presentacions

Networking for Sustainability:
Challenges and opportunities.
The case of Barcelona.
CoDeS Final Conference
Barcelona, 21 May 2014
Teresa Franquesa, Director of Knowledge Management, Urban Habitat, Barcelona City Council
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1. About sustainability and about fostering sustainability
2. The case of Barcelona, with examples of school networking
3. Lessons learned
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1. About sustainability and about fostering sustainability
 a vision of human progress that entails
eliminating poverty and achieving a
good quality of life for everybody
 safeguarding the planet as the basis of
life
Both objectives must be addressed jointly and globally
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1. About sustainability and about fostering sustainability
Society
Economy
Ecological systems
as a support to life
(common goods)
governance
governance
Quality of life
People’s welfare
The global economy
must serve
a society
where it is possible to develop
the potential of each person
and
the Earth is the life support
for the
socio-economic system
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1. About sustainability and about fostering sustainability
If we do not change our direction, we are likely to end up
where we are headed.
Chinese proverb
Can we change the world?
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Haga clic para modificar el estilo
de título del patrón
Many small people,
in small places
doing small things
can change the world.
African proverb
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1. About sustainability and fostering sustainability
Personal desire for change
Creating a framework where change is possible, encouraged and nurtured
We have the power to change ourselves
and our environment
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2. The case of Barcelona
Our framework:
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2. The case of Barcelona
A Legacy from Rio’92 and the Agenda 21 movement
Result of a city participatory process
Pedagogical and inspiring
10 goals
100 lines of action
Rio’92+10
2002-2012
Rio’92+20
2012-2022
Renewed commitment after 10 years
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2. The case of Barcelona
Wide process of participation
Discussion
Evaluation
Visioning
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The Citizen Commitment to Sustainability 2012-2022.
signed by representatives
of institutions, companies,
trade unions, universities,
citizen organisations, and
schools
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2. The case of Barcelona
The Citizen Commitment to Sustainability
is not a City Council commitment
it is a City commitment
Signatory organizations
commit to
voluntary action plans
to contribute to shared goals
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Citizen Commitment to Sustainability
NETWORK OF SIGNATORIES
Trade unions 1%
Other civic and
citizen
organisations
14%
Environmental
organisations
6%
Political
organisations
1%
Institutions and
public
associations
5%
Public
companies
2%
800 + signatories
[400 + schools ]
Professional
associations,
institutions and
guilds
4%
Schools
50%
Companies and
business
organisations
15%
Universities and
research centres
2%
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2. The case of Barcelona
The network:
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Wide range of participants
Shared vision
Agora
Exchanging experiences
Common projects
Learning opportunities
Results
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2. The case of Barcelona
NETWORK OF SIGNATORIES
SUB-NETWORK OF SCHOOLS
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2. The case of Barcelona
NETWORK OF SIGNATORIES
School Agenda 21
SUB-NETWORK OF SCHOOLS
A specific programme and
CITY COUNCIL
pedagogical team for schools
A support structure: expert
staff, information, activities,
workshops, advice, training,
exchange, coordination.
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2. The case of Barcelona
The Barcelona School Agenda 21 Programme
has been running for 13 school years
This programme aims to support schools to
incorporate sustainability in their daily
life.
Each school does their own project of
innovation, according their conditions and
possibilities.
Through these projects, schools transform
themselves and contribute to making the
city a better place to live.
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Agenda 21 Escolar
Goals
become involved in city affairs
sharing a learning process
education for
sustainability
improvements in the school
environment
continuous training for
school heads and teachers
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Agenda 21 Escolar
Areas of
improvement
Curricular
project
Educational
project
Resource management
& improving the immediate
environment
Educational climate
Relationship with the
outside world:
communication & cooperation
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Agenda 21 Escolar
Support
Permanent on-line
communication
Individual
(& flexible) advice
Guidelines &
pedagogical resources
Specific training
Sharing experiences
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2. The case of Barcelona
Examples of networking actions
http://www.sostenibilitatbcn.cat/index.php/agenda-21-escolar
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School to school networking
Network of compost-makers
Who: Secondary school students help primary school pupils
What: Making compost, sharing a crusher.
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Institut Príncep de Girona
Escola Jovellanos
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School to school networking
Communicating our work
Who: Pupils of several Ciutat Vella District schools
What: working together designing and filming a video to show their work.
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Escola OSCUS
Sant Joan Baptista
Baixeres
Drassanes
Pia Sant Antoni,
Institut Pau Claris,
EMAV
EBM La Mar
Espai Familiar Erasme
Janer
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School + neighbourhood networking
Sharing school garden with the neighbourhood
Who: Secondary school students and teachers
What: Opening the historical school garden (4000 m2) to the densely populated
neighbourhood, and organizing activities to enjoy and appreciate it.
 Institut Lluís Vives
 Barri de Sants-Badal
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Schools + neighbourhood networking
School photography competition to identify and catalogue trees
Who: Secondary school students, primary school students + retired ctizens from the
neighbourhood (a gardener and a teacher)
What: Organizing a students photography competition with the trees in the
neighbourhood as a subject, in order to identify and catalogue them.
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Institut Roger de Flor
Escola Sant Jordi
Escola Sant Josep Oriol
Veïns del Barri Trinitat Nova
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Schools + City Council networking
Mobile recycling facility
Who: Schools, families, and
City Waste Management
Services
What: Designing and using a
track to collect hazardous
waste outside the schools
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Schools + catering companies + City Council networking
“Ens ho mengem tot” (We eat everything) project
Who: 24 schools, catering services for schools, City Waste Reduction Programme
What: To show the amount of food wasted in school meals, in order to encourage pupils
not to leave food on their plates.
