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The next Brussels Living Lab of Looper will be on Wednesday, May 9 between 19:00 and 21:30 in the Champagnat school! The programme is:

19:00 – 19:15

Reception with aperitif

19:15 – 20:00

Presentation of the projects in the Helmet district by the Schaerbeek municipality

20:00 – 21:30

Discussion and exchange: what to measure to improve traffic safety?

For more information and registration, contact Florence at florence[a]bral.brussels or +32 2 217 56 33!

Also, take a look at the website of the project, https://looperproject.eu/.

The medical house for the people in Molenbeek (MPLP) organised several Aircasting-workshops with BRAL. The participants have measured the air quality in their district. From these workshops, a new group has formed itself : Hawa fi Molem’. Now they are ready to share their results and their collective knowledge with you.

Moreover, two experts in air and public spaces will present why city development focused on health, calm and safety is really worth the effort. We welcome you to listen tot hem and to have an open discussion.

16:30   Dialogue on air and health with the audience

17:00   Presentation on the effects of air pollution on our health by Raja and Wafa (volunteers of la Maison Médicale Médecine pour le Peuple)

17:30   Presentation by two experts: Nic Da Schio (Cosmopolis, air quality) and Bert (architect-urbanism)  

18:30   Discussion with the audience with questions prepared by Hawa-fi Molem'

This dialogue is part of Molem ma Belle, a participatory, urban festival in Molenbeek.

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Did you know that BRAL has a useful #BralBib? We are happy to introduce the library to you by putting a book or a file from our archive in the spotlight. This time we're talking about "Sharing cities. Activating the Urban Commons", a practical guide to common solutions to urban problems.

Sharing cities

We start with "Sharing cities. Activating the Urban Commons", presented by Adrien Labaye of Shareable. Adrien is co-author of the book, and he also maps alternative economies for the collective TransforMap.

The book offers an alternative story for sharing in cities based on the urban commons. It contains more than 100 case studies and policy measures on shared use from more than 80 cities in 35 countries. City councils and activists can use this practical guide to devise community-based solutions to urban challenges. Adrien can explain it better. We'll let him speak in the video below (in French with Dutch subtitles).

You can not only download the book for free. You can also find it in our #BralBib.

#BralBib?

In our #BralBib, we have books on the environment, mobility, housing, urban planning and much more. In addition, we also have an archive of urban files since 1973.

Did you know that you can use our library? Yes!

The library is open during office hours and closed on public holidays. Welcome!

BRAL, les Casseuses de Crise, PaletActif, Buurtpensioen 1000 Brussel, Corvia & Centre Vidéo de Bruxelles invite you to the public premiere of 4 participative short films: Selfcity, citizens' initiatives create well-being.

Everywhere in Brussels, people come together to make life in the city more pleasant and sustainable. They help each other, create or repair objects, create services or manage goods or places that are accessible to the public. In this way, they offer an alternative to an economy where over-consumption and the collection of property are the norm. At the initiative of BRAL, 4 urban collectives (Corvia, Les Casseuses de Crise, PaletActif, Buurtpensioen 1000 BXL)  have filmed their parcours. The screening of the 4 short films is followed by a conversation.

The 4 films have been recorded in French, without subtitles.

Corvia

  • Participatory film directed by Joachin Guzman and Aurélia Pfend - 6 minutes - 2018 - BRAL - CVB
  • An open fridge 24/7.
  • An open wardrobe 2 times a week.
  • Not monetary transactions, but care and participation.

Buurtpensioen 1000 BXL -  Pens(i)ons quartier - community pension

  • Participatory film directed by Aurélia Pfend - 5 minutes - 2018 - BRAL - CVB
  • S such as Senior, but above all as 'Service et Solidarité'.
  • Entraided with a heart for the neighbors.

PaletActif

  • Participatory film directed by Manuel Hanot - 6 minutes - 2018 - BRAL - CVB
  • Commitment, solidarity, reup & sharing, horizontality, realistic dreams ... Actors of change!
  • A free furniture workshop, open to everyone, founded by sans-papiers.

Les Casseuses de Crise

  • Participatory film directed by Aurélia Pfend - 6 minutes - 2018 - BRAL - CVB
  • An alternative to a patriarchal, racist and capitalist system. A place for freedom and solidarity for women.

