The Green City Movement was started by Plant Publicity Holland in 2002. The Netherlands is a small country with large population density and continuously connecting settlements, where the creation and protection of green areas is therefore a key question. However, the green areas as well as the funding for their maintenance have been steadily shrinking, even if the country has a rich heritage of gardening.
The Mission of the Smart Studios is to be the essential stepping stone to children’s digital development. Their courses fosters their cognitive, social, emotional and creative needs while providing an environment full of enriching tools and materials where children can play while they learn and learn while they play. Their focus is to instill curiosity, imagination, and creativity in every child as they are the future. Kids can choose from many courses like Coding, AppInventor, YouTube, Minecraft, etc.
The district of Nieuw-West is a solid demographical representation of Amsterdam and an area with high energy consumption. Notably, however, the area is home to the first district-level Smart Grid in the Netherlands. Amsterdam Smart City partner Liander has invested significantly in this technology in recent years. The Smart Grid in Nieuw-West serves as the ideal backbone to realise new renewable energy sources, with decentralised energy generation taking the lead role.
Between 2014 and 2017 district of Croydon examines and evaluates the effectiveness and ROI of the state and municipal services.
The project, a $20 billion, 28-acre commercial and residential area on Manhattan’s west side, is touted as being the largest development in the city since the Rockefeller center. Hudson Yards will digitally track environmental and lifestyle factors—like traffic, energy consumption, and air quality—and will include a trash-disposal system to remove waste via underground pneumatic tubes. It is being designed specifically to bring in millennials, and to provide the highest quality of life for those living, working, and visiting the area.
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Turo connects travelers who need cars with car owners who are willing to rent their cars out. Across the country or across town, travelers choose from a unique selection of nearby cars, while car owners earn extra money and help fuel the adventures of travelers they meet along the way. Whether it’s a truck to help out on moving day, a Tesla for a luxurious weekend away, or a classic VW bus for a picture-perfect road trip, travelers can rent the perfect vehicle for their next adventure, and car owners can turn their depreciating assets into earning engines.
The Hungarian Food Bank Association is a non-profit organization that works to make a link between surplus food and people in need in Hungary in order to help reduce poverty, hunger and malnutrition. The Hungarian Food Bank Association started its work in September 2005, and became a full-fledged member of the European Federation of Food Banks (FEBA) in 2006. Since our foundation: we distributed 42 300 tons of food worth over 67,4 million $ (20,3 billion HUF) to more than 340 000 people in need in partnership with almost 325 non-governmental organizations and municipalities.
The "Heti Betevő" (Weekly Food) is a grassroot initiative. It formed in Budapest 7. district in 2013 to help people who are in need in the neighborhood. Its main purpose is to involve the local community and to sensitize society toward poverty and homelessness. On the lunch homelesses, poors, large families, low-income pensioners are participating from the neighborhood. It is a great help for them giving lunch every week at the same time and place. The ingredients which needed to prepare for Sunday lunch are predominantly sourced via cash donations.
Technika1 is a community wood workshop created by the Hello Wood team and the Economic Polytechnics High School in 2015, Budapest, Hungary. We share our experience, space and tools to everyone whose interested in the beauties and endless posibilites of working with wood.