Endorsement
It is the privilege and opportunity for any community to embrace the cittaslow way of living and it is encouraged that more and more communities choose to do so. However, in order to create villages or towns as authentic cittaslows it is required that they seek the endorsement by the international Cittaslow organisation.
To be endorsed as a cittaslow, a community of no more than 50,000 inhabitants needs to be seen to take responsibility for addressing a range of criteria encompassing various areas of their environment, both built and natural. Once endorsed, a cittaslow continually monitors and improves the designated characteristics of its precinct and surroundings to extend the quality of life that is 'cittaslow'.
These recognised cittaslows across the world are leading examples of how to sustain wellbeing and viability for the changing future we face, regarding food and fuel, to name just a few areas of uncertainty. Cittaslow is a framework that initiates means of adapting and continuing life in a more distributed, self-reliant fashion.
See the other sections for what is required to attain endorsement and start talking with your friends and neighbours about how it could work for you.
