Share Success Stories
Let’s share examples of how communities have created ways to connect to each other.
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The role of companies in making their local environment better
We don’t speak anymore about forecasting the future or leap into it, now we speak about building the future.
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Moss Graffiti
There are already a few inspirations listed here that suggest street art and mural projects for communities. With "Moss Graffiti" that idea gets an emphasis on eco-friendlyness and growth.
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Community Celebrations
Community celebrations break down silos between agencies, build bridges between community members and agencies, and create collaboration among community stakeholders by bringing people together around food, culture and education.
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In Town Without MyCar!
A car-free day event running since 2000 in Europe, where participating towns and cities reserve several public areas only for pedestrians, cyclists and public transport during the entire day.
Urban Farming: Grass Roots Urban Renewal
What were once abandoned lots now provide a community with accessible healthy foods. Whether to serve at dinner or sell at the local market, individuals and entrepreneurs are repurposing neglected urban spaces for growing food.
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Foster Green Facades
In dense areas such as Singapore or London, there is a lot of opportunity for green facades and hanging gardens. Like in this example, the Hotel Athenaeum, right in the centre of London.
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Urban architect Teddy Cruz seeks redesign sub-optimally occupied spaces not only to reintegrate them, but proactively support them. His vision of density is not units per acre, but human interaction per acre.
Urban Redesign and the New Density: the Value of Human Interaction Per Acre
Urban architect Teddy Cruz seeks redesign sub-optimally occupied spaces not only to reintegrate them, but proactively support them. His vision of density is not units per acre, but human interaction per acre.
Oxygenator - going from art project to community support.
1m deep pond in city center, created as art project, became hot spot for community.
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'At Our Doorsteps' photography - Portraits of neighbours in a block of flats
Young Singaporean photographer encouraging local community cohesion through photography
Art & Involvement
Art is not supposed to change the world, to change practical things, but to change perceptions. Art can change the way we see the world. Art can create an analogy. -JR
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Parklets: Pavement to Parks
The Parklet movement in San Francisco has created a focus of engaging patrons with the city by taking street space and re-purposing it as seating area and green space.
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Make Design Matter
Make Design Matter is a little Red Book that presents a pocket size guide to meaningful design.
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i hope this street have _____
the project place 4 boards with maps in the community where the people gather. So the residents can write on what they like or what they wish to have on the street, and share with others.
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Community Mural Painting and Block Party
These would be essentially gatherings where members of the community could come together to paint murals, possibly in run-down or troubled neighborhoods. Anyone could participate!
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Singaporean and proud
making people compete for a better neighberhood
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Collective Action and self governance for making local environments better
Years of governmental neglect and apathy has motivated people towards collective action in a remote North-East Indian village. How might we facilitate individuals and communities to collaborate at a global and local level for self empowerment?
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Connecting Through Sharing
Sharing is not only good for the environment as it reduces consumption on an island with limited space, but it also creates a sense of service to others, culture of generosity and connects people from all walks of the community to help each other.
Panera Cares - Making a Difference Locally
Community cafes operate across the U.S. to "feed each and every person who walks through our doors with dignity regardless of their means" There are no prices, people are asked to pay what they can or volunteer for an hour in exchange for a meal.
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Tidy Street: Changing Neighbors' Behaviors through Voluntary Monitoring and Public Infographics
Residents along Tidy Street (Brighton, UK) in collaboration with a graffiti artist, produced street art each day indicating their electricity usage from the prior 24 hours, allowing them and passersby to reflect upon (and change!) their consumption.
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Participatory Budgeting
Giving ordinary residents a role in deciding how to allocate part of municipal or public budgets
Short Distance Vehicle (SDV)
StreetScooter is launching an e-car with the name 'Concept Zeitgeist'to cater for the 90% of our car journeys. At the same time StreetScooteris aiming to define a new vehicle category: the Short Distance Vehicle (SDV).