This November, the SONNET project channelled its inner rock star and “went on tour”. In other words, we took our experiences and lesson learnt, and brought them on the road to Bristol (UK) to share with a wide-reaching regional audience.…
Communities across Europe are pushing forward energy transition to forge a more sustainable future. This makes it critically important to learn from each others' experiences and apply the recommendations that arise from these various transition efforts. SONNET's new succinct and…
Throughout its SONNET City Lab, Grenoble (France) carried out diverse energy sufficiency and eco-responsibility actions. Now, as the City Lab nears its end, the City of Grenoble is seizing this opportunity to reflect on its next steps to support local…
Energy transition is crucial if we are to secure a safe, sustainable and just future. Innovations of all kinds are developing at a fast pace to help communities make such a transition happen at the rate and with the urgency…
Let’s face it: even though European Horizon2020 projects are obliged to consider gender, most projects are still struggling with how to meaningfully take on this challenge. The most common approach is counting gender balance in simple numbers – like comparing…
Authors: Benedetta Buccolini, Julia Wittmayer, Maria Fraaije SONNET aims to foster and better understand social innovations in energy and how they contribute (or not) to making our energy sources, use, and production cleaner. Living up to this aim requires us…
The City of Warsaw has published an update on how they are using the SONNET project at the local level. The article, originally written by Agnieszka Tatera and published here (in Polish), has been translated and adapted below. Warsaw has…
Are you working on social innovation in energy? Then join SONNET on Wednesday, 9 June 2021, 09:30-17:00 CEST for a workshop to train social innovators to see and understand power dynamics. Explore power in your context, reflect on working with…
SONNET is thrilled to announce that registration is now open for the next SONNET webinar, which will take place on 12 May, from 14:30–16:00 CEST. Click here to register! Through its SONNET City Lab, Grenoble is taking forward the concept…
Collective action – or a group of people coming together to work collaboratively toward a common goal – is integral to social change. But what drives collective action initiatives to develop? And what is their potential to shape and advance…
The project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 837498.