How to survive a pandemic

We will start with an initiative that was born from citizen labs in Spain, to face the challenges generated by the Covid-19 pandemic, the “Frena la curva” initiative. 

Frena la Curva (FLC) is a citizen platform where volunteers, entrepreneurs, activists, social organizations, makers and laboratories of public and open innovation cooperate to organize social energy and civic resilience to the Covid-19 pandemic (coronavirus) by providing a civil society response complementary to that of government and essential public services.

Self-help neighbourhood networks, educational resources, support for teleworking and for combating the digital break, initiatives related to the use of masks or the promotion of responsible, organic and local production are some of the initiatives that can be consulted in this geolocated repository.

More than a hundred business and social leaders, and 40 organisations, companies, social entities, NGOs and the media have already joined the ‘Plan A, Economy for Life’ initiative, coordinated and promoted by the NESI New Economy and Social Innovation Forum. You can sign the petition at the following link.

The Covid Art Museum is the first museum for art born during COVID-19 crisis. To share contributions, people are invited to use the hashtag #CovidArtMuseum and submit their work in the link that follows: bit.ly/2yW1map.

The Nutrire Trento project is a participatory process that aims to find innovative ways to “feed our city better”. Its specific objectives are the ones that follow: – to promote more informed consumption; – to raise awareness of more sustainable production; – to shorten the distance between producer and consumer, between city and countryside. 

Facing a crisis like the coronavirus one, encouraging the local economy and keeping resources in the community helps to generate wealth.