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📢 CURIOSOIL training: best practice videos and interviews with your cellphone 📹 Looking to tell impactful stories and share best practices? Join our interactive training session tailored for CURIOSOIL's Communities of Practice (CoPs). What you’ll learn: ✅ Master videography techniques for professional-looking videos ✅ Tips for impactful interview preparation ✅ Explore affordable tools to enhance your video production Trainer: Ariane Bethusy-Huc, Videoproducer & Director at the European Science Communication Institute (ESCI). Let’s build effective storytelling and dissemination skills together! 🗓 Save your spot today! 👉

🔎 Young climate activists interested in stopping the climate crisis wanted! 👀 Check out this training for fighting the #climatecrisis: a series of online sessions & a 3-day event in Brussels. Want to join? Apply here 👉 https://lnkd.in/e5fbwyHq Deadline: 5 January

🙌 We are very excited to officially announce the Regenerative Communities Fund (RCF) through the Funding Fairer Futures project—a transformative initiative designed to catalyse ecosocial just transition and the first fund specifically dedicated to supporting regenerative communities across Europe.  The RCF seeks to empower community-led initiatives (CLIs) by offering seed funding and capacity-building support. This Fund represents a significant step toward building equitable, sustainable, and resilient communities 🌱 We are encouraging experienced national networks and organisations from 10 European countries (Croatia, Finland, France, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, and Spain) to apply for subgranting support through the RCF.  This first call will select five National Hubs (one from five of these ten countries) to lead local, community-driven initiatives that address climate change and ecological degradation at a national level. Each Hub will receive €40,000 for 30 months of contribution to the fund development. These hubs will play a critical role in the Funding Fairer Futures project by fostering collaboration, coordination, and advocacy, thereby enhancing the impact and resilience of communities across Europe.  🗓️ Key Dates: Applications open: 13 January 2025 Deadline to apply: 7 March 2025 Projects begin: May/June 2025 🔴 If you would like to stay updated on upcoming news related to the Funding Fairer Futures project, sign up to the FFF mailing list: https://lnkd.in/extygdbZ  Read more: https://lnkd.in/eZNbRZNE

On 13 January 2025, we will launch 5 funding opportunities to support civil society organisations and groups driving impactful climate action, awareness, and advocacy projects. We’re committed to empowering diverse stakeholders—including youth, women, local communities, people with disabilities, and marginalised groups—toward an inclusive, gender-transformative, and just transition. Who can apply? CSOs and groups in Europe (EU-27, Western Balkans, Turkey) and the Global South (Asia, Africa, Pacific Islands) working in climate justice and related areas. 💡 Our Funds: ✅ Climate Action Engagement – Led by Climate Action Network (CAN) Europe ✅ Feminist Climate Action – Led by WECF International ✅ Youth Climate Changemakers – Led by Generation Climate Europe (GCE) ✅ Global Connections for Climate Justice – Led by CBM Ireland ✅ Regenerative Communities – Led by ECOLISE 🗓️ Key Dates: Applications open: 13 January 2025 Deadline to apply: 7 March 2025 Projects begin: May/June 2025 Read the full announcement: https://lnkd.in/e9YRHAHh And stay tuned for the application details on 13 January! Learn more about the #FundingFairerFutures project: https://lnkd.in/dHzfqQDn #EUDEARprogramme

Are you passionate about soil education and innovation? Join us in the Curiosoil project's Community of Practice (CoP) and become a part of a collaborative network dedicated to advancing soil literacy across Europe. This event closes and celebrates the 2024 collaboration dedicated to advancing soil literacy across Europe. Engage with experts, educators, and enthusiasts who share your commitment to fostering a deeper understanding of soil health and sustainability. We will present the advances of Curiosoil work and engagement opportunities for CoP Members. Register here to join the Zoom: https://lnkd.in/ee8uY_jN Universidade de Aveiro Gaia Education Wageningen University & Research Fakulteta za varstvo okolja / Faculty of Environmental Protection Università degli studi di Palermo ECOLISE ESCI - European Science Communication Institute European School Heads Association (ESHA) ISRIC - World Soil Information IUCN ZHdK Zürcher Hochschule der Künste Universität für Bodenkultur Wien NIBIO Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research REVOLVE

We will be hosting our Winter Meeting CoP (Community of Practice) next Thursday, on December 12. Make sure to attend the event! 🗓️

Last Thursday, we hosted an inspiring online participatory event to amplify the power of community-led initiatives in transforming food systems and shaping just and sustainable EU-level policies. ✨ The event kickstarted ECOLISE’s policy positioning on “Just and sustainable food systems - from the perspective of community-led initiatives”. Through expert insights, peer-led discussions, and stakeholder networking, we explored: 👉 The role of grassroots initiatives in EU policy-making. 👉  How communities can overcome systemic barriers to drive change. 👉  A shared vision for food systems with citizens and communities at the heart. Let’s keep the momentum going, find more information here: https://lnkd.in/d2uyy5iH 💡 Missed it? Don’t worry! You can catch the recording here:

We believe in the power of community-led initiatives to transform food systems and drive just and sustainable change. Key decisions impacting food systems are made at the EU policy level, and together, we can amplify grassroots voices to shape the future! Are you: ✅ A member of a community-led initiative? ✅ An academic? ✅ A policymaker? ✅ Part of an NGO or Civil Society Organisation (CSO)? Do you: 🌍 Work to transform food systems? 🚧 Face systemic barriers? 📢 Want EU policymakers to recognize the impact of community-driven solutions? Then this interactive online workshop is for you! 📅 Date: Thursday, 5 December ⏰ Time: 1:00 – 3:00 PM CET 🖥️ Where: Online (Communities for Future website) What to expect in this 2-hour event: 🔎 Insights from experts and practitioners on EU policies shaping local food systems and the role of community-led initiatives in EU-level policymaking. 🤝 Peer-led sessions on imagining grassroots initiatives in EU food policy, visioning “dream” food systems with citizens at the core, stakeholder mapping and networking. This workshop kicks off ECOLISE’s policy positioning phase on food systems, part of the Communities for Local Green Deals (COM4LGD) project. Join us to connect, learn, and collaborate on shaping just and sustainable EU food policies with community-led initiatives at the heart.

Are you passionate about soil education and innovation? 2024 Winter Meeting for CURIOSOIL Community of Practice (CoP) is happening on 12 December! 🗓 This meeting marks the closure of the 2024 collaboration, celebrating the progress made in advancing soil literacy. Connect with experts, educators, and enthusiasts who share a commitment to deepening the understanding of soil health and sustainability. We will present the advances of CURIOSOIL work and engagement opportunities for CoP Members. 🌱Join the Movement! 🌱 https://lnkd.in/dD2fJdCr