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Roundtable Meeting Report of IMM-Civil Society Relations within the Framework of Green City Practices
Within the scope of “Cities as Places of Hope” project which we jointly carried out as GEF and Green Thought Association, we shared the report of “Green Cities workshop” which performed in last year, October. On the first day of the workshop, relevant actors were...
Governance Strategies for Cooling the Cities: Cases of Athens and İstanbul
The article "Governance Strategies for Cooling Cities: Athens and Istanbul Examples" based on good practice examples in different cities is published within the scope of the Cities as Places of Hope Project *.“This research focuses specifically on improving the...
In Search of a Green City
The ‘In Search of a Green City’ event will bring together green local councillors from different municipalities and civil society from across Turkey, Belgium, Greece and Spain. In this event, we aim to share best practises and discuss the role and participation of...
10th Green Economy Conference
The world, shaken by the disasters which we have experienced as a result of the climate crisis, faced a global health crisis caused by Covid-19 in 2020. The pandemic has dramatically revealed the ecological and administrative crises we are in, especially the fragility...
Gender for Green Politics: Women in Power
In every country in every continent, women are fighting on a global scale to end sexism, sexist exploitation and oppression. They make their voices heard form the streets to parliament fighting for a world with gender equality, freedom and free from oppression. Green...
Green Camp Digital – 2020
Green Camp Digital – Era of Crises: ‘Utopias, Dystopias and Intersections’ Since 2009, Green Thought Association is organizing Green Camps to spread green ideas among participants, to discuss the current problems within the framework of green politics, to think, to...
The 16th Green Dialogue will discuss the Rising Green Wave
The 16th Green Dialogue which will be held in Istanbul on the 18th of January will bring together all organisations and individuals affiliated with the Green movement in Turkey to discuss the ‘Rising Green Wave.’ The discussion on the Rising Green Wave is...
CLIMATE CONFERENCE
We have seen tangible effects of climate change in the areas of food security and the economy as well as broader social ramifications over the last few years.Recently, the urgency of the global climate crisis has become a priority for people of all ages,...
WE TALKED ABOUT URBAN EXPERIENCE
In this event, we catched up on the theme we discussed in the 15th Green Dİalouge which took place in December 2018. A group conversaton has held with the precious contrubutions of Arzu Erturan from Street is Ours Organisation and Akif Burak Atlar from City Planing...
WE TALKED ABOUT THE RISING OF CLIMATE MOVEMENTS AROUND THE WORLD WITH OMER MADRA
We organized the first ‘Yeşil Ev’ event on March 15 with Ömer Madra, Editor-in-Chief of Açık Radio. That day, there were 1.5 million climate change activist children on the streets total in 125 countries and 2083 centers around the world. Kids from Turkey were also on...
GREEN HOME IS OPEN
We have finally realized our long lasting dream of establishing a festive and dynamic space where workshops and interviews won’t be missing, and which will be the meeting point for green movement. After two and a half months of restoration work, we held...
FIRST STEP IS TAKEN FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY COOPERATIVE IN ISTANBUL
The first meeting for “Establishment of Renewable Energy Cooperative in Istanbul” was held at the Kadikoy Municipality Marriage Office Conference Hall. Yeşil Düşünce NGO and Yeryüzü NGO were the inviter of this meeting. Those who are interested to become...
15th GREEN DIALOGUE WAS HELD
In this year’s Green Dialog, the issue in discussion was the stories and activities of individual and collective initiatives that create solidarity, ecological and egalitarian alternative spaces in the city and the countryside. In the first section which...
COMMON CALL FROM 11 ORGANIZATIONS: LET THE BEES LIVE!
As all around the world, an important proportion of bees are dying in Turkey too. If we don’t take the necessary steps in the near future, not just bees but all other species who are living together in the unique diversity of life and our food...
TURKEY: CIVIL SOCIETY CALLS FOR URGENT AND AMBITIOUS CLIMATE ACTION
More than 25 civil society organizations active in Turkey ask Turkish decision makers to step up, not step back This year’s 24th Conference of the Parties (COP24) hosted by the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC) in Poland is considered the...
RURAL & URBAN GET-TOGETHER
Are you fed-up with city-life? Do you want to become a prosumer instead of a consumer? Is it the case that you want to experience the land, are dying to be on the production side of things? Or is it that you find yourself questioning how you can walk on a...
NORDISK FOLKECENTER VISIT BY GREEN THOUGHT ASSOCIATION TEAM
As the Green Thought Association, we are conducting a cooperation project with the Nordisk Folkecenter as part of a Nongovernmental Exchange Programme in order to expand the democratic use of renewable energy. In the scope of this Programme, we participated in various...
THE CLOSING MEETING FOR THE “GREEN CLIMATE, GREEN MUNICIPALITY PROJECT” TOOK PLACE IN BORNOVA
The closing meeting for the project Green Climate, Green Municipaliry took place in the Dramalılar village in Bornova. The outputs of the one year long project were presented by Bornova Municipality External Affairs Manager Başak Turhan and Project Coordinator Sevil...