PEDAGOGICAL SHOP
Key Innovation A pedagogical shop, providing an alternative training system and promoting fair trade. Problematic background and context The project was founded (in 2001) and run by Marcel Finders and the association TEREM (“territoire et emploi”), created in 1992, whose plan was to create the opportunity for young people to go on exchange in Europe […]
BUCHTICKET/BOOK EXCHANGE
Non profit book exchange marketplace in the internet Key Innovation To use, to read books without owning them. In comparison with a public library for example the users have no commitment to the library. Efficiant combination beetween reading tangible books and using information technology as internet. Problematic background and context The only read once book […]
BICYCLE FLEA MARKET
Offering cheap bicycles to people interested in ecological transport Key Innovation Repairing and reselling bicycles Problematic background and context The City of Turku has c.a. 170 000 citizens and is the so-called cultural centre of Finland. A huge number of the citizens are local and foreign students live in the city only during academic year. […]
ORTI DEL PARCO NORTE/PARCO NORD VEGETABLE GARDENS, MILAN, ITALY
Key Innovation The garden as a place of social aggregation and therapeutics for the elderly. Problematic background and context The Milan Park North, has characteristic that generate a green lung within the city, generating a direct contribution to the degradation of a zone industrialist. With the necessity to use its ample capacity of space and […]
ANDIAMO A SCUOLA DE SOLI/WALK TO SCHOOL ALONE
Walking-bus: groups of children walking together to school on a regular route under supervision of adults. Key Innovation To go to school in safety, walking in small groups Problematic background and context Walking bus is an initiative which was taken from some teachers in the Elementary School in Milan to improve the health and the […]
GAS, SOLIDARITY PURSHASING GROUP
A group of people that decides to use the concept of solidarity as a guideline for the daily economical behaviour. Key Innovation To organise groups of consumers to purchase food directly from independent producers (shorter chain). Problematic background and context Consumers are not satisfied by the products offered by the large manufacturers. They would like […]
MCS, MILANO CAR SHARING/MILAN CAR SHARING
Multiuse car-system Key Innovation Milan Car Sharing is a self-service rent-a-car system for members living in Milan. Problematic background and context Milan as a metropolitan has a big transportation problem. And the major part of the problem is caused by private cars. Everybody prefers to own its own car instead of using an alternative […]
MINIMO IMPATTO/MINIMUM IMPACT
A shop for trading used sporting goods among private consumers. Key Innovation To create a dedicated infrastructure of tools ans services to allow users to trade second hand items sporting goods. Problematic background and context Minimo impatto is a shop providing a service of buying/selling used sporting devices and clothes. It is located in the […]
BIOMERCATINO: THE LITTLE ORGANIC MARKET.PDF
A street market that sells organic products and promotes a healthy and environmentally responsible lifestyle. Key Innovation The promotion, production, distribution and consumption of organic products by creating an alternative distribution channel for small local producers. Problematic background and context In 1991 the Italian Green Party lost the referendum concerning the use of pesticides in […]
BC+ CYCLING ASSOCIATION
An association that promotes the culture of the bicycle to improve integrated mobility in the city. Key Innovation +BC provides services for the individuals to maintain and take care of their bicycles. Problematic background and context This type of solution is concerned with the development and diffusion of innovative models of integrated mobility to reduce […]