Finished URBAN SOIL 4 FOOD
Urban Soil 4 Food
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URBAN SOIL 4 FOOD (UIA - Urban Innovative Actions)
- Period
- 12/2017 – 11/2020
- Programme
- UIA – Urban Innovative Actions
- Our role
- Partner
Establishment of Innovative Urban Soil Based Economy Circles to Increase Local Food Self-sufficiency and Minimize Environmental Footprint
The project seeks to achieve the following results:
1. Change of material flows from currently unused (landfilled) to recycled and reused within the City will lead to:
- decreased amount of currently landfilled waste- specifically reduction of biological waste (for 2.400 tonns/year) and mineral waste (for 2.000 t/y)
- production of different types of soil (3.000 t/y) to be used for urban agriculture, parks, roadworks, constructions....)
- production of energy (590 kWh) to be used for the needs of operation of soil production
2. Change of food flows from imported to locally produced will lead to:
- establishment of 7.398 m2 of new urban gardens for public use
- establishment of local labelled food (1 label, used by at lest 50 farmers)
- established food chain from local farmer to local consumer (at least 10.000 users of local food per year)
- decrease of greenhouse emissions
3. Enabling circular economy transformation change of society will lead to:
- established Agri-living lab will bring circular economy closer to the people (6 social innovation pilots)
- workshops will increase people's involvement and interest to open innovation (200 participants of the workshops)
- SMEs will get support for development of innovation and for working in the field of circular economy (15 SMEs)
Funding
UIA – Urban Innovative Actions – European Union – European Regional Development Fund
Participating organisations
Lead partner
- City Municipality of Maribor
Partners
- Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship
- E-institute for comprehensive development solutions
- Snaga d.d.
- AKTIVIRAJ SE Development of social projects and promotion of active life association
- Deltaplan d.o.o.
- Slovenian National Building and Civil Engineering Institute (ZAG)
- Wcycle Institute Maribor
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Project information
Zavod za inovativnost in podjetništvo (Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship)
PO: Makedonska ulica 41, 2000 Maribor
Contact persons: Janja Viher in Marko Kac
m: +386 31 66 99 49 and +386 41 91 77 40
e: janja.viher@zipiie.eu and marko.kac@zipiie.eu
More information: UIA - Urban Soil 4 Food