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Cycling

Plan Cycling With the City’s Youngest In Mind

Jo Helme - January 18, 2021

“If you are considering cycling as an option for your city, please consider this group,” says Alex Baum, co-author of the ‘Cycling Cities for Infants, Toddlers, and Caregivers’ Report. He told us why it...

Car-Free

Metamorphosis: An EU Project Where Children Are the Central Force Behind Change

Metka Novak - April 14, 2021

When was the last time you saw children playing on the streets of your neighbourhood or heard their carefree, joyful laughter? Probably a long time ago. We seem to live in a society where...

Car-Free

Cars or Kids, Who’s King? How to Put Children Before Cars in City Planning

Lauren McAskie - March 16, 2022

For the last century, there’s been an ongoing battle for city space between cars and children, which, for the most part, has been won by the former. Kids no longer have the right to...

Car-Free

CityChanger Tim Gill: Back to the Future of Child-Friendly Car-Free Cities

Lauren McAskie - March 10, 2021

Tim is an independent scholar, consultant and global advocate for child-friendly cities. He is passionate about making car-dominance a thing of the past and achieving a better balance between the needs of car drivers...

Inclusive Cities

#5 The Unlikely Urban Planners

The CityChangers Podcast - February 29, 2024

What would a city designed entirely by children look like? And what could it tell us about the cities we live in now – the good things and the bad? Academic Christina Ergler’s research into...

General

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...

Construction

Sustainable Schools – Education Fit for the Environment

Tanja Polonyi - June 25, 2021

With the climate crisis growing, teaching children about sustainability should be an obvious addition to their education. However, there are big discrepancies in countries’ curriculums and the resources given to teachers. In this article,...

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