology, work and quality of life, but also tackling specific aspects of inequality or participation. It will help to identify points of convergences where political and social alliances can be framed and strengthened while at the same time not ignoring the potential conflicts or controversial aspects that have divisive impact, with the ultimate goal of finding solutions for them. The focus of this workshop will be predominantly to frame the narrative about a deeper understanding of sustainability as an old concept, through discovering of its importance of future design of future life in and of the European Union.

The workshop ‘Degrowth & Glocal Sustainability‘ is organised by the Green European Foundation with the support of Institute for Political Ecology and with the financial support of the European Parliament to the Green European Foundation.

Green Summer Academy (Strasbourg)
2018-08-23 08:00 - 2018-08-24 17:00 | Centre culturel Saint Thomas, 2 rue de la Carpe-Haute, Strasbourg, 67000, France
Context
The first GEF summer university ever held in France will take place in the proudly European city of Strasbourg, home of the European Parliament. At the center of the event, we aim at exploring an important question for the furthering of green justice: how can we bridge the fight against social inequalities and the fight against environmental inequalities to pursue a just eco-transition?
About the event
The summer university will be a great opportunity for French activists to get to know the work and publications of the Green European Foundation. Participants will be able to discover the production of the Green European Journal and will have a chance to learn more about the GEF online course Impact Europe.
Programme
Thursday, August 23
12:00 – 13:00 – Greetings and opening – GEF & FEP Agora Space

Benoit MONANGE, Director Fondation de l’Ecologie Politique

13:30 – 15:00 – The Future of work in Europe in a time of technological and social change (panel built around issues raised by the latest issue of the Green European Journal: Work on the Horizon. Tracking Employment’s Transformation in Europe )

Laurent STANDAERT, Editor in chief of the Green European Journal
Aida PONCE DEL CASTILLO, senior researcher at the European Trade Union Institute
Nathalie SCHIRVEL, holds a Masters in Medicine from the Université Libre de Bruxelles, she is the author of the Green European Journal article “Dr Strangelove or how I learned to stop worrying and love the robot”
Alain COULOMBEL, economist, member of the Board of the Fondation de l’Ecologie Politique, he is the author of the Green European Journal article “Recasting work in an era of insecurity”

15:30 – 17:00 – Escaping from our homo detritus condition. How to put an end to the garbage society.

Ewa SUFIN-JACQUEMART, Polish foundation Strefa Zielini
Isabelle HAJEK, sociologist, University of Strasbourg
Antoinette GUHL, deputy Mayor of Paris, in charge of social enterprise, social innovation and circular economy

17:30 – 19:00 Rethinking the role of culture practices with the commons paradigm: a pathway for greening our cultural practices?

Valérian GUILLIER, PhD researcher at the University Paris 8
Olivier LANOË, musician and composer, founder of AMACCA (Associations for the maintaining of alternatives in the field of cultural and artistic projects).

20:00-22:00 Bridging the fight against social and environmental inequalities to enhance our pursuit of a just ecological transition

Alice CANABATE, Sociologist, Vice-president of the Fondation de l’Ecologie Politique
Sophie SWATON, philosopher and economist, University of Lausanne, author of the book “Pour un revenu de transition écologique” [Appraisal for an ecological transition income]
Guillaume FABUREL, professor of geography, urban planning and political science at the University Lyon 2 and at the Institute of Political Studies of Lyon, author of the book “Les métropoles barbares” [Barbaric Metropolis]
Julien CAUDEVILLE, statistician and risk exposure specialist, researcher on environment and health at Ineris (National Institute on Industrial Environment and Risks).

Friday, August 24
10:00 – 11:00 – French publishing activity on political ecology at the GEF-FEP Agora
11:00 – 12:00 Presentation and registration for Impact Europe : Online Course for Green Activists
12:00 Closing remarks

Marie TOUSSAINT, member of the General assembly of the GEF and member of the Board of the FEP

Contact and information: b.monange[at]fondationecolo.org
