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Jul 28, 2022

Co-housing Greece: Empowering communities of Greece with knowledge on sustainable practices of commoning in housing and use of space

Homelessness and lack of access to affordable housing, as well as lack of shared spaces that can facilitate social synergies and support the development of communities and cooperative activities are the main challenges that we try to address through our work. Our associations are developing cooperative spaces and co-housing projects and provide support…

Collective Housing

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Co-housing Greece: Empowering communities of Greece with knowledge on sustainable practices of…
Co-housing Greece: Empowering communities of Greece with knowledge on sustainable practices of…
Collective Housing

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Jul 1, 2022

Camelbutts Reloaded 2022

Butterflies & Camels is a community run workshop located on the artists’ studio apartment of Communitism. In this space, artists and practitioners active in creative reuse of discarded clothes and fabrics can meet and share knowledge exchange practices. The workshop was founded in 2019, when a 3-months workshop of collaborative…

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Camelbutts Reloaded 2022
Camelbutts Reloaded 2022

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May 12, 2022

Emerging Communities: Empowerment for social engagement, self-organization and development of local solutions

Emerging Communities is an Erasmus+ funded project , bringing together eight organizations from six different countries , active in different fields, yet complimentary in knowledge and with relevant mentalities. We believe that the period we are living in calls for extraordinary solutions, and by engaging in this program we want…

Erasmus Plus

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Erasmus Plus

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Sep 3, 2021

Amplify: Make the future of Europe Yours

AMPLIFY, DIVERSIFY, INCLUDE ΕΝΙΣΧΥΣΗ, ΔΙΑΦΟΡΟΠΟΙΗΣΗ, ΣΥΜΠΕΡΙΛΗΠΤΙΚΟΤΗΤΑ Η ευρωπαϊκή πολιτιστική κοινότητα κινητοποιείται, για να φέρει υποεκπροσωπούμενες φωνές στο Συνέδριο για το Μέλλον της Ευρώπης Εκπρόσωποι πολιτιστικών και δημιουργικών κοινοτήτων από 12 ευρωπαϊκές χώρες συγκεντρώνονται σε μια κοινή προσπάθεια να δώσουν βήμα σε φωνές που δεν βρίσκονται στο προσκήνιο του κοινωνικού διαλόγου…

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Amplify: Make the future of Europe Yours
Amplify: Make the future of Europe Yours

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May 10, 2019

Call to protect reservoirs of hope and solidarity

In the city of 132.000 abandoned buildings*, one would expect that the willingness of several social groups to use them would be welcomed and supported by the public authorities. …

Ccities Athens

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Call to protect reservoirs of hope and solidarity
Call to protect reservoirs of hope and solidarity
Ccities Athens

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Apr 15, 2018

Press Release — Vol. III

Communitism is a social experiment that began in Athens in December 2015 and will conclude in April 2018. It started as a momentary vision of one, that came to fruition collectively by approximately 55 people throughout this three year period. …

Urban Planning

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Press Release — Vol. III
Press Release — Vol. III
Urban Planning

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Apr 4, 2018

Towards a circular economy and zero waste at Communitism!

To celebrate the beginning of our creative reuse maker space at Communitism, we brought together many Athens-based partner organizations working towards a circular economy and zero waste. Donations of tools, supplies, old bicycles, sewing machine and sewing materials (fabric, trim, thread, remnants) will continue to help us grow the project!

Sewing

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Sewing

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Mar 30, 2018

Creative Reuse

Greece has been slapped with a fine of nearly 15 million euros every six months over the continued operation of over 3800 illegal landfills. Only 13 percent of eligible waste is recycled in Athens and only 16 percent of household waste is recycled across Greece. On a global scale we…

Environment

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Creative Reuse
Creative Reuse
Environment

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Mar 23, 2018

Communitism Philosophy and Purpose

Our fundamental purpose is to revive abandoned cultural heritage buildings in Athens through the collaboration and motivation of existing community structures. Our 1938 neoclassical building of 1200 sq.m. in the center of Athens offers the chance to juxtapose a highly traditional Greek style with contemporary interventions far from familiar. This…

Social Innovation

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Communitism Philosophy and Purpose
Communitism Philosophy and Purpose
Social Innovation

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Mar 17, 2018

Europe was Taken by a Bull

The message of Communitism’s third major event “Europe was taken by a Bull” is that all the theories about Europe’s or the world’s future do not really matter. We are in no condition to predict all that can, or will, happen. The future can be as surreal as the myth…

Art

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Europe was Taken by a Bull
Europe was Taken by a Bull
Art

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