Le Tipi

Le Tipi
Avignon, France

THE INNOVATION:

Le Tipi is an innovative project focusing on urban agriculture as a means to highlight ecological issues and the need to connect urban environments with nature. The project, initiated by two citizens with a strong drive to facilitate this connection, and to provide interesting opportunities. Le Tipi is comprised of a green space in the city of Avignon, with vegetable gardens, trees, hens and greenhouses. This functions as a learning space, promoting increased awareness on ecological issues and sustainable food, the fight against climate change, helping biodiversity to come back in the city and increasing the well-being between citizens sharing practical knowledge. Both public and private organizations are involved in supporting Le Tipi.

LOOKING AHEAD:

Le Tipi hopes to increase it’s impact by encouraging more local citizens to make use of the garden, including elderly people and schools. Expansion of activities is also being considered, for example in the form of art and botanical workshops (maturing). A long-term aim is to replicate the idea elsewhere in the city (upscaling).

 

More Information:
Website: www.lesitedesjeunespousses.fr
Contact Person: Paul-Arthur Klein
Email: [email protected]

 

Info about the Innovators and the Innovation portraits Catalogue

FoodSHIFT 2030 aims to launch an ambitious citizen-driven transition of the European food system towards a low carbon circular future, including a shift to less meat and more plant based diets. This transition is necessary in order to address the pressing challenges for food and nutrition security, contribute to the EU commitment of reducing GHG emissions by at least 40% by 2030, and revitalize urban-rural linkages and partnerships.

To do so, it establishes FoodSHIFT Accelerator Labs for maturing, combining, upscaling and multiplying existing food system innovations across nine front-runner city-regions. In turn these innovations contribute to the FoodSHIFT vision.

An Innovation Catalogue called “Innovation Portraits” was created to snapshot each of the Food Innovations connected with each of the FoodSHIFT Accelerator Labs (FALs) across the 9 city regions.

Info about the Innovation Portraits Catalogue

The Innovation Catalogue will snapshot each of the Food Innovations connected with each of the FoodSHIFT Accelerator Labs (FALs) across the 9 city regions. Each FAL has a dedicated innovation focus and each chapter will present innovation cases from a particular FAL. For each of the innovations presented, a snapshot of the innovation concept and purpose will be given, alongside the key impacts the innovation has in relation to the FoodSHIFT Impact Pathways and the acceleration ambitions of the innovation.

In addition, each innovation portrait is also categorized according to its Innovation Dimension. These dimensions indicate what kind of innovation is being presented, and where in the value chain it plays a role. This is indicated by these tabs. The dimensions are defined as follows:

Product – Innovations in this category address new or updated products, including quality, safety and market impact.

Process – These innovations are relevant to new technologies for processing, logistical improvements, infrastructure and new/improved services.

Social – Innovations in this category are relevant to changes in behaviour (e.g. consumers/citizens), development of new relationships and inclusiveness.

Governance – The innovations address policy developments, including food planning, subsidies, taxing, certificates & labelling.

Learn more about all the Innovation portraits: https://foodshift2030.eu/meet-the-people-changing-your-food-system/