In the intricate maze of urban planning, progressive policymakers are bringing the gender topic to the forefront, understanding the different mobility needs, redesigning public spaces and bolstering women’s representation on streets. From enhancing safety perceptions to combating violence against women and building new care facilities to take off some care load from women’s shoulders – […]
Progressive cities in Europe: inclusive and sustainable
The need for a sustainable and inclusive future is felt everywhere, especially at the grassroots level – and that, oftentimes, means at the level of the cities and towns where people actually live. In Europe, it’s the progressives-led cities and towns that are at the forefront of making that inclusive and sustainable change happen in real-time.
With this dossier, the Progressive Post offers examples from all over the European Union to show that change is real, currently underway and can be implemented elsewhere too: reuse, recycling and avoiding waste altogether in Tuscany, promoting cycling near Lisbon, inclusive innovation in Flanders, and city planning with women’s security perception in mind in Budapest.
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Reducing undifferentiated waste upstream: this is the real challenge of our ‘Zero Waste’ philosophy and strategy, and this is what we have managed to do in the Tuscan municipality of Capannori thanks to the great involvement of citizens. If, in the early 2000s, separating waste well with separate waste collection was the gold standard for […]
Progressive leaders believe in their capacity to instigate positive change in people’s lives. They understand that taking the initial steps and pioneering new paths is often met with initial resistance but, ultimately, garners recognition and appreciation from the community. Embracing sustainable mobility, with a particular focus on promoting bicycle use, stands as a progressive endeavour […]
In 2020, Leuven was honoured with the title of Europe’s ‘Innovation Capital’ by the European Commission. This recognition was awarded for Leuven’s creative and organised ways of involving residents in making decisions for the city. One notable example of this is the city’s ambitious efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and become climate-neutral by 2030, […]
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