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Kurzzusammenfassung

Werbeflächen im Quartier werden temporär für nicht-kommerzielle Inhalte wie Klimainitiativen, lokale Angebote und kulturelle Beiträge genutzt. Die Vergabe erfolgt demokratisch durch ein gewähltes Gremium aus der Bevölkerung. So wird der Einfluss von Werbung reduziert und Raum für Information, Beteiligung und Klimaziele geschaffen.

Advertising space for climate goals

Avatar: Michael Schmid Michael Schmid

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What should be created?
Studies show the role that advertising plays in the normalization and increase of consumption, and the associated environmental impacts. Outdoor advertising in particular works because the population cannot escape it. Against this background, we would like to pilot the impact and acceptance of an advertising-free city in the Net-Zero pilot district. We book billboard space to the extent and for the duration made possible by the available budget and the duration of the pilot quarter project. These areas are made available free of charge for the following purposes: • Advertising for local offers that promote the achievement of climate targets or social cohesion in the neighbourhood (e.g. repair cafés, bicycle exchanges, local nutrition offers) • Artistic, non-commercial designs by residents of the neighbourhood (e.g. cultural events, neighbourhood meetings, works of art) • Education and activation of the population (information from the administration, campaigns such as "Climate à la carte", "Terranes Travel") • Some of the billboards will be used – analogous to the pilot project in Baden – to carry out a survey to record the attitudes and acceptance of the neighbourhood population to reduce commercial advertising in public spaces A committee with about seven members, which is elected annually by the residents of the neighbourhood, democratically decides on the allocation of the poster sites. Findings are documented and published.
example
Baden: Pilot project "Baden Werbefrei" in cooperation with the Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW), the Energy City Switzerland organisation and the city of Baden. • Geneva: In January 2017, around 3000 billboards remained empty for a few weeks due to a dispute over the concession contract. The people of Geneva used part of the empty billboards for creative projects and expressions of opinion. • Amsterdam: From summer 2026, Amsterdam will be the first capital in the world to ban advertising for meat and fossil products (air travel, diesel cars) on urban areas such as streets, squares and bus stops. • France: From November 16 to December 8, 2024, poster advertising in 32 French cities was partially replaced by images of works of art by great masters. Behind it is the campaign "La beauté sauvera le monde" (Beauty will save the world), which was carried out for the first time in 2021 in the French city of Saint-Dizier and expanded in 2024. The aim of the campaign is to make art accessible to everyone.
Are you an individual or part of a group?
We are an informal group (e.g. neighborhood group)
Name
Bündnis Züri Ad-free
Are you implementing the idea alone or are you still looking for comrades-in-arms?
I/we are still looking for comrades-in-arms
Describe the place(s)
billboards in the project perimeter
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