The UN’s 2030 Agenda recognizes the unsustainability of the current development model in environmental as well as economic and social terms and refers to the need for an inclusive, participatory and responsible model: there are therefore many possible links between…
The Civil Economy is both caring and supportive. Here are a few examples of organizations that have tried to make this vision of the world a reality by integrating it in their daily activities. One such organization is Leroy Merlin…
The Industrial Revolution, the Paris Commune, the growing demand for housing for the urbanised working-class population, the bombardments and destruction caused by the Second World War, the impact of the spread of new technologies... great historical events have always brought…
In many countries, the COVID-19 emergency has led to a greater propensity on the part of companies and workers to remote smart working. This phenomenon, together with the search for a slower pace of life and more affordable living costs, has…
by Francesco Morace1, president of Future Concept Lab As we gradually come out of the critical phase of the pandemic, we now have to accept a new normal, a concept that is wished for by the entire society and which becomes…
A ‘Civic Brand’ is the civic function exercised by a brand, while ‘Brand Activism’ is defined as the attitude of some brands when it comes to taking a position on current political, ethical or social issues. In the first half…
In order to respond with new services to meet people’s need for well-being and a social life, one of the contemporary solutions is ‘collaborative welfare’. The name reflects the fact that services are based on reciprocity. The giver and the…
In contexts where impoverished social relations combine with the economic difficulties of welfare, solutions to problems often come from the bottom up. This is what has happened, for example, with the “Social Street” experiment, in which people, based on principles…