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Communities for Future

We are a network of communities taking action for a healthier, fairer, and more sustainable world.

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Communities for Future

Communities for Future is the action program of ECOLISE, the European network for community-led initiatives on climate change and sustainability.

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Advocacy

Time for collective action

Join our advocacy campaign towards the EU elections in June 6-9!

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Upcoming Events

Public Event

1st Transnational meeting Curiosoil Community of Practice: Awakening Soil Curiosity to Catalyse Soil Literacy

September 9th 2024

14:00 (GMT+01:00) Brussels, Copenhagen, Madrid, Paris

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News

Olatz Solaeche

Celebrate the 2024 European Day of Sustainable Communities with your community photos!

ECOLISE invites you to celebrate the diversity and accomplishments of community-led initiatives during the 8th edition of the European Day of Sustainable Communities (EDSC) on September 21st. Contribute to our special I...

Laurence Modrego

Outcome of the 2024 European elections: what has happened, what’s next and why it matters

Outcome of the 2024 European elections: what has happened, what’s next and why it matters While you might have heard of the European elections results in your own country, you might still be wondering about the out...

Maria Sanchez

EU elections campaign wrap up

EU elections campaign wrap up It’s been a month already since the EU elections took place, and we are still processing it – time flies! How it all started In the midst of our efforts coordinating ...

Carmen Contreras

50 local projects around Europe selected under the Communities for Climate initiative

The increasing impact of climate change and the recent energy crisis have made the transition to a green economy more urgent than ever. Local involvement in climate action is crucial to combating the apathy and mental h...

Duncan Crowley

Women, farmers and the climate: Join FLIARA’s livestream launch

The FLIARA Project is a 3 year project that ECOLISE is 1 of 15 partners in, it stands for Female-Led Innovation in Agriculture and Rural Areas. It is led by Maura Farrell and University of Galway in Ireland. ECOLISER...

Abdul Otman

Launch of the CURIOSOIL – Community of Practice: A Step Forward for Soil Education in Europe

On June 6, 2024, the Curiosoil Community of Practice (CoP) held its inaugural meeting, marking a significant milestone in advancing soil education across Europe. This initiative is part of CURIOSOIL (Awakening Soil Curi...

Charlie Lenglez

Cora’s Journey in Los Portales ecovillage

Cora has been living since October 2018 in Los Portales, an ecovillage founded 40 years ago in Southern Andalusia. She moved there with her partner Jan and their two children, Sam and Yuma, 12-and-9-year old right n...

Teija Timilsina

Jaana’s journey to Sustainable Living with Jalotus

Jaana had spent most of her life working in IT. Now, recently unemployed, she found herself yearning for something more fulfilling, something that connected her back to her core values, people and the planet in a meanin...

Carmen Contreras

10 years of inspiring change: ECOLISE Stories to Catalyze Collective Action training

The Stories to Catalyze Collective Action training took place from May 7-11, 2024, at the Arterra Bizimodu ecovillage in north of Spain, bringing together around 45 in-person participants and another 25 online. This eve...

Inspired

Generating renewable energy. Growing food. Nurturing local economies. Responding creatively to the social, climate and ecological emergencies. Throughout Europe, local communities are pioneering a better future. From community gardens to eco-villages, permaculture projects and Transition initiatives, they are building a healthier, fairer, regenerative world.

Here we share their stories.

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