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CityChanger Sophie Mirpourian: Creative Ways to Listen

Karl Dickinson - February 7, 2023

Being heard makes us feel valued and identifies priorities for change, but municipalities struggle to do it well. CityChanger and creative Sophie Mirpourian tells us how her idea to use a portable townhall -...

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CityChanger Sepp Eisenriegler: Eliminating Planned Obsolescence

Karl Dickinson - November 28, 2022

Spend less and save the environment: these are the benefits of repairing durable household electrical appliances over buying cheap replacements every few years. The fact we even can give products a second lease of...

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Eurotowns: Big Enough to Cope, Small Enough to Care

Cornelia Forsthuber - September 28, 2021

If you think that only big cities can substantially contribute to sustainability efforts, you couldn’t be further from the truth. A network of small- and medium-sized European cities shows you exactly what can be...

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En Route to Changing the Conversation: How to Make Citizen Engagement Work

Cornelia Forsthuber - April 29, 2021

How can you make authentic citizen participation work? Warren Logan, Policy Director of Mobility and Interagency Relations in the city of Oakland, has made a name for himself by not just superficially asking for...

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Karl-Filip Coenegrachts: Creative Bureaucracy, An Oxymoron?| TEDxGhent

External Content - April 12, 2021

In this thought-provoking TED talk, Karl-Filip Coenegrachts gives an overview of what creative bureaucracy means and why we can't continue to use 19th-century bureaucracy to solve 21st-century challenges anymore. This talk was held at the...

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Smruti Jukur Johari: What if the Poor Were Part Of City Planning? | TED

External Content - March 9, 2021

"Poverty only changes affordability not aspirations". In this thought-provoking and incredibly intelligent talk, Smruti Jukur Johari breaks down the myth about people living in slums and informal communities. She underlines the crucial necessity to...

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A Contributor’s Guide to CityChangers.org

Cornelia Forsthuber - January 28, 2021

Ready to hit the keys and share your story? Believe us, we’re just as excited as you are! Here’s a little guide on how to structure your knowledge and the story you’re telling, to...

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Why Create an Account?

Cornelia Forsthuber - January 28, 2021

With CityChangers.org, we want to provide you with a home base for everything you need to drive change in your city. We’re not charging you to read our articles, we’re not limiting the number...

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CityChangers.org: An Introduction

Cornelia Forsthuber - January 26, 2021

A place to get inspired, learn, share ideas and knowledge, and connect with the world's most inspiring urban voices: This is what we want CityChangers.org to be for you. Welcome to your new online...

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