Between November, 3rd and November, 16th, the delegation of SSA and SSDE worked in the region of Amhara to support our partnership with the Eco-municipalities of Bahir Dar, Lalibela, Gondar and Woldiya. Click here to visit SSDE’s website and learn more about it.
Category: News
New article about the concept of Ecofeminism
Feminism and ecology can be gathered in the same struggle! Click here to read the article about Ecofeminism.
Report of the last trip in Ethiopia: Workshops and study visits in Tigray’s region
The delegation of Sustainable Sweden went to Ethiopia between September 23rd and October 6th 2019 as part of the pilot-project for Eco-municipalities in Ethiopia. This trip was specifically in the region of Tigray, in the North of the country. Click here to visit the SSDE’s website and learn more about it!
First article of our new section “inspirational people”
Come and visit our new section of the website “inspirational people“! Our first article is about Cynthia Contie, a inspirational woman from the USA.
Funding for the Ecomunicipality’s program in Ethiopia
Big step for Sustainable Sweden Association! The Ecomunicipality Program in Ethiopia is officially launched and we received the first part of the funding from UN Habitat last week. 🙌
We are very glad to have this opportunity to strenghten sustainable development in Ethiopia. 🌱
To have more information about the project in Ethiopia, please visit the website of Sustainable Sweden Development Ethiopia, the sister association of SSA : https://
U.S. Eco-Municipalities Interested in Sister City Relationship with a Swedish Eco-Municipality
Sarah James, co-founder of the IEMEA and of the first American Eco-municipalities with Torbjörn Lahti, as well as co-writer of the book “The Natural Step for Communities” (2004) with Torbjörn Lahti also, carried out a survey among the American Eco-municipalities with Cindi Contie, who organizes Sustainable Tours for American participants through the Full Circle Discovery. At this occasion, three of those cities (Lawrence Township, New Jersey ; Town of Concord, Massachusetts ; City of Portsmouth, NH) have expressed their will to have a Swedish sister-city. See in the frame below the details Sarah James sent to us.
| U.S. ECOMUNICIPALITIES INTERESTED IN SISTER CITY RELATIONSHIP WITH A SWEDISH ECOMUNICIPALITY
October, 2017 Introduction: For the past few months, the Institute for Ecomunicipality Education & Assistance (IEMEA) has been carrying out a small survey of people active in the emergence of ecomunicipalities in the United States from 2005 to the present. Fourteen people from nine ecomunicipalities were interviewed. These included present and former mayors of U.S. ecomunicipalities, city and town managers, and citizen activists and “fire souls” who started or supported ecomunicipality initiatives in their local regions. In three cases, respondents indicated they thought their local municipality might be interested in a sister city relationship with a Swedish ecomunicipality. The following is a description of three US ecomunicipalities who might be interested in such a relationship. If there is interest from particular Swedish ecomunicipalities, feel free to contact Sarah James, IEMEA, at james.s@att.net who can provide more information and local contacts. |
May-June 2017 : an ethiopian delegation participates to a Tour in Sweden
Our partnership with SSDE and the future ethiopian eco-municipalities is making great strides this year !
From the 28th of May to the 5th of June, Sustainable Sweden welcomed an Ethiopian delegation from Arba Minch, one of the 14 cities participating in the Eco-municipality Program in Ethiopia, supervised by SSDE. The delegation was composed of 9 people, members of the Goma Gofa Zone, the Arba Minch Municipality and the Arba Minch University, three major actors in the sustainable development project in Arba Minch. This Tour was the occasion for them to observe longstanding eco-municipalities from Southern Sweden (Falkenberg, Gothenburg, Stockholm) and learn from their practices.
Read the entire story of the Tour here :
By the way, we are glad to announce that a Tour in Ethiopia is being prepared and should take place in the next few months. Stay tuned !
Annual SEKOM meeting and the American Eco-municipalities
On the 15th and 16th of March, the Swedish Association for Eco-municipalities (SEKOM) organized its yearly conference in Luleå, which several representatives from the Swedish Eco-municipalities attended to. This was a great occasion to present all the advances made by the municipalities, as well as expose their vision for the future of the movement.
Cindi Contie, from the Institute for Eco-municipality, Education and Assistance (IEMEA) was the guest of honour for this conference. She gave a presentation on the situation of the Eco-municipalities in the United States, called “American Eco-municipalities after the election : A Chance for Hope and Renewal”.
The whole presentation can be seen here.
March 2017 Tour in the Öresund region
From the 27th of February and the 4th of March 2017, Sustainable Sweden welcomed a delegation of 4 young ambassadors from Montreal, looking to learn about examples of sustainability and social innovation to bring back home and show on the occasion of Montreal’s 375th anniversary celebration, which will be held in May this year. The Tour took the participants to the Öresund straight region, travelling both in Denmark (Copenhaguen, Kalundborg, Skibby) and Sweden (Helsingborg, Malmö).
Find more about the project 375Montreal : http://www.375mtl.com/
Upcoming Open Tour for 2017
Great news for 2017 ! The upcoming year marks the 25th anniversary of the Rio Summit on Environment and Development, and even if much has been made in the objective of creating a sustainable earth, there is still a lot of issues that need to be taken care of.
We are then starting to plan an open Sustainable Sweden Tour for spring or summer 2017. This time, we plan on making this tour accessible to any individual, or organization interested. Anyone interested in taking part in a SuS Tour is invited to contact us to get more detailed information.
Preparing a Sustainable Sweden Tour takes some time, as we have to contact sometimes hundreds of hosts and guests alike. Furthermore, we have to carefully establish a route across all the Eco-municipalities we intend to visit, and plan accommodation for our guests.
More information about the place and the dates will be available as we advance in our planning in the following months.
If you want to participate or have more information, you can write directly to Torbjörn Lahti at : torbjorn(at)sustainablesweden.org