​​​​​​​June 2020
Newsletter



Our first Volunteer Virtual Meetup!

After an overhaul of the volunteer onboarding system, the Metabolism of Cities Team has created an engaging Community Hub and a new way of volunteering! The first virtual meetup put faces to names (many for the first time!) and created connections across the world.

Interested in the new volunteer portal? 
Take a look and sign up below​​​​​​​

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Creating Actionable Science for Urban Sustainability at the AScUS (un)Conference 2020

AScUS-2020 was a  participants-driven (un)conference with the mission to engage attendees to stimulate in-depth discussions, held entirely online, with follow up actions from each session oushing forward action for urban sustainbility. Read about the (un) conference experiment and how the 60 participants found practical avenues to utilize science in urban sustainability. 

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Keeping up with Metabolism of Cities

Our events are open to you!

As an open-source  community-led resource Metabolism of Cities invites you to build with us! We collaborate regualrly through small online events called work sprints. 
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​​​​​​​A work sprint is a joint effort by a group of contributors to work on a set of tasks together, over a certain period of time. Some teams have work weekends, first Thursdays, work Mondays, and other activities to facilitate the work. For most of the tasks you are welcome to work on them any time, but by joining the (virtual) work room during a sprint, you can enjoy the comraderie and have more direct engagement with fellow contributors.
BROWSE UPCOMING SPRINTS

Pssst... Did you know we are building a new site? 

A sneak peek while we are still underconstruction. Be sure to keep an eye on our newsletter for the official launch details. 
UPCOMING EVENT 
Join our next sprint of site building with the team this Thursday! All are welcome, no specific experience required, just bring your enthusiasm!
Thursday, July 2nd at 5pm (CET)
TAKE ME TO THE PORTAL
UPCOMING EVENT 

PlatformU Seminar: A tool for circular area management 

We are excited to invite you to the launch of our newest tool, PlatformU, which helps area managers to implement  #circulareconomy on industrial parks and territories.

During this webinar, we will look at the role of the area manager and why it is needed. We will explore experiences in Flanders and present a new digital platform, called PlatformU, for supporting area management.

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Latest videos

Interview with Stephan Kampelmann (Chair of Circular Economy and Urban Metabolism, ULB)

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Write for out upcoming blog series

Interested in writng a piece about your work? We are looking for blog writers for our upcoming blog series with short articles for the following themes

Transport
Energy
Waste
Food
Climate Change
MFA

UM Methods
City Case Study
Oceans
Islands
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What are the challenges for getting cities circular? A conversation with Oriana Romano (OECD)

Aristide Athanassiadis and Oriana Romano, Coordinator of the Cities and Circular Economy Programme of the OECD, exchange points of view on circular cities. In this programme, Oriana and her colleagues explore what is a circular city and what are the challenges for implementing the circular economy in cities.

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