The document summarizes the rise of social movements in Athens in response to economic crises. It lists examples of communitarian initiatives that emerged like collective events, eco-festivals, and neighborhood groups. It also includes a table of different types of social movements representing a communitarian "ethos", showing the numbers of each initiative in Athens as of 2012. The movements reflect people coming together in new communities defined by common interests and networks to take responsibility for decision-making and action.

1. The rise of
communitarianism and
other alternative
movements from the
Athenian crises
Nicholas Anastasopoulos
Architect,
co-founder of TREE (Take Responsibility for Environmental Efficiency)
Not For Profit organization
National Technical University of Athens

2. Effects of the Observation and Adoption of the
crisis in expression of general
everyday life of the collective assembly as a
the city thinking as tool for
“writings on the decision-
wall” making and
action
Nicholas Anastasopoulos
Architect,
co-founder of TREE (Take Responsibility for Environmental Efficiency)
Not For Profit organization
National Technical University of Athens

4. Singularities
The +
Multiplicities Multitude
people
+
Group affinities
=
New communities
Common
+
Public Networks Intellect

5. Collective “Seed People’s Initiatives Collective strawbale
bombing” events building
Syntagma Square Ecofestival at Public Assembly
Marathon
“Indignados” Embros Theater
Ecofestival at A “public” dinner in The Navarinou
Psyrri neighborhood parking-turned-into-a
Istiaia, Evia park initiative

6. Collective “Seed People’s Initiatives Collective strawbale
bombing” events building
Syntagma Square Ecofestival at Public Assembly
Marathon
“Indignados” Embros Theater
Ecofestival at A “public” dinner in The Navarinou
Psyrri neighborhood parking-turned-into-a
Istiaia, Evia park initiative

7. 12/2008 Uprisings on the occasion of a youth’s
1997- The Urban Void death, who was shot by a police squad 2007 The Kypseli
Market
Artists and architects
Collective
(Farewell to the Free City, 2002)
The bikers movement
2008-
02/2009 Occupation of the National Opera House
2009
Kyprou and Patission Ave.
garden
The “Navarinou”
03/2009 Collective Initiative for 2009 Autonomous
transforming a parking collective urban
lot into a park gardening in form
Elliniko airport
6-9/2011 The Syntagma Square
“Indignados”
2010- Plato’s
Academy
2011
The Psyrri urban garden

8. Collective “Seed People’s Initiatives Collective strawbale
A list of social movements representing a communitarian “ethos”
bombing” events building *
30 Local exchange systems
and time banks
Producer-consumer networks
5 Fair and solidary trade collectives
7 Work collectives
4 Cooperatives and self-managed spaces
Syntagma Square Ecofestival at
18 Natural farming groups Public Assembly
Marathon
12 Urban farming and seed banks groups
“Indignados” 4 Natural building methods groups Embros Theater
9 Collective management of natural resources groups
28 neighborhood assemblies in Athens
36 neighborhood assemblies in other Greek cities
2 Open source and shareware groups
15 Self-managed at and political activism groups The Navarinou
A “public” dinner in
Ecofestival at
8 Directneighborhood
Psyrri democracy groups parking-turned-into-a
Istiaia, Evia park initiative
* The list is provisional and reflects numbers of initiatives as of April 2012 with an internet presence.
For an updated list you may visit this link (it’s in Greek though!...)

9. [Exodus] or [Transition]

10. Thank you!
Nicholas Anastasopoulos
Architect,
co-founder of TREE (Take Responsibility for Environmental Efficiency)
Not For Profit organization
Life-tree1.blogspot.com National Technical University of Athens