Dialogues and humanities/meetings in the park / EXCHANGES TO CHANGE THE WORLD

  • SATURDAY 30 JUNE
  • At 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. 
  • At Josaphat Park in Brussels
  • Location: La Laiterie

 

BRAL is an urban movement striving to make Brussels sustainable. Along with our members and partners we want to build an environmentally friendly, affordable and solidary city. BRAL organises actions, lobbies, supports citizens' initiatives and provides advice to the authorities. We work in the Brussels metropolitan region, in all its social and cultural diversity.

One of our priorities is better air quality for Brussels. The dissemination of accurate knowledge about this is crucial for our organisation. We take citizen science literally: not only do we train citizens to measure air quality scientifically. We also want to disseminate scientific knowledge to all citizens. This is the task for our new volunteer.

JOB DESCRIPTION

As a volunteer web editor NL/FR/EN, you publish the references to scientific publications on the Wikipedia page, starting with those from our publication.

REQUESTED QUALITIES

  • You have experience with publishing articles on Wikipedia
  • You have an eye for detail and can work accurately
  • You can easily handle a computer and type quickly
  • You are in touch with scientific documentation
  • You speak and read Dutch, English and French fluently
  • You are not afraid of repetitive work
  • You can make yourself available once a week in the months of July and/or August
  • You are in touch with the mission and vision of BRAL

WE OFFER

  • A volunteer fee of 30 euros for each day worked.
  • Flexible working hours
  • A job that will teach you a lot about air quality in Brussels
  • An enthusiastic and committed BRAL team
  • A cozy and bright office in the heart of Brussels

Working hours: We agree this together on the basis of your and our availability during office hours in July and August.

Location: Zaterdagplein 13, 1000 Brussels.

DOES THIS VOLUNTEER WORK APPEAL TO YOU?

Send us your CV and a short motivation by e-mail Tim Cassiers, tim@bral.brussels before Wednesday, July 4.

DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?

Contact Tim Cassiers at tim@bral.brussels or 02 217 56 33.

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BRAL, les Casseuses de Crise, PaletActif, Buurtpensioen 1000 Brussel, Corvia & Centre Vidéo de Bruxelles present 4 participative short films: Selfcity, citizens' initiatives create well-being. The short movies are fully online on the Selfcity website.

Everywhere in Brussels, people come together to make life in the city more pleasant and sustainable. They help each other, create or repair objects, create services or manage goods or places that are accessible to the public. In this way, they offer an alternative to an economy where over-consumption and the collection of property are the norm. At the initiative of BRAL, 4 urban collectives (Corvia, Les Casseuses de Crise, PaletActif, Buurtpensioen 1000 BXL)  have filmed their parcours. Watch the short movies on the Selfcity website (http://www.selfcity.be/selfcity.html).

The 4 films have been recorded in French, without subtitles.

Corvia

  • Participatory film directed by Joachin Guzman and Aurélia Pfend - 6 minutes - 2018 - BRAL – CVB;
  • An open fridge 24/7;
  • An open wardrobe 2 times a week;
  • Not monetary transactions, but care and participation.

Buurtpensioen 1000 BXL -  Pens(i)ons quartier - community pension

  • Participatory film directed by Aurélia Pfend - 5 minutes - 2018 - BRAL – CVB;
  • S such as Senior, but above all as 'Service et Solidarité';
  • Entraided with a heart for the neighbors.

PaletActif

  • Participatory film directed by Manuel Hanot - 6 minutes - 2018 - BRAL – CVB;
  • Commitment, solidarity, reup & sharing, horizontality, realistic dreams ... Actors of change!
  • A free furniture workshop, open to everyone, founded by sans-papiers.

Les Casseuses de Crise

  • Participatory film directed by Aurélia Pfend - 6 minutes - 2018 - BRAL – CVB;
  • An alternative to a patriarchal, racist and capitalist system. A place for freedom and solidarity for women.

The droughts and fires of this summer have shown that the climate disasters that were predicted by scientists since many years will intensify (see findings below). 

If you want to act to preserve climate, biodiversity and humanity… then come and join us at this citizen mobilization in front of the European Parliament on 8th of September. That day, hundreds of actions will take place everywhere in the world: www.riseforclimate.org. 



ACTION: bring your pots, pans, spoons, drums, horns or anything you can and be ready to make a lot of noise.

We invite anyone who has thoughts, prayers, hopes, beliefs or simply something to say to stand up and say a brief word. For anyone who wishes to do more: representatives from a few organisations who are fighting for the climate will also stand and say a few words about their battles. They will be there and open to talk to anyone! Don’t forget to take your lunch with you!



