food_resilience / Food resilience

Food resilience

zero_waste / Zero waste

Zero waste

Happy Local

Initiative phase: Early beginnings

Eco-friendly social network

Happy Local

The platform focuses on raising awareness, sharing knowledge, and educating society about eco-friendly lifestyles. It is engaged in promoting local consumption by giving an online platform to buy and sell local products. 

Institution type/carrier

Private Company

Institution-Name

Happy Local


How is your initiative financed?

Bootstrapping

Are there any additional partners or funders connected to your initiative?

No

Participation opportunities

There are opportunities with many different tasks for those who would like to join as a volunteer, or as an interim, as well as job  opportunity

 

 

 

What’s needed

Full time volunteers Part time volunteers Expertise/knowledge

Objectives

To go towards a sustainable society, with a change in consumer behavior and products of the market. 

Impact

Society is aware of the consumption impacts on the planet and Happy Local is a platform that helps in promoting local products for local consumers. The solutions require less packing; less food loss; zero waste; less storage; less transportation and less energy consumption; which consequently creates less pollution; fewer emissions and promotes a circular economy; empowers local producers and generates more job opportunities.

 

Target audience

Consumers 
Local farms 
Local producers 
Crafts makers 

Challenges and learning successes

The monopoly of big social media

Good feedback from members of  the food baskets

Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Good Health and Well-being Decent Work and Economic Growth Responsible Consumption and Production

Sustainability Targets

  • Good Health and Well-being
  • Decent Work and Economic Growth
  • Responsible Consumption and Production

Name of Organization

Address & geo, Contact person

  • Happy Local
  • Office 107 University of Luxembourg, Incubator, 6a Avenue des Hauts-Fourneaux
  • L-- 4362 Esch-sur-Alzette
  • Sam ABDI
  • sam@happylocal.lu
  • +352 621 625 227
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