Community Energy River: Empowering Energy Democracy
"We learn by playing, we become active citizens by learning!"
Community Energy River's (CER) vision is a community of active citizens, where everyone, equally and democratically, participates in issues related to the climate crisis and takes action to energy saving and carbon footprint reduction. In this way, a fair transition to a new way of producing and consuming energy at local level is gradually being ensured, where citizens organise themselves into energy cooperatives and claim their energy independence.
Community Energy River focuses on promoting energy democracy and responsibility for a sustainable future. We aim for a future where energy is clean and accessible, actively contributing to the fight against energy poverty.
But how can we dream of having many energy cooperatives in the future if there is no seed of awareness in the younger ages in the present? Having this in mind, and by recognizing the importance of education, Community Energy River has made education a top priority since 2020 and has focused its activity on designing and implementing experiential programmes of environmental education for children and young people.
We believe in the power of knowledge and learning, especially about issues related to planet protection! The more we know, the faster we will be activated to take action! The sooner we take action, the more we can achieve!
We also believe in the power of together! To achieve our goals, we need to be together!