Category Solidarity, democracy and sustainability
Låt oss skapa en innovativ och inkluderande ny allmänning i Norra hamnen
(Insändare i VN 30.11 2015) Att allmänningar och offentliga rum i våra städer är hotade är inget nytt. Detta fick jag en brutal påminnelse om när jag tittade på planerna för det nya bostadskvarteret i Norra hamnen i Ekenäs. Den tomt som Peter Tanzer och Mäenpää Byggnads Ab vill ”vitalisera” med bostadshus och shoppingcenter. Den […]
Great Place-making project in Northern Ireland
A very inspiring place making project. I agree with Celia – now it is time to DO something – not just talk. Episode 001: Awakening the Narrows Celia Spouncer is an ecologist and landscape architect who is transforming a former derelict hotel called the Narrows in Portaferry. We visited Celia and heard about the story […]
Build the city Lab
On the Build the City lab you can discuss on the theme ‘Build the City’ and the wider discourse around culture, communities, democracy and the Commons.
“Build the City: perspectives on commons and culture” – get a copy!
The IdeaCamp is based on shared knowledge and open source philosophy. To have a chance to solve the massive challenges that we are facing today we do not need competition but more collaboration! In the light of the open source philosophy I want to share the book “Build the City: perspectives on commons and culture” with you.
Slow travel – att leva livet
SLOW TRAVEL ENCOURAGES US TO SLACKEN OUR PACE, RE-CONSIDER OUR MOTIVATIONS (AND ITINERARIES) AND EMBRACE A “LESS IS MORE” INSTEAD OF A “FAST IS BETTER” ETHOS. IT EMBOLDENS US TO TAKE PAUSE. TO THINK. TO SAUNTER INSTEAD OF RUSH AND ENJOY THE DETAILS INSTEAD OF BLURRING PAST THEM (SLOWTRAVEL STOCKHOLM). Jag sitter här med min […]
The barefoot march in Venice September 11th 2015
The refugees marching through Europe have been on my mind during my trip in Italy, Slovenia and Croatia. Alessandro Grassman, who made the documentary “Torn“, explained that for a refugee there is only the present moment – one lives only a