Category: All the POC in the territory

Functionality and cooperation economy?

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POC Tiers-Lieu LA LOCO Functionality and cooperation economy? “We aim for cohesive and sustainable development but we find ourselves in classic facilities with no connection to the neighbourhood inhabitants or anything sustainable!” The key players of the Social and Solidarity Economy, always associated with the voluntary sector that doesn’tgenerate financial capital, are like the contemporary shoemakers who go barefoot and Read more about Functionality and cooperation economy?[…]

Workstation…

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POC La Station, St Omer Workstation… “On average, I am a coworker at the station two days a week, I am self-employed and I alternate days at home with days at the station, according to the priorities of the moment.”For Vincent, a self-employed landscape designer living in St Omer, the station offers a way to Read more about Workstation…[…]

Entrepreneurs in art school

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POC hangArt créatif Entrepreneurs in art school “Every business leader in Italy has had contact with art since in this country, art history is part of the general curriculum in elementary and secondary school”noted Florence Vidal in 1997 essay which explored Italian style Creativity Management. Art and entrepreneurship Along the same lines, the Catholic University Read more about Entrepreneurs in art school[…]

Strolls in neighbourhood memories

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POC La mémoire dans le code Strolls in neighbourhood memories “After some thinking about the urban transformations that would take place in the neighbourhood —generated by the installation of a centre of excellence in digital technology —some people showed an interest in learning more about digital technology, while others seemed worried about these transformations.” Following the examples of Read more about Strolls in neighbourhood memories[…]

Basic Layout Glossary

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POC Glissière en Béton Armé Basic Layout Glossary Anti-parking or anti-terrorist, reinforced concrete barriers have invaded the city. To a greater or lesser degree, these large bricks stigmatise urban areas in reconstruction like hyper centres. Being quite difficult to handle, they are often leftbehind in between different usages. In an attempt to make the most Read more about Basic Layout Glossary[…]

Voucher for a trip to Roubaix

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POC Parking de Roubaix Voucher for a trip to Roubaix Parkings are the first thing visiting motorists have contact with in the city. These buildings, often airtight, underground and gloomy, do not reflect the richness of the exterior, full of stories and emotions. How might wegive a preview of the city while being in thisenclosed space? Good for a trip to Read more about Voucher for a trip to Roubaix[…]

The city as a playground?

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POC Playful City The city as a playground? Who’s never crossed children drawing with chalk on the sidewalk a hopscotch game and not wanted to hop through the squares? Would fun and colourful urban circuits automatically motivate people to walk and do a little more exercise every day? Would livelier and brighter sidewalks and walkways Read more about The city as a playground?[…]

Cooperating for a non-disabling environment

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POC Gulivers campus Cooperating for a non-disabling environment Is it the people who are disabled… or the environment that is disabling? In 2020, our built environment still leaves out the most vulnerable: the disabled, the elderly, the sick… How can we get rid of the “hand in cap”, the luck and inequality game? How can Read more about Cooperating for a non-disabling environment[…]

Sorting waste out of the trash

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POC Suez Environnement – l’apport volontaire vers un service intelligent, propre et connecté Sorting waste out of the trash “having a bottle bank outside your house can be a livinghell: the noise of bottles breaking any time of day and night, all the junk people leave behind, alcoholics emptying what little is left in the Read more about Sorting waste out of the trash[…]

Participating to change behaviour

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POC Ephemer Participating to change behaviour How might we bring a better understanding among people of present and future ethical issues, and particularly around environmental matters? Is placing individuals in role-play situations and making them actors more effective than the more classical pedagogy based on awareness raising discourses? Ethics and collective commitment EPHEMER, which stands Read more about Participating to change behaviour[…]