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We are a no profit Association, active in the diffusion of the environmental sustainability principles.

Our members are Public entities and no profit Associations interested in finding a good balance between economy, society and environment: Municipalities of Barlassina, Bovisio Masciago, Cesano Maderno, Desio, Meda, Seveso, Varedo; Legambiente Lombardia and Lombardy Foundation for the Environment (FLA).

Together, we cooperate by informing, educating and involving the citizenship, the local enterprises, the schools and the Public Administrations in order to improve the quality of life of the communities living on the territory of Brianza, who share a common cultural identity.

We work daily  to meet the desire to change reality towards a more sustainable and more close to human needs way.

We provide our skills in designing  and coordinating local actions to stimulate innovation and participation, fostering a multidisciplinary approach and the relationship between different realities in the environmental field.

We focus our actions on people, as the human experiences and the relationships are the basis of sustainability and the environment represents its keystone.

The motto of our practice and daily work is "Sustainable Local Action Moves the World". We believe that each individual must assume a great responsibility: to change their lifestyle starting from the reality they live in; only in this way you can make a change that affects the entire planet.

“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” (Margaret Mead, anthropologist)

STAFF

Marzio Marzorati, President

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SOME PROJECTS

Rete Condomini+

Funded by Cariplo Foundation in 2012. Partners are: Agenzia InnovA21, ADICONSUM Lombardia, ANAB Lombardy, ANACI.

Implementation period: Ocotober 2012 - March 2014.

Objectives:

• Reduce the energy consumption of condominiums   ; Increase the environmental sustainability of the building; Raise environmental awareness of the inhabitants; Encourage the formation of buying groups (for efficient technologies or related to renewable energy sources) and the exchange of good practices between condominiums; Build a permanent network of different actors  for the promotion and dissemination of energy efficiency in condominium; Increase the awareness of the potential energy savings resulting from the adoption of lifestyles attention to environmental impacts and plant solutions and structural;  Provide training for building managers in the field of energy.

Actions:

• Implementation of training for building administrators   with the purpose of providing specific expertise on: energy saving; possibility of incentives; national and regional legislation concerning energy; new technologies; energy communication in building

• Creation of opportunities for training and information reserved for residents  on the potential of energy efficiency in domestic life

• Initiation of a benchmarking exercise with the purpose of comparing the different initial conditions and strategies identified to reduce consumption

• Establishment of a list of certified professionals who work in the energy field 

• Establishment of Purchasing Groups Energy: they can get favorable conditions for the implementation of measures on stable homes and the purchase of technology for energy or energy efficiency (thermostatic valves, solar panels,  ...)

• Setting up of a communication addressed to all citizens with the aim of disseminating best practices and advice through the direct experience of the participants and advertise NETWORK and its members;

• Building a website dedicated to the project in order to facilitate communication within the network and the dissemination of experience and best practices to citizenship.

La Famiglia Sostenibile (Sustainable Families)

Funded by Cariplo Foundation in 2010. Partners: Agenzia InnovA21, the 7 Municipalities member of InnovA21

Objectives: raise awareness of 100 families of the territory about the anvironmental impact of their lifestyles and about their responsibilities; lead, in the short term, positive  and measurable changes in the lifestyles of families participating in the project; promote the adoption of good practices between the local actors involved that can self-sustaining thereafter

Actions:

Definition of the project tools - are set up two working groups: one for   scientific and technical evaluation and training; another, made by local actors, sets out a strategy to involve families and draw the "Alliance of families"

Constitution of the Network of Sustainable Families - Households participate in the network by subscribing to a special "Covenant of Families", by which they undertake to provide data on their environmental performance, to participate in the training course and see the impacts on environment determined by changes in their lifestyles.

Performance evaluation of sustainability - photograph of consumption and lifestyles of families framed in a grid evaluative default.

Training and information - is implemented a training aimed at reducing the environmental impact of daily lifestyles, which focuses mainly on: the production of waste and its proper differentiation, mobility ,energy consumption, green purchaising  .

Assessment of the effects of the change in lifestyle - is made ​​an estimate of the change brought about through continuous monitoring of indicators.

Communication and dissemination - At the end of the project are carried out active communication of results and evaluation, the schemes of involvement and more effective training and replicating selected locations on a larger portion of the population.

Think Green, Think Young

Funded by EACEA - Youth in Action program, Action 1.3 Youth and Democracy

Partners: Italy: Lombardy Region (Applicant), Agenzia Innova21, Municipality of Desio, FLA; Bulgaria: Municipality of Bourgas, BAPCI Association; Czech Republic: Municipality of Radnice, CSOP  Association (http://www.csop.cz)

60 participants from the 3 countries involved in the project. The age range is from 15 to 25.

Project Actions:

2) Local Training Course: young participants attend a training course in their countries about climate changes, active participation, European Union, intercultural dimension. This preparation period also represented the chance for the youth to have a dialogue with politicians, local authorities and local associations.

3) On-line Forum, activated for every step of the project.

4) Conference of the Parties - Youth (COP-Y): the 60 participants from the three UE Countries meet in Lombardy for sharing ideas about climate change and sustainable development on the model of Agenda 21 and to define some Local Action Plans. These Plans contain suggestions for the citizens (particularly for the youth), to help them to act in a sustainable way and to face correctly the Climate Change. Participants are politicians, representatives from Public Authorities and civil society and the youth, backed  from professional facilitators.

5) Spread of results at a local level. On the basis of their relationships on the territory, partners organize some meetings with other local entities to promote the results of the project and to involve them in the accomplishment of the Action Plans come out of the Conference.

6) Action Plans Realization: involvement of different local youth groups, from non-formal to scholastic ones. Action Plans objective is to modify citizens lifestyle to face the challenge of Climate Change and Sustainable Development.

7) Final International Meeting: evaluation of the project and discussion of an eventual development. New partners are invited, in order to create new relationshisps at a European level.

Martedì 25 ottobre, presso il Comune di Desio, si è tenuta la serata conclusiva aperta al pubblico del progetto internazionale “Think Green, Think Young”.