5° European Conference on Sustainable Cities and TownsSevilla, March 23, 2007

Life Styles and Sustainability:a local implementation of Aalborg Commitments

with CAmbieRESti? Project

SESSION D02Daily sustainable practice

Eliana Caramelli

City of Venice

Venice - Italy

CAmbieReSti? consumi, ambiente,

risparmio energetico,stili di vita

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1. Environmental Sustainability

2. Social justice

3. Solidarity Economy

4. Participation

5. Protection of common goods

6. Natural resources conservation

7. …..

General background principles…

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Local Agenda 21

Aalborg Commitments (in particular 4th Commitment)

Kyoto Protocol

Italian “Solidarity Economy Chart”

…and tools

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To research and to propose models of

consumption with low environmental and social

impact, in solidarity with countries of the

southern world

Main goal

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General purpose

Involving citizens in a wide “social game” to reduce and

reorient consumption through communicative strategies

and information on global impact of individual choices

especially in purchasing goods for household using.

The project also aimed to provide knowledge on fair

consumption implementing social relationships between

producers and citizens.

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RES and RUE, Eco-housing, Water saving, Diet and Organic

food, Sustainable mobility, Waste disposal, Responsible

tourism, Ethical finance, Natural medicine, Animal’s protection

(clothing and cosmetics), Fair trade, self- and local production

…

Main issues considered

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1) Promoted by a local government (public sector)

2) Large dimension of the sample

3) Building network abilities

4) Ability to build up linkages between topics

Distinctive aspects of Cambieresti?

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Partners

Institutional partnersMunicipality of Venice, Province of Venice, AGIRE -

Venetian Energy Agency, Board Abitare Venezia

Supporting partnersActv, Asm, Coop adriatica, Enea, Enel, Italgas, Vesta

NGOsAmina, Bilanci di Giustizia, Consulta Animalista, El

Fontego, Federambiente, INBAR, Legambiente Veneto,

Movimento Consumatori Veneto, Movimento

Consumatori Onlus, VAS Venezia

Technical partnersMAG Venezia, University IUAV of Venice, WWF, Avanzi

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1. “demand-side” - Citizens

2. “supply-side” – Producers, sellers, services providers, … sharing the same commitments for territory exploitation, minimization of impacts, promotion of equitable and sustainable life styles

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Guidelines

1- (6 months) from September 2004 - co-planning with partners

Forum 1: supporter and institutional partnersForum 2: NGOs partners

- information campaign - participants involvement

2- (10 months) - experimentation with households - creation of local Solidarity Economy Network

3- (2 months) - results analysis and final presentation

Phases

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Local newspapers, radios, magazines, newsletter, mailing list, partners web site, posters, brochures

Information campaign

Participation rules:By themselvesTaking part in collective activities

Participants duties: Actively participate to monitoring

Experimentation

1248 households

(1000 expected)

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Local Groups

49 groups local based,

managed by facilitators

The groups provided:

assistance support the monitoring of the change. meeting opportunities and ideas exchange socialization

Offered instruments

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Second level meetings

Thematic meetings with experts on project’s

issues

Labs

To experiment with practices the change of

lifestyles, acquiring knowledge and

instruments for everyday life.

Offered instruments

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Stil-Info points

Two public info-points in Venice and Mestre

Guide

Suggestions and information about the project

issues. Organized as a schedule folder, it is

an instrument to be implemented during the

different activities

Offered instruments

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WEB site: www.cambieresti.net

Offered instruments

Material incentives for changing lifestyles, as

goods and services:

Ex. Energy saving lamps, water flow reducer, car

sharing subscriptions, public transport season-

tickets, tap water analysis, domestic compost,

etc.

Incentives

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1. Households consumption

Monitoring of energy and water

consumptions, through reading

meters each 2 months Filling questionnaire about

building’s data

Monitoring

Energy efficiency certificate by Venice Energy Agency

Consumptions in KWh/ m3 /year

54

Consumptions in m3 /year of gas (estimated)

558

Energetic Class of building C

2. Lifestyles behaviours

Monitoring

2) Monitoring behaviours relating the project issues, through compulsory questionnaire and checklist, at the beginning and at the end of experimentation

Personal results giving to each participant

3. Ecological Footprint

strengthening of best practicesgrowth of critic attention in purchasinguse of cheap technological stuffgrowth of car sharing subscriptions…

Incentive for self-monitoring and self-evaluation

Monitoring results

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“Solidarity Economy Network”

20 producers, craftsmen, sellers, …

1. To accept principles of eco-sustainability, cooperation, clearness, privilege towards local products

2) Starting new real actions (i.e.: Clear prices, direct selling, labs, etc.)

3) To elaborate proposals to Cambieresti? participants

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Towards participants

1. Greater awareness and a self-consciousness,

2. Straightness of social networks

3. Development of parallel projects

4. creation of 7 new Purchasing Groups

5. Participants new skills enabling and raising of

their ability to propose projects and actions

Main results

Promotion of “Moreover Cambieresti? Network”

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3. Implementation of CAmbieRESti? Energy 300x70 project

4. Implementation of ECHO ACTION - Energy Conscious HOuseholds in action project

5. Implementation of Venezia per l’Altra Economia project

Main results

Towards promoters

1. Activation of innovative services within the Municipality

2. Application of this format in different context

EIE

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THANK YOU!

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www.cambieresti.net

eliana.caramelli@comune.venezia.it