Counter for Heritage and Sustainability
The city of Amsterdam created the Counter for Heritage and Sustainability, an online tool to collect and deliver information on making built heritage more sustainable.
Cultural heritage for sustainable development
A free zone for art and creativity
A free zone for art and creativity
"Transfert” encouraged interactive activities and cultural events for the local community, and created pleasant green spaces. The reconstruction took into consideration the wider urban scene as well as representation of its local history and communities.
Caring for heritage together
Caring for heritage together
The Vilnius Old Town Renewal Agency, set by the municipality of Vilnius, initiated the Community capacity building programme to support private owners to maintain and renovate their properties.
Museums go green!
Museums go green!
In 2022, the Reims City Museums initiated a global environmental approach based on a cultural season entitled “Museums go green”. The dynamic initiated by the season has made it possible to set in motion a longer-term approach.
Warehouse of ideas
Warehouse of ideas
To develop the historic 18th century Georgian area of Waterford, into a vibrant cultural realm, the city collaborated closely with students from the local school of architecture.
Reclaiming the Rivers of Sofia
Reclaiming the Rivers of Sofia
Reviving the city’s rundown and inaccessible riverbeds: the Rivers of Sofia initiative consists of an annual festival that transforms the rivers and people’s perception of them.
The Five Senses Open-Air Museum
The Five Senses Open-Air Museum
Locals and artisans are protagonists and work together to feature the city’s cultural heritage – art, crafts, history, gastronomy and landscapes – into unforgettable, immersive, cultural tourism experiences.
PAX – Patios de la Axerquía
PAX – Patios de la Axerquía
Building on the historical network of patio houses in Cordoba, PAX is a social initiative aiming at stimulating urban renewal with social innovation.
Material Storehouse
Material Storehouse
Since January 2021, in Materialmagasinet in Stockholm, you can rent everything from clothes from the opera and expensive men’s bed socks to headlights and screws.
Culture for Future
Culture for Future
During a series of workshops, employees of local cultural institutions developed the Dresden Charter for Sustainability to introduce sustainability practices in the cultural and creative industries.
Park am Gleisdreieck
Park am Gleisdreieck
Berlin's Park am Gleisdreieck is a remarkable example of the revitalisation of an industrial wasteland and its reintegration into the urban space.
If trees can walk, humans can change
If trees can walk, humans can change
Leeuwarden created Arcadia, a 100-day arts festival occurring every 3 years. Bosk was one of its main events in 2022, raising awareness of nature and climate change through art.
Museum in transition
Museum in transition
The City of Lille committed to making its cultural sector sustainable by 2024 as part of its involvement in Agenda 21 for culture. For museums, it translates to staging sustainable exhibitions.
Cultural rebirth for rural repopulation.
Cultural rebirth for rural repopulation.
Urriés started developing a masterplan in 2015 forefronting culture, creativity and heritage as the engine of sustainable local development.
Pocket parks.
Pocket parks.
Krakow suffers from a lack of easily accessible green spaces. To solve this issue, Krakow is building pocket parks built in cooperation with local people in formerly neglected outdoor public spaces.
The Cable Factory.
The Cable Factory.
KAAPELI, a real-estate company owned by the City of Helsinki, renovated an old cable factory building to serve as a cultural centre.
Feel Florence experience app.
Feel Florence experience app.
The management of crowds of tourists is a key challenge in Florence. FeelFlorence is an app suggesting unusual touristic itineraries in the city centre, in neighbourhoods and in the metropolitan area.
Restore, don’t replace!
Restore, don’t replace!
Traditional closed timber balconies are part of Malta’s cultural identity. However, climate change and lack of maintenance threaten these fragile heritage features.