It started with street cleaning and evolved into a collective which is now part of the Coop Carbon, a cooperative supporting firms and collectivities in reducing carbon emisisons.

Among the many projects, Solon Collectif is undertaking a project on mobility sharing, intitled Locomotion, focused on energy reduction through a heat transfer fluid circulating in underground pipes called Celsius, and which has received the support of the Arrondissement Rosemont, of the city and of the Ministry of Economy, Science and Innovation. Another project is CO-PO, a community based project which aims to give more access to local fruit and vegetables through local canning with the idea to reduce waste, reinforce the local fabric and promote healthy food.

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Contact : info @ solon-collectif.org

The current project initiators notably of the Sustainable Mobility plan of the Neighborhood were trained at the “centre d’economie urbaine de Montreal”, which mainly helped to quantify the difficulties, to help in more technical issues and to create statistics, audits of pedestrian capacity.

The committee works along with 16 other organisms, follow up committees, there is also more and more interest in greening. They collaborate with community organizations, public sector, and the private sector is mainly represented by local shops and non-profit organizations (e.g. Nature Québec). The committee has worked with the Laval University. Citizens get involved in activities organised by the committee such as local markets, neighborhood newspaper, community life, round tables and are part of the ‘Action Culture Saint Sauveur’.

Contact : info@cccqss.org

Contact : info@espacestemps.ca

Description of the project

The initiative developed into a business with people From its first year of existence in 2015, the purpose of Lande is to support citizens in the appropriation of vacant land in a three steps process “mapping, supporting, transforming”. The first tool provided is indeed a map online on which they can localize the land. When Lande sees a growing interest for one specific land, a billboard is installed on the vacant land to affirm the intention of appripriation. They put in relation designer and gardeners and others local structures/organisations with people to help them in accomplishing their idea and wishes. The role of Lande members, mainly volunteers, is to facilitate the process, delegating the tasks, providing tools, advising on the negociation process and adapting their support to each citizen/community/organisation specific request. Empowering is Lande’s key mission. Among the main roadblock faced are: the contact with private owners when the land is private is usually difficult as it appears necessary to gain his/her confidence (hence the preference for public land). They use many entry points to mobilise people, community gardens, community spaces more generally.

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