Italy news

CASwiki news articles have a focus on news of community action for sustainability. This article is an offshoot from CASwiki's Italy article and is for news and comment in that context.

2020

Oct 21 Will cruise ships return to Venice? ^[1]

May 28 Bologna pioneers a model of municipal housing cooperative ^[2]

Apr 21 Milan announces ambitious scheme to reduce car use after lockdown ^[3]

Apr 7 Valsamoggia: making the local visible ^[4]

2019

Nov 13 Venice floods: Climate change behind highest tide in 50 years, says mayor ^[5]

Jun 11 Italy becomes first country to require climate change studies in schools ^[6]

2018

Real Bread Campaign welcomes Italy’s new fresh bread law, Dec 19 ^[7]

Free beer (and ice cream) for cycling in Bologna, local retail services for volunteering in Newcastle-Under-Lyme. Communities can incentivise themselves, Dec 14 ^[8]

What Italian cities can teach us about how to establish urban commons - and their value, Nov 19 ^[9]

2017

Castelbuono, the Sicilian town where young Africans are the hope for the future, Nov 6 ^[10]

The Italian Region Where Co-ops Produce a Third of Its GDP, Jul 5 ^[11]

The Nidiaci Garden of Florence, an Oasis of Commoning in a Busy City, Mar 28 ^[12]

Can Venice Save Itself? Feb 10 ^[13]

2016

There is a renewed sense of civic participation in Italy, Dec 13 ^[14]

Milan leads fight against food waste – with ugly fruit and Michelin-starred soup kitchens, Oct 16 ^[15]

Italy adopts new law to slash food waste, Aug 3 ^[16]

CO-Bologna runs towards new cooperative forms of governance of the commons: a focus on Bolognina site. Jun 15 ^[17]

How a regulation turned Bologna’s civic pride into action, Apr 12 ^[18]

Italy passes law to make supermarkets give wasted food to charity, Mar 17 ^[19]

2015

Italy smog: Milan bans cars for three days to fight pollution, December 24 ^[20]

The Miracle of Mals, September 30 ^[21]

Milan Is the Latest European City to Embrace a Car-Free Future, July 13 ^[22]

Bologna Celebrates One Year of a Bold Experiment in Urban Commoning, June 8 ^[23]

Milan introduces 1,000 e-bikes to city bike scheme, June 10 ^[24]

Interviewed: Professor Christian Iaione on the City as Commons, February 17 ^[25]

2014

CO-Mantova as the trigger for a co-cities movement, Nov 27 ^[26]

Shaking hands with the Mayor of Bologna, November 1 ^[27]

Siena starts the New Year as Europe’s first carbon free city, January 22 ^[28]

2011

The historical importance of the Italian referendum and victory for the water commons, ^[29] November 27

Can Italy carry off its plastic bag ban? ^[30] January 3

2010

Italy to begin ban on plastic bags in shops, ^[31] December 31

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