Eco Activism and Sustainable Cities (Case Study: Wild Belgrade Initiative) by Milja Vuković
Channel: Deep-T
Date: 2022-07-26

And what if we become aware that the change that we wish to bring to the world, via our activism, is always first and foremost changing us? We are our own white mice, involved in a transforming experiment. Only the transformed individual can bring real change. 
In this presentation Milja Vuković shares her experience in the field of environmental activism based on her involvement with the Wild Belgrade initiative. She invites us to better our cities - our first, closest ecosystems - by deepening our connection to the natural world of our cities. In order to do that, she believes that we first need to open our perception and discover the constantly changing tissues of the dynamic living world around us, we need to notice the bees, the linden trees, the sparrows and fungi, rain and wind. We can build new, sustainable, resilient, improved cities only if we ally with our most powerful partner - Nature in the cities.  
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Deep-T aims to explore in a collective way the roots of the ecological and climate crisis, and how to deal with them for a just and sustainable future. 

During this week long youth exchange project a group of young participants (18 to 30 years old) and representatives from six associations deep dived into subjects of EU Green Deal, degrowth and zero waste, agroecology and permaculture, engaged art and participatory decision making. The week-long program was intense and fruitful.
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Deep-T was designed and implemented by:

• Democrazia e Ambiente (Italy)
https://democraziaeambienteudine.wordpress.com/contatti/
• Zero waste Žalec (Slovenia) 
http://www.zerowastezalec.com/
• The Southern Lights (Greece) 
http://thesouthernlights.org/
• Zelena tranzicija (Serbia)
https://www.zelenatranzicija.rs/
• Ataec. Artists, Cultures & Climates Network (Spain)
https://www.ataec.com/
• Kollektiv N11 (Germany)
https://ginkgo.space/

DEEP-T had been developed within the framework of a Key Action 1 the Erasmus+ programme. Project n. 2020-2-IT03-KA105-019285.
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