Green Neighbourhood Citizen Initiative and Community Garden

Creation of new green areas, Transformation of previously derelict areas, Knowledge creation and awareness raising

The goal of the green citizen initiative is to make the Indian Neighborhood more sustainable, fun and healthy including: - Encouraging active citizenship: the garden is designed, implemented and maintained by citizens themselves and all other activities are organized by citizens (1) - Building social cohesion: the community garden serves as a meeting area for citizens where citizens can garden and cook together and exchange ideas. (1,2,3,4,5) - Promotion of sustainable food production: crops are grown using organic agriculture and permaculture techniques (5) - Increase locals' environmental knowledge: educational tours and workshops are organised to educate children and adults about nature, ecosystems, gardening, healthy living and sustainability (1,4) - Provide a place for recreation: the community garden and public green square allow for recreation (1,4) - Supporting urban biodiversity by increasing the green space in the neighbourhood (4)

The Neighbourhood Garden activities includes everything regarding the maintenance of the garden: seeding, gardening, harvesting in a sustainable way (without using permaculture techniques and avoiding pesticides). (1,2,5) - Creation of a community kitchen in which vegetables from the community garden are used and meals are shared which supports social cohesion (1,4,5) - Creating recreational facilities including a playground, camp fire, educational meeting areas, picknick areas (1,2,3,4,5) - Installation of a compost using worms (1) - Installation of a bee hive keeping (1)

• Citizens or community groups