GOAL: call european elects and governments to take more serious measures against climate change: two and a half years later, except Sweden, not any government has respected the Paris agreement. 



Every month a mobilization will be organized to urge politicians for essential measures, with the mass action on 2nd of December as culmination point. Have a look at our demands on www.coalitionclimat.be:

-At Belgian level: more ambition at national level and at the climate summit in Poland (COP24)

-At European level: a plan for massive investments (1000 billions of euros per year), proposed by the Finance Climate Pact: https://climat-2020.eu/en/

-At world level: the end of fossil fuels and a transition towards 100% of renewables

-Application of solutions to turn climate change, for example following Drawdown (proposed by Paul Hawken)



Info with Kim (citizen movement) 0499/43.93.50 kimlequang@ yahoo.fr and Julie: 0484 65 28 57 info@klimaatcoalitie.be 

How to mobilize as many people as possible to get together to make the city liveable? Carry out an online campaign or take to the streets? What’s the perfect deal between activism and too little free time? How do we give space to citizen disobedience, otherwise known as illegal activism? Can we best lobby officially or unofficially? 

ARGH! So many questions come up when you as a citizen want to engage on behalf of the city and have an influence on the urban landscape.

In the run-up to a new political policy (local elections, folks!!), we citizens take things into our own hands. We have noted in the last two years that many engaged urban residents are joining together in bottom-up activist citizen initiatives and fighting for better air, more bicycle paths, fewer parking lots, improved relief policies and a different approach to public space and vacant properties. Sometimes the approach is completely averse to the political process, and sometimes people work cautiously with policymakers in the hope of exerting an influence.

BRAL is an urban movement devoted to a sustainable Brussels, and is uniquely well-informed about how the Brussels landscape is shaped and reproduces itself. Together with BRAL for a full evening, we delve into the activism and citizen initiatives and allow citizens (at last, no politicians!) to have their say.

We have invited ten activist practices, citizen initiatives that experiment with the city and with different methodologies. Using a specific (participative) method that will be determined together with these initiatives, you – the engaged, activist citizen with or without a concrete plan – can get started. When you leave the Beursschouwburg late in the night, after CITIZEN = KING, you will know how to take your city into your own hands. Where politicians fail, citizens take over. Oh yeah, YOU = KING!

https://www.facebook.com/events/252543752067669/

Air pollution worries more and more people in Brussels. Over the past two years, different citizen groups have measured their exposure to polluted air during their daily life. To measure is to know.  Come and listen to their stories, discoveries and thoughts. Think along and debate what these results can mean for our struggle for the right to clean air!

After 14 years, An has ended her adventure at BRAL. She fought for an affordable and environmentally friendly Brussels on the front line. Because of her knowledge of urban projects such as Thurn & Taxis, together with her diplomatic approach, she was not to be trifled with.

An isn’t the one to yell (the loudest), but those who know her, know she gets things done.

What is her legacy for Brussels in those fourteen years at BRAL? An put our diverse city and many aspects of urban life at the centre. It is in part thanks to her efforts that we will have a tram stopping at Thurn & Taxis in the (relatively near) future, that there is a pedestrian zone in the centre of Brussels city, that participation has been put to the fore in urban planning, … She also helped gain acceptance for the common management of real estate through Community Land Trust Brussels. All the while, she remained critical when the government translated urban planning into urban action. Without a doubt, she will follow the ‘richtplannen van aanleg’ from a short distance. And we at BRAL, will continue her work.

Participation was also a guiding principle for her as coordinator of our team. An was beloved as coordinator because she gave people a chance to experiment, to develop in dossiers and to grow as a person. She wasn’t afraid to let go in order to let bloom. It is for this reason that BRAL supports citizens’ initiatives. Her successor is currently unknown. Piet Van Meerbeek is ad interim coordinator. Soon we will release the vacancy for her position.

Every city dweller in general and urban activist in particular knows that dossiers in politics can accelerate suddenly after years of chilling in the freezer. While we wait and see how An will live that experience from the city hall, we wish her a fascinating time as head of cabinet at the city of Brussels. Her new colleagues are fortunate to have her. We hope that she will push forward towards a better air quality, an ambitious circulation plan and affordable housing for everyone. But most of all: we hope that she will continue to listen to the voices of citizens.

The team of BRAL