Recoded City
Recoded City is filled with inspiring confirmation that, when it comes to shelter and placemaking in an age of limits, a city’s primary resource is the energy and motivation of its inhabitants.
building resilient communities
The Paris Climate Talks: A Nepali View
Before the COP21 meetings in Paris, I had never attended an international negotiation of any kind. Based on my experiences at the talks, I brought back to Nepal new and sometimes alarming understandings that will guide me in my continued activism for justice and climate change.
The Global Refugee Crisis: Humanity’s Last Call for a Culture of Sharing and Cooperation
The real crisis is not the influx of refugees to Europe per se but a toxic combination of destabilising foreign policy agendas, economic austerity and the rise of right-wing nationalism, which is likely to push the world further into social and political chaos in the months ahead.
A New American Dream
Jeremiah (my partner) and I don’t dream of getting rich, or owning a big house with a white picket fence and a two-car garage, or driving a fancy car.
Launching the Grassroots Directory!
The Grassroots Directory is a new source book that aims to showcase the most innovative, practical and exciting community-led projects in the UK.
Sustainable Growing for Social Good
It’s easy to fall into the trap of thinking about sustainable growing in strictly environmental terms.
The Agrihood Project
An agrihood is a housing development built around a market garden and food forest.
Visit McCaskill Street — Forging Community through Resource Sharing
It all started with neighbors meeting to save money and share information around energy, water, food and more. It has grown into shared projects, shared tools and deepened friendships.
Lost in Participation: Land Use Planning Suffers Without Local Knowledge
Reliance on physical, structural measures has dominated public policies and permeated public perception while traditional mitigation knowledge and strategies have declined.
Beyond Food: Community Gardens as Places of Connection and Empowerment
Because of disputes over land, access to green space, and equal rights to the city, urban gardens have become a symbol of community activism and empowerment…
Planting a million trees for Malawi
We will continue to plant the trees together with Malawi’s communities, and we have a joint responsibility to see they survive.
Drinking water and Democracy: Tale of Two Cities
The tragic situation in Flint is in many ways a cautionary tale of democracy subverted, one that ties directly to the United States’ refusal to recognize basic human rights such as the right to water.