Table 1 Overview of the 12 case studies, with name, country and short description. Source: [26]
Case study | Country | Short description |
|---|---|---|
Voedseltuin | The Netherlands | A food garden that produces ecologically sustainable vegetables and fruit, working with volunteers with a distance from the job market |
Gardening with Green Gyms for Meat Free Monday | United Kingdom | Two sustainable practices combined at a London primary school: meat-free Monday initiative and a Green Gym school garden |
GemüseAckerdemie | Germany | Educational program that strengthens the relationship between children and nature, while increasing children’s knowledge of food origins |
Ghent en Garde: STOEMP initiative | Belgium | The STOEMP initiative, as part of the Ghent en Garde food policy, is a network that brings good (healthy and sustainable) food initiatives together in the city of Ghent |
PROVE | Portugal | A program to create close links between consumers and producers of agricultural products to promote consumption of seasonal fruit and vegetables |
Restructuring residential outdoor areas | Sweden | Involving residents to restructure one of the most deprived areas in Stockholm to a more attractive and green outdoor environmental area |
Restructuring green space | The Netherlands | Green space neighbourhood park intervention in a low-income urban area in Breda |
Sustainable schools in public schools | Spain | Sustainable food in public nursery schools in Madrid, advising parents and training school kitchen personnel to raise awareness in families |
Place Standard Tool Latvia | Latvia | Applying the PST to assist professionals and communities in identifying what works well and what needs improvement within a local community, bringing public health, inequalities and environment together in order to create a healthy neighbourhood (Riga) |
Place Standard Tool Macedonia | Republic of Macedonia | Applying the PST to assist professionals and communities in identifying what works well and what needs improving within a local community, bringing public health, inequalities and environment together in order to create a healthier neighbourhood (Karposh) |
UrbanCyclers | Czech Republic | An urban cycling app to promote sustainable mobility by supporting and motivating self-regulated behavioural change |
Eco Inclusion | Germany | A training for refugees to help them save energy in their homes, using a peer-to-peer principle (Pforzheim) |