Solidarity Community Gardens

In 2017, the municipality of Sintra approved the municipal Solidarity Gardens Program, which aims at enabling the inhabitants of Sintra to "value solidarity and, in some way, value natural resources"

The goals of the intervention appear on article 3 of the municipal regulation of the community gardens (3): A) Provide the Municipality of Sintra with community equipment that will enable its inhabitants the spirit of solidarity and to underpin the value of natural resources for sustainable development; B) Provide free of charge to those who do not have their own the cultivation, a parcel of municipal land for cultivation, called an agricultural plot, in a Resource Sharing Unit, in one of the Municipal Solidarity Sintra, under the terms and conditions of this Regulation; C) Promote social insertion and inclusion and contribute to the reduction of poverty among families, Through the cultivation of the soils to support their subsistence; The program also aims to "combat social exclusion" and "reduce poverty".

Public local authority budget

Environmental impacts

• Green space and habitat
• Increased green space area
• Increased conservation or restoration of ecosystems
• Improved prevention or control of invasive alien species

Economic impacts

• Increase in agricultural production (for profit or not)

Socio-cultural impacts

• Social justice and cohesion
• Improved liveability
• Improved access to urban green space
• Increased access to healthy/affordable food
• Increased sustainability of agriculture practices
• Health and wellbeing
• Improved physical health
• Improved mental health
• Gain in activities for recreation and exercise

Traning: To promote a culture and, consequently, a healthier diet, the Chamber of Sintra imposes a condition for horticulturalists: "is that, when selected, they attend a course of organic farming"

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In 2017, the municipality of Sintra approved the municipal Solidarity Gardens Program, which aims at enabling the inhabitants of Sintra to "value solidarity and, in some way, value natural resources" (ref.4). This intervention aims to create small gardens in urban areas. Not only as a tool for subsistence for families in situations of social vulnerability but also to generate access to areas that tend to deteriorate, through correct management and profitability of resources. Eventually, the NBS aims to promote actions for the implementation of sustainable urban development, focused on strengthening family and local agriculture

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