 24 schools
 Lunch time educators
 Fundació Vincles
 City Waste Reduction Programme
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School + City Council networking
Working with the gardeners
Who: Mentally handicapped
pupils, City Garden Services,
gardeners
What: Collaboration in the
maintenance of a park near the
school, appropriation of space,
introduction to the profession
of gardening
Escola d’Educació Especial Rel
Espais Verds
Jardiners del Parc del Guinardó
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School + City Council networking
Reusing urban elements to improve school gardens
Who: School staff and families, City Urban Services
What: Reusing benches, bins, trees, other materials
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Schools + City Council networking
“Apropa’t als parcs”
(Get closer to the parks)
Who: Students, teachers, City Garden
Services, gardeners
What: Adopting a park for a year
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School + City Council networking
Transforming our city block
Who: Primary school pupils, City Garden Services, gardeners
What: Designing and transforming the inner space in the
school block
 4t de primària de l'Escola IPSI
 Espais Verds
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School + home for the elderly networking
Sewing memories. Learning and service project
Who: Post-secondary school students (18 -22) and a local old people’s home
What: Students help the elderly, affected by degenerative mental illness, to make tapestries
that explain their life memories. The workshop facilitates personal knowledge, transmission
of traditions, history and values ​between the young and the old.
 CFP Arco
 Residència avis eixample
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School + families+ City Council networking
Plaça Boyeros: A square for the little ones
Who: Nursery school staff and families, City Council
What:complete redesign of an old square to adapt it to
the needs of children in nursery
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 EBM Albí
Districte Horta-Guinardó
 Espais Verds
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School + families + neighbourhood organizations
Empowering community, transforming the playground
Who: Primary school pupils, teachers, families,
neighbourhood organizations
What: Creating a new playground as a community
development project.
Participa Award (Programa d’Innovació i Qualitat Democràtica
Generalitat de Catalunya)
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Esc. La Pau
 AMPA La Pau
 PEP
 Raons Públiques
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School + families + neighbourhood organizations
Empowering school, empowering community.
Transforming our school & neighbourhood.
Who: Primary school pupils, teachers, families,
neighbourhood organizations
What: Designing and improving school grounds
and public spaces around the school.
 Escola Fort Pienc
 AMPA Fort Pienc
 Entitats expertes
 Entitats del barri
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Schools + NGOs + City Council networking
Empty spaces plan “Pla Buits”
Who: Several city organizations, schools, City Council
What: Through an open call, the City Council lets the management of public land
to city NGOs for 1 year, up to 3 years.
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Schools + NGOs + City Council networking
Empty space “Illa dels Tres Horts”
Who: Secondary school, Slowfood Barcelona, Tarpuna (socio-environmental
NGO)
What: A space structured around a square and a vegetable garden. The allotment
will promote the participation of people at risk of social exclusion, the elderly and
pupils from neighborhood schools
 Institut Rubió i Tudurí
 Tarpuna
 Slowfood Barcelona
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Schools + NGOs + City Council networking
Bioblitz Barcelona
Who: Citizens, schools, Natural History
Museum, Universities, NGO’s, City Council
Biodiversity Services.
What: A day of nature research in the city
gardens. Along with other participants,
secondary and upper primary students collect
data on plants and animals observed, with the
support of specialists. The data contributes to
forming the catalogue of biodiversity in
Barcelona.
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National & International schools networking
International Conference of Young “Take Care of the Planet”
Who: High schools, international organizations
What: Students meet, deliberate on major current social and environmental
challenges and choose representatives who communicate results in different
forums.
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Narcís Monturiol,
Joan Brossa
Josep Pla,
Col•legi Sant Ramon Nonat
Pia de Sant Antoni,
Pia de Sarrià – Calassanç,
Frederic Mistral/Tècnic Eulàlia,
FEDAC Sant Andreu
Mare de Déu de la Mercè
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3. Lessons learned
Networking for sustainability
2 principles (conditions, or paradigms)
 Co-responsibility
 Creativity
4 strategies
 Proximity
 Experience
 Micro-networking
 Opening-up
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4. Lessons learned
Co-responsibility
Each one is responsible; each one recognises other’s responsibility
2 attitudes are necessary:
 Proactivity
 Synergy: looking for common interest
Dependent >independent >interdependent
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Dependent >Independent >Interdependent
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4. Lessons learned
Creativity
We look for new styles of life; we must envision and invent
new solutions: there is a need for the creativity of all of us
2 conditions are necessary:
 Diversity: plurality, tolerance to the discrepancy
 Informality: casual meetings, random discoveries
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Disagreement
There are several ways to think
Aggressiveness
Creativity
Individual
interest
Common
interest
win/loss
win/win
Convenience
agreement
Stability
Consensus
We all think the same way
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4. Lessons learned
Creativity
We look for new styles of life; we must envision and invent
new solutions: there is a need for the creativity of all of us
2 conditions are necessary:
 Diversity: plurality, tolerance to the discrepancy
 Informality: casual meetings, random discoveries
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4. Lessons learned
Networking for sustainability
4 strategies (that work):
 Proximity: to create personal bonds
 Experience: to realise that change is possible
 Micro-networking: to empower teachers through sharing
experiences
 Opening-up: to broaden opportunities
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“Nobody made a greater mistake
than he who did nothing because he
could do only a little.”
― Edmund Burke (1729-1797)
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With the contribution of
Mireia Abril
Laia Capdevila
Margarida Feliu
& Marta Vilar
Barcelona A21E Programe
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