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How an Artist Will Improve Inclusion, Environmental & Communication Strategies

Michael Shank -
This article was written for CityChangers.org by Dr. Michael Shank, Director of Engagement with the Carbon Neutral Cities Alliance. In it, he argues that it’s high time that creatives be brought in as a...
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How Cities Can Shift Power to the Youth

Michael Shank -
This article was written for CityChangers.org by Dr. Michael Shank, adjunct faculty at New York University and George Mason University. In it, he argues that cities stuck in the business-as-usual rut can hand the...
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Are Public Festivals Damaging Urban Parks?

Karl Dickinson -
Because of the population density, cities are a concentration of the best and worst of everyday human behaviour. Nowhere is this more evident than at celebrations that infringe on urban parks. With the warmer weather of...
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Train Drain: Why We Shouldn’t (Always) Travel Sustainably

Karl Dickinson -
Sustainability needs a warning label. The somewhat tongue in cheek Godwin’s law suggests that in any online discussion going on long enough, someone will make a comparison with the Nazis. In a similar way, it...
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From Nero to Zero – The Unspoken Exclusion of Smartphones

Karl Dickinson -
A funny thing happened on the way to the forum. During a recent trip, my enquiry into departure times for the shuttle bus connecting sites of Pompeii was met with a bark of, “Check the...
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Salary Without a Job: The Dream of Supposedly Work-Shy Gen-Z

Jacqueline Maier -
Those born between 1997 and 2012 represent the first generation growing up with smartphones – and are considered by some not to be big fans of (hard) work. If true, they’d surely welcome the introduction...
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Urban Noise – Nuisance or Necessity?

Karl Dickinson -
Proving humans’ unparalleled capability for confounding logic, the daylight hours of 31 December in Graz were punctuated with the whizz-pop of fireworks. The magical glittery hues may have been lost to an unseasonal sunny backdrop,...
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Hypocritesmas: The Seasonal Scourge of Light Pollution

Karl Dickinson -
Oh joy! It’s that time of year again. For what feels like months already we’ve been wading through the drawn-out build-up to Christmas. Shops are once again subjecting their staff to the saccharin mental torture of...
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Just What is the Beef with Meat?

Karl Dickinson -
There’s a lot to be said for going vegan. That must be why they drone on about it all the time! Like other drones, don’t you wish they would just fly off? But let’s give...
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EVs Only Solve One Problem: the Future Viability of the Vehicle Industry

Catherine Knight -
Let's be completely clear. The only problem that electric vehicles (EVs) resolve is the continued profitability of the vehicle-manufacturing industry. It is a solution created by the industry for the industry, which has no...
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A Conundrum of Common Courtesy: How Can Decency Deliver Better Cities?

Karl Dickinson -
In 2015, a London cyclist clashed with a pedestrian, knocking her unconscious and leaving her with scars and broken teeth. It sent the media into a frenzy. Front and centre of the story was the...
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Colonial Urbanism: Polycrisis Guaranteed by Design

POSSIBLE FUTURES -
Cities across the Global South remain firmly in the grips of their colonisers’ “innovations”, hosting entrenched centuries-old systems and practices of abuse and exploitation that disrupt health and life across the planet.  Approaches to...
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Do the Right Thing: Who’s Responsible for Climate Action?

Karl Dickinson -
It’s not always easy being responsible. As the (delayed) train journey home from the Urban Future conference in Stuttgart entered its eleventh hour, a creeping thought formed: had we taken a flight, we could have...
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Overpopulation Is No Laughing Matter

Karl Dickinson -
One of the rules of comedy, so I've been told, is to talk about what you know. That's why many stand-up routines over the past couple of years are based on personal accounts of COVID-19. I...
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Climate What? Choose Your Words Carefully

Karl Dickinson -
In the realm of climate change and sustainability, how much do the words we use matter? A lot. As any linguist will tell you, language shapes our relationship with the world around us. Recently, a colleague...
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Sharing is Caring – So Why Do Pedestrians Lose the Fight for Space?

Karl Dickinson -
As a pedestrian, have you ever crossed the road and waved in appreciation to the driver who stopped to let you go, despite it being you right of way? And how many times have you...
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Why Controversy Matters: An Intro to Our Editorials

Karl Dickinson -
CityChangers.org has introduced this series of editorials as a chance for our writing team and guests to air personal opinions on the problems, solutions, and lived experiences in our urban spaces. In this first...

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