Stories & Guidance for Urban Change-makers

Notable City: Mannheim – Claiming Triumph from a Failed Transformation

When Mannheim’s mobility trial failed spectacularly, the municipality learnt that the true power to transform a city comes from engaging stakeholders right from the...

Innovation as a Survival Strategy: Sustainability by a Different Name

Deneine Christa Powell -

This article was written by Deneine Christa Powell, Executive Director of the Urban Sustainability Directors Network, the largest city-based sustainability network in the United States...

Giving Łódź’s Abandoned Industrial Land New Life: Urban Future Podcast #3 – Fuzja

What's That Green -

How did Łódź, Poland, turns eight hectares of abandoned factory land into a green, multifunctional, and inclusive neighbourhood? In this episode of the What’s...

The Scale of Endeavour: Where Do CityChangers Make an Impact?

Karl Dickinson -

Urbanism is not uniform. Understanding how CityChangers work at various scales is fundamental to forming communities that pull together to advance change that benefits...

Graphic Rewilding: Plugging Urban Nature Deficits with Large-scale Art

Karl Dickinson -

Humans crave connection with nature that cities disconnect us from. Graphic Rewilding proves that art is a viable alternative, or even enhancer of, ecological...

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Stories & Guidance for Urban Change-makers

Notable City: Mannheim – Claiming Triumph from a Failed Transformation

Innovation as a Survival Strategy: Sustainability by a Different Name

Giving Łódź’s Abandoned Industrial Land New Life: Urban Future Podcast #3 – Fuzja

The Scale of Endeavour: Where Do CityChangers Make an Impact?

Graphic Rewilding: Plugging Urban Nature Deficits with Large-scale Art

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Giving Łódź’s Abandoned Industrial Land New Life: Urban Future Podcast #3 – Fuzja

From Constraints to Creativity – the Joy of Delivering Retrofit

The CityChangers Podcast #19: Just Streets

The CityChangers Podcast #18: Cities of Making

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