AbstractSince 2021, the New European Bauhaus prize has given an echo and offered recognition to community practices across the EU and beyond. Several initiatives by CERN members were 2022 prize finalists. The people around Forno Vagabondo – a traveling bread oven engaging local communities through baking into issues of food sovereignty around Trentino, IT – and around Krater – a community-led production space for eco-social practitioners in a former wasteland in the heart of the city of Ljubljana, SLO – were amongst them with their efforts to empower their local communities in grounding the ecological transition. Although these initiatives’ efforts in contributing actively and substantially to the EU’s ecological transition are recognised, they often struggle with precarious or low funding situations. Based on the experience of La Foresta (Rovereto, IT) and Trajna (Ljubljana, SI) – the organisations behind Forno Vagabondo and Krater – we spent 6 months mapping and analyzing the behind-the-scenes of such projects, with a special focus on what kind of economic reasoning and acting makes them more viable and potentially resilient in the long-term. During this session, we will share and discuss the findings of these mapping sessions. New European Bauhaus meets Community Economies is a project co-funded by Erasmus+.
In-person locationLa Foresta - accademia di comunità, piazzale Orsi 15-16, 38060 Rovereto, Italy
Gradbena jama Bežigrajski krater, vhod s Peričeve ulice, Ljubljana, SloveniaTo register to attend in person, please contact Bianca Elzenbaumer (bravenewalps@gmail.com)
