Theme 4: Prosperous Habitat

Habitats go beyond the urban and encompass all life forms on the planet. A systemic and participatory vision is required to recognise the challenges from daily life and local communities to global production and distribution processes. Social innovation and community development initiatives are needed to promote fair, supportive, sustainable and responsible environments using resources and conserving biodiversity. This innovation can range from innovative strategies and actions focused on design and technology to models of conservation, preservation and management of biodiversity. Preference will be given to proposals with the following approaches: 

1. Local economic models: promoting local economies based on context-based realities, including productive chains and social and solidarity economy schemes. 

2. Social innovation: valuing local traditions and technologies to develop sustainable products and processes.  

3. Quality of life betterment: developing products and services that improve the quality of life, contribute to reducing the ecological footprint and emissions in the atmosphere and/or strengthen social equity and local productive sectors.  

4. Just and sustainable food systems: developing transsectoral and transdisciplinary public policies for resilient, equitable and low environmental impact local food systems. 

5. Sustainable agriculture: implementing agricultural practices that respect the environment and biodiversity and promote alternatives from agroecology to replace harmful practices of agroindustry.  

6. Health and nutrition: promoting food production models that ensure equitable access to safe and nutritious food, as well as strategies to combat malnutrition and disease.  

7. Education and training: including sustainability in education and training programs to promote more just and sustainable environments to face global challenges. 

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