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Sustainable Villages Network
Introduction
Villages all over the world are facing the same problems confronted with global issues like climate change, overuse of natural resources, changing biodiversity, water and food supply problems etc. Villages have to deal with the effects and anticipate on it.
On local level, people can develop resilience and organise solutions. Taking action can be done alone but it is much smarter to do it together with all the inhabitants of a village. Villages are used to interact and anticipate, as a community, on social and environmental changes. In that way it’s a natural process that villages are developing sustainable activities.
The Sustainable Villages Network
The Sustainable Villages Network is a, voluntary based, initiative to connect villages in the Netherlands in a Network where they can inspire and meet each other, exchange knowledge and experiences. A digital platform plays an important role but even more important is the physical meeting in courses, events and excursions. Both will be organized on a provincial level by a support organisation.
The Sustainable Villages Network keywords are: meeting- sharing and inspiring. Please watch this inspiring short movie, explaining the idea.
The digital platform makes it easy for villages to show their activities on 16 theme’s. Not only energy, waste or water but also, for example, culture and art, healthcare, mobility, food or local economy. Villages are able to exchange information “peer to peer”. To support the villages in their sustainable development the Network offers experts, organisations and educational institutes for free. On the website there is also an agenda and you can find interesting links and information about projects.
The voluntary organisation Sustainable Villages Network is professionally supported thanks to the provincial government of Fryslân, initiator Doarpswurk and a national foundation “Doen”. The aim for the next years is a contribution of all the provinces and municipalities. The Network has one principle: Every action counts. It doesn't matter what you are doing as a village community, just act!
The Sustainable Villages Network: Meeting, sharing and inspiring. Every action counts.
We've started in 2013.
International Network
Villages all over the world can inspire each other and share knowledge and experiences.
The importance of the Sustainable Villages Network is the contribution to the transition process on the intervention level of proven community action in Villages. Everywhere on earth villages understand each other. They are willing to exchange knowledge among each other.
Additional information:
Movies:
This movie is about the history and future of village halls in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom
YouTube Channel (English subtitled):
YouTube Channel (Dutch)
GIRA: Green Initiatives in Rural Areas
Doarpswurk is participating in this project
SMART EU Grundvig project
COMPLEX (EU research project)
Research group CSTM University of Twente
Aarhus 2017, Rethink the Village (European Capital of Culture)
At 30 march 2017 a Danish delegation visited projects in Fryslân. The Sustainable Villages Network was presented in Aldtsjerk, together with projects from Heeg and the Trynwâlden.
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