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The Bigger Picture: How to Lead City-Wide Change

Abbie Harby -
Adapting our buildings to be future-proof, incorporating greenery, using more sustainable materials: these are all great steps and ones to be encouraged. But, what about the bigger picture? If overall city development, urban planning,...
Skill

Young Leader Fruzsina Nagy: How To Create Change Like A Sustainability Consultant

Karl Dickinson -
A new breed of professionals is using their hotly sought after skills to bring about social and environmental impact. Impact-oriented values are fast becoming the deciding factor in career choices, over more traditional drivers...
Guest Article

How to Make Public Spaces Inclusive for an Ageing Society

Ignacio Foyatier -
How does the design of public spaces influence mental health? Could urban design reduce isolation and loneliness and increase accessibility and mobility? “Rosario is also its older adults”, a pilot project in Rosario, Sante...
Young Leaders

Aleksandr Vlasov: Improving Soviet Cities with Comfort, Heritage & Design

Karl Dickinson -
Does history affect our relationship with cities? According to Young Leader Aleksandr Vlasov, the Soviet era has left a modernist mark on social attitudes and the physical makeup of Russia’s urban spaces. Thankfully, up-and-coming...
Young Leaders

Chatting Your Way to Change: Jaffer Muljiani

Abbie Harby -
Sustainability enthusiasts, city champions and urban development nuts, look no further. We’ve found a true zealot of all things urban: Jaffer Muljiani. From growing up in Muscat, Oman to becoming a ‘real’ Londoner, working...
Guest Article

EU TalentOn: 104 Young Scientists Hack Societal Challenges

Elizaveta Fakirova -
This article was written for CityChangers.com by Elizaveta Fakirova, a PhD candidate and researcher in the field of urban green infrastructure governance at the Technical University of Munich, Germany. Here she shares a personal...
Housing

CityChanger Orna Rosenfeld: “I Created My Job Because I Believed in Something”

Iris Fiebiger -
Do you want to drive change in cities but can’t find a role that allows you to do so? Why not be like our CityChanger Dr Orna Rosenfeld and create your own job? Tackling the...
Young Leaders

Driving Change on a Local Level: Mathis Dippon

Iris Fiebiger -
Young Leader Mathis Dippon is convinced that change is best driven on a local level. This conviction motivates him to design, plan, and constantly re-imagine events that help communities tackle current and future challenges....
Walking

CityChanger Clara Muzzio: “It’s Thrilling to Realise People Value the Change You Bring to Their Street”

Cornelia Forsthuber-Aumayr -
Clara Muzzio is the minister of public space and urban hygiene in Buenos Aires and a firm believer in the transformative power of the public space and its relevance to urban life. She’s been...
Walking

CityChanger Petra Jens: Empowering Pedestrians and Reframing the Topic

Cornelia Forsthuber-Aumayr -
Petra Jens has been Vienna’s walking commissioner since 2013, aiming to make the city a pedestrian paradise. But what is it exactly that a walking commissioner does, and does every city need one? We...
Construction

CityChanger Birgit Rusten on Sustainable Architecture and Pilot Projects

Tanja Polonyi -
Making your city’s buildings sustainable is a big aspiration and not easy. However, one thing that definitely helps are powerful examples of architecture that showcase the immense possibilities this field holds. One expert for...
Construction

CityChanger Michaela Maresch: Lessons in Modular Construction

Karl Dickinson -
Modular construction is emerging as a quick and reliable way to build new houses. Although these usually conform to a template, rolled out in their hundreds, Michaela Maresch had the guts to rethink the...
Car-Free

CityChanger Clare Rogers: “Put the Needs of Children First. Cities That Work For Children, Work For Everyone.”

Lauren McAskie -
After waking up one day and ‘smelling the petrol’, activist, mother, and neighbour Clare Rogers decided to turn her dream of child-friendly streets into a reality. From swapping her car for a tandem bike...
Cycling

Kimberley Nelson: “I Was Tired Of My Life Being Threatened”

Jo Helme -
Kimberley’s dangerous commute led her down a path where she would end up transforming Calgary into one of Canada’s cycling cities. She tells us about the journey, along with e-scooters dating, ‘sanity rides’ and...
Water

Water & Data – the Modern Gold: Narjis Zehra

Metka Novak -
Narjis Zehra is a go-getter, a visionary, a people person, and definitely a Young Leader to keep an eye on. Despite being only 23 years old, coming from a place where people are fighting...
Young Leaders

Leveraging Social Media for Environmental Justice: Gia Chinchilla

Karl Dickinson -
If you’re looking for inspiration, look no further! Meet Gianella Chinchilla, a 24-year-old climate activist and clean energy consultant from Los Angeles, USA. We can learn a lot from this founder of a popular...
Car-Free

Vienna’s Green Voice: Peter Kraus

Karl Dickinson -
As a City Council Member for the Green Party, Peter Kraus makes waves in the Austrian capital Vienna with his persistent campaigning for climate-friendly, people-focussed policy. At just 34, he is already a non-executive...
Retrofitting

What Not to Do: How to Avoid Common Retrofitting Mistakes

Karl Dickinson -
Are you keen to retrofit? That’s what we like to hear. But hold your horses! Do you know what you’re doing? We mean, really know. Being ill-prepared may result in not-so-efficient changes, wasting more...
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