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Community Renewable Energy Projects: UK
Source: guardian.co.uk River Bain Hydro photo © wonky kneeFrom “The communities taking renewable energy into their own hands” by Ed Mayo:“Late last year we – Co-operatives UK and The Co-operative Group...
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Thriving Neighbourhoods 2012: Call for papers
Thriving Neighbourhoods is a conference on emerging approaches to the planning, design and management of local neighbourhoods that are set to radically improve health, social engagement, environmental...
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Traffic Roundabout: Award-Winning Civic Space
Source: City Parks BlogPhoto: Hoerr Schaudt Landscape ArchitectsFrom “A Design that Celebrates the People”: Normal, IL Traffic Circle Wins Smart Growth Award as New Civic Space” by Colleen Gentles:[In...
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Solar Mosaic: Invest in Solar Projects Anywhere
Source: Solar Mosaic Photo: © Solar MosaicOne of the biggest barriers to converting to solar power has always been the initial outlay involved in the installation of panels, and connecting to the grid...
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Prison Garden Programs: Improving Health, Increasing Sustainability and...
Photo: agrilifetoday via Flickr CCFrom “Prison Gardens a Growing Trend, Feeding Inmates on the Inside and Food Banks on the Outside” by Rachel Cernansky:Nelson Mandela may have started it all when he...
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The Garage Sale Trail
Photo by Eastlaketimes via Flickr CCFrom The Garage Sale Trail: Thousands of garage sales all over Australia on one huge day – Saturday 5th May 2012The Garage Sale Trail is about sustainability,...
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Fix-it culture thriving in Amsterdam repair cafes.
Source: NY Times Photo from 1010uk via flickr CCFrom “An Effort to Bury a Throwaway Culture One Repair at a Time” by Sally McGraneAMSTERDAM — An unemployed man, a retired pharmacist and an upholsterer...
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Meals on (Bicycle) Wheels: One part of a smart sustainable community system
Source: Nourishing the Planet: Worldwatch InstituteFrom “Santropol Roulant: A Leaner, Greener Meals on Wheels” by Phillip Newell:Santropol Roulant (Santropol is community, roulant means rolling in...
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Goat Races & Urban farming in London
Source: polis blog via Sustainable Cities Collective Photo by Manic Street Preacher via flickr CCFrom “The Changing Face of Urban Farming in London” by Idroma Montgomery:Recently I’ve noticed that...
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Fruit trees for Unley Park in Council trial
Source: Eastern Courier Messenger Photo by Luke Hemer, AdelaideNowFrom “Fruit trees planted in Unley park as part of Unley Council trial” by Emily GriffithsDozens of fruit and nut trees have been...
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Visions of Resilience: Anglesea 2037
Image by D. ArmellinA local resilience-building project about climate extremes.Visions of Resilience: Anglesea 2037 is part of a larger research project Transforming Institutions for Climate Extremes....
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People’s Community Market: Investing in food, health, community.
Screenshot from the People’s Community Market YouTube clip.From the article “Building A Grocery Store In A Food Desert, With Funding From The Community” by Ariel Shwartz.In San Francisco, you can’t...
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Alternative currency creating positive change: Volos, Greece
Source: Shareable Screenshot from the BBC News video ‘Greek town develops bartering system without Euro‘From the article ‘Greek Town Taps Bartering for a More Shareable City‘ by Kelly McCartneyAs...
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Nature and neighbourhoods: Milwaukees’s Urban Ecology Centres
Source: Urban Milwaukee, via Tim Beatley Photo by Alec Brooks from Urban Milwaukee website.From ‘Rise of the Urban Ecology Center‘ by Peggy ShulzHow a small non-profit in a trailer in Riverside Park...
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Detroit: From Ghost City to Future City
Source: FastCoExist Image from The Detroit Future City Plan.From “A Framework For Creating A Thriving Detroit Of The Future” by Ariel Schwartz.A new plan outlines how the Motor City can go from...
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Seed Matters: Sowing more good
Screenshot from the Seed Matters website.An initiative of the Cliff Bar Family Foundation, Seed Matters is dedicated to protecting and ameliorating organic seed, thus increasing the abundance of...
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Open-Source Modular Design Systems
Source: ResilienceFrom “How to make everything ourselves: Open modular hardware” by Kris de Decker:Reverting to traditional handicrafts is one way to sabotage the throwaway society. In this article, we...
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2,012 Food Growing Spaces in London by the end of 2012? Done!
Press Release from Capital Growth:100,000 green-fingered Londoners deliver Mayor’s 2012 food growing target.The estimated equivalent of 69 Wembley football pitches or 124 acres of disused land in...
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Trellises protecting tropical fruit from cyclones
Source: ABC Rural Photo by Marty McCarthyFrom “Cyclone-proofing Queensland orchards” by Marty McCarthyTropical fruit growers near Tully in north Queensland were dealt a hard blow when Cyclone Yasi...
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Risk maps facilitate innovative water solutions
Source: Circle of Blue via AWA Image from Aquaduct.From ‘Entrepreneurs in Mexico City Turn Water Risk into Opportunity‘ by Paul Reig.Mexico City, the biggest metropolis in the Western hemisphere, faces...
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