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Up in Smoke: Consequences of an Unhealthy Habit

Jeanelle Gladwish -
Inspired by an original post on LinkedIn, this article was written for CityChangers.org by Jeanelle Gladwish, founder of the first and only translation agency dedicated entirely to sustainability, sustainability translators. In it, she argues...
Climate Adaptation

Sustainable Art: Driving Climate Conversations and City Transformation One Brushstroke at a Time

Mahak Agrawal -
This article was written for CityChangers.org by Mahak Agrawal, Steering Board Member of ITACUS and Founder of All Bits Count (ABC). In it, Mahak shares her journey into sustainable art with her mum -...
Greenery & Biodiversity

Via Verde: How Mexico City’s Biggest Highway Became Its Green Lungs

Karl Dickinson -
In response to the collective demands of 100,000 people, Via Verde has transformed Mexico City’s two-story highway from symbol of bad decision-making to a green space that supports citizens’ wellbeing. The greater metro area of...
Architecture & Design

CityChanger Siobhan Burger: How to Lead Social Design for a Better Future

Karl Dickinson -
The cities we build today will still be standing for generations to come, so we need to anticipate how these will form the physical and social infrastructures people need in the future. Siobhan Burger...
Inclusive Cities

CityChanger Marjan Ehsassi: Amplifying Voices with Citizens’ Assemblies

Karl Dickinson -
When we as citizens feel helpless to interject in the questionable actions of decision-makers, the cracks in democracy are laid clear. But what if there was a way to put power back in the...
Car-Free

Mums for Lungs: The Campaign for School Streets Powered by Coffee

Karl Dickinson -
The benefits of school streets are numerous. So too are the triggers that prompt people to set them up. For campaign group Mums for Lungs, it’s urban air pollution. We explore how their mission...
Climate Adaptation

Coolfood Quick Guide: Strategies to Entice Better Food Choices

Karl Dickinson -
Food service organisations are well placed to make a big dent in greenhouse gas emissions just by reducing how much meat they serve. The World Resource Institute’s Coolfood Quick Guide shows them how. And...
Mobility

The CityChangers Podcast #19: Just Streets

The CityChangers Podcast -
We sit down with Marco te Brömmelstroet and Adrian Fratila from the Just Streets project to talk about what justice has to do with city streets, how to deal with the naysayers, and whether...
Guest Article

All Bits Count: Making Sustainability Science and Communication Approachable and Actionable

Mahak Agrawal -
This article was written for CityChangers.org by Mahak Agrawal, Steering Board Member of ITACUS and Founder of All Bits Count (ABC). In it, she argues that the most effective sustainability discourse for sparking behaviour...
Car-Free

Od-Nowa: How Łódź is Creating Its First School Street

Karl Dickinson -
Karolina Taczalska was appalled by the density of traffic outside her son’s school, so she and Mateusz Cyganek started a project that aims to make the street child friendly by implementing small but effective...
Food Systems

Please Don’t Kale My Vibe – Piloting Edible City Solutions to Change Food Systems

Mirka Råberg -
This article was written for CityChangers.org by Mirka Råberg and Olivia Fokeerah, who both work for Forum Virium Helsinki, the City of Helsinki’s innovation company, in Finland. In it, they explore how cities can...
Car-Free

What Are School Streets? An Explainer

Karl Dickinson -
There has been a lot of talk about school streets in the sustainable cities sphere of late, but what does the term really mean, and why are school streets necessary? We gen up on...
Architecture & Design

d-Lab: Reviving Social Infrastructure via Architectural Design

Karl Dickinson -
Preserving historic architecture seems at odds with renovating buildings to meet modern sustainability standards. One Spanish university, however, is bridging these two worlds – by reviving traditional construction methods. It just so happens that...
Podcast

The CityChangers Podcast #18: Cities of Making

The CityChangers Podcast -
Urban Future’s Karl Dickinson is in conversation with Adrian Hill, a social designer and lead researcher for the Cities of Making project, talking about the nature of production in the post-industrial city. They discuss...
Circularity

Pioneering Sustainable Solar Panels: Amsterdam’s Move Towards Circularity

Tabita Slimmens and Lukas Sloet -
This article was written for CityChangers.org by Lukas Sloet, Policy Officer for Solar Energy, and Tabita Slimmens, Communications Specialist in Sustainability, both working for the City of Amsterdam. They explore the often-overlooked harmful implications...
Urban Manufacturing

The Case for Urban Manufacturing

Cornelia Forsthuber-Aumayr -
With cities growing and due to skyrocketing demand for housing, vast areas of industrial land have been rezoned. So, what is still being produced in cities? And why does it matter? Here’s why cities...
Urban Manufacturing

Co-location: How Mixed Spaces Benefit Urban Manufacturing

Karl Dickinson -
Urban manufacturing needs a range of suitable spaces to thrive. Diversifying the uses within buildings, blocks, and neighbourhoods opens up considerable gains: we should consider co-location as a primary tool for making cities more...
Urban Manufacturing

Urban Manufacturing: Key Terms & Definitions

Iris Fiebiger -
To help navigate the sometimes alien world of city-based production, we've compiled a quick-reference guide to some of the most common urban manufacturing terms and definitions used by the Cities of Making project and...
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