Lodz can become the European Green Capital - how? Read in the report!

How can the third largest city in Poland, receive this title before 2020, a report that was just given to the decision-makers and stakeholders in Lodz shows.

The main challenge is to rebuild Lodz, rehabilitation and revitalization of the historic city center and raise the standards of sustainable development so that the Łódź could compete with other Polish and European cities.

Small Grants Competition - is it worth realising a project?

Some of those whose projects wan the grants in previous editions would like to share their impressions with you:

Maryna Puzina, Ukraine, edition 2009

"After realization of my first project "Youth education for sustainable development" I've already worked out three other projects connected to the same topic, it was great experience but, no doubts, the "Youth education for sustainable development" was the start point and made me realise how significant this work for me. Also, the topic of my PhD thesis was chosen based on that experience and now I'm researching and developing presented ideas from scientific point of view. Therefore, I can state with confidence Small Grants Competition gives great chances for realising sustainable ideas and if you think you have one, you must try."

Grants competition

Small Grants Competition 2011 starts soon!

Small Grants Competition (SGC) is one of the projects organized by The Sendzimir Foundation to activate the graduates of Summer Academy ChoSD and other recipients of the International educational project Ecosystem services for sustainable development of cities, by providing a financial, organizational and substantive support for the small projects and initiatives promoting the idea of sustainable development.

The PSI-connect training workshop

Centre for Systems Solutions and the PSI-connect team are disseminating their first training workshop on knowledge brokering instruments to facilitate the interactions between science and policy. This is an opportunity to learn about scenario planning and group model building as instruments to support bridging the policy-science gap in the context of water management and climate change.

Presentations from the International Seminar are available for download

Here you can find all the presentations from the International Seminar „Synthesizing different perspectives on the value of urban ecosystem services” that we organised in Lodz on the 15-16th of July 2011.

Sendzimir Foundation becomes a partner under EU CHAMP Project

On the 4th of June 2011, embedded in the Bonn Resilient Cities 2011 Conference, the CHAMP Project launched the European Partnership for Integrated Sustainability Management. The Sendzimir Foundation became responsible for building a training hub in Poland.

 

ISIS – how to engage stakeholders in decision making?

The Sendzimir Foundation has just produces 3 short video films related to the project Challenges of Sustainable Development in 2010. They are only in Polish but the ISIS method in one of them is being presented in English so if you want to see the way we work with the AtKisson Group tools we encourage you to see it!

Sustainable Development Applications journal. No 2. 2011 is now available!

Sustainable Development Applications journal has been established to promote tools and case studies of good practice related to sustainable development, both in Poland and abroad.

The second issue 2011 is available for download here.

Challenges of Sustainable Development in Poland - textbook

This book is at once a guide for sustainable development professionals and a handbook for those interested in further studies on sustainability. It not only explains and exemplifies the issues of sustainability discussed herein, but it also offers a resource for practitioners in business, local authorities, non-governmental organisations and indeed individuals, wanting to undertake activities directed towards sustainable development.