Växjö to present ENGAGE in the framework of the Swedish Covenant of Mayors Platform On the 28th of March, Växjö will host a study visit open to Swedish Covenant of Mayors signatories willing to get inspiration from Växjö’s activities and exchange experiences and tips for new inputs and fresh energy. The ENGAGE initiative and the (...) 8 March 2012 | 15h13 | 179 visits
Energy-challenge in Liège: how to make climate change a neighbourhood issue As part of their local ENGAGE campaign, the City of Liège (Belgium) is organising an Energy Challenge to encourage citizens to monitor and reduce their energy consumption. Knowing how much energy you use is an essential step to save energy! (...) 16 February 2012 | 10h55 | 231 visits
ENGAGE is part of Europe's energy revolution! In a video shown during the Covenant of Mayors Ceremony at the end of 2011, ENGAGE appears among the amazing initiatives implemented by cities to improve energy efficiency. This film introduces the Covenant of Mayors initiative and gives an (...) 13 January 2012 | 14h27 | 344 visits
Welcome to new ENGAGE participants The ENGAGE campaign welcomes its new participants: Messina (Italy), Bornova (Turkey), Grand Paris Seine Ouest (France) and Syndicat Mixte du Pays Sud Toulousain (France)! Following in the steps of the 12 pioneer cities, they have joined the (...) 20 December 2011 | 17h36 | 382 visits
Open Space Forums to engage citizens in Rennes Métropole "What do you want to do to reduce your energy consumption?" This was the question asked to participants of the four Open Space Forums, participative discussion groups, organised by Rennes Métropole in November. Rennes Métropole (FR) has already (...) 5 December 2011 | 13h33 | 811 visits
Time to air your clean laundry in public: The European ENGAGE campaign has been launched by Covenant of Mayors signatories! Covenant of Mayors signatories have engaged their city to achieve and go beyond the EU “3x20” objectives. They need the support of all citizens and local stakeholders to jointly reach these targets. With ENGAGE, citizens take action for Europe! (...) 1 December 2011 | 14h42 | 936 visits
ENGAGE Première in Pamplona As a precursor to the official launch of the ENGAGE campaign in Brussels next week, Spanish cities were able to meet and discuss directly with the ENGAGE pioneer cities last Thursday. With the challenge of having 150 new cities joining ENGAGE (...) 23 November 2011 | 12h23 | 271 visits
Make Växjö Greener! The 29th of October 2011 was a very special day in the City of Växjö, Sweden. Last Saturday, an Energy Day was organised within the ENGAGE campaign, and under the framework of the Covenant of Mayors. About 1300 people were estimated to have (...) 7 November 2011 | 14h16 | 162 visits
Heidelberg's "CO2 mirror" to reflect energy consumption The City of Heidelberg (Germany) has a long experience in managing poster campaigns. Their Klima sucht Schutz... in Heidelberg! (Climate is searching for protection in Heidelberg!) campaign began in 2007 and today involves hundreds of citizens (...) 4 November 2011 | 14h22 | 214 visits
Bielsko-Biala sends 300 energy messages to Europe Under the slogan “Bielsko-Biala protects the climate”, ENGAGE days were organised in Bielsko-Biala (Poland) on the 21st and 22nd of October as part of the “Beskids festival of good energy”. Climate Ambassadors form the ENGAGE exhibition that can be (...) 28 October 2011 | 13h40 | 495 visits