Polo della Sostenibilità – Un hub civico tra città, scienza e cittadini

CSO: Let’s do It! Italy
Area: Regeneration of locations, circular economy
Location: SanSebastiano al Vesuvio and Vesuvio National Park (13 Muniicplaities) – Naples Provence – Campania Region

Type of project

The project aims to engage citizens, businesses, and local institutions currently disengaged from the climate crisis through concrete and visible experiences of the circular economy. Starting from the Sustainability Hub as a permanent civic space, it will demonstrate that ecological transition can generate everyday, collective, and practical benefits. Workshops, participatory environmental monitoring, public installations, and co-design of local actions will make change measurable in terms of behaviours, perception of science, and ability to collaborate. The circular economy will serve as the guiding thread connecting knowledge, needs, and resources. The project seeks to build inclusive and lasting local collaborations and to document processes and tools, providing a replicable model for other territories, with particular attention to the 18–30 age group.

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Target (Disengaged)

General (Youth)

Science-based

Narrative “Science will be the constant point of reference for explaining what can be done, with what impact, and with what resources. It will provide not just numbers, but also practical visions”

Gender

General, but with some particular attention to keep activities inclusive

Planned activities

8 monthly workshops with 120 participants (50% women, 50% aged 18–35) and 50 children, leading to 8 local circular micro-actions and public dissemination materials.
3 public spaces transformed, involving 60 active citizens and 3 informal groups for management, plus a final collective event.
Educational tools: 1 Visual Circularity Kit (10+ materials, 3 digital contents), 6 narrative panels, 1 digital map, 1 open archive.
Public engagement: 3 expert meetings (30+ participants each), 5+ experts involved, 5 self-produced contents by participants.
Outreach: over 5,000 people reached indirectly via social media, events, and dissemination; Visual Kit distributed to 5 schools/associations.

Action model

The idea is that if exist a place where to act, workshops and materials may trigger positive mechanisms both in improving Behaviours and enhance contacts/participation among the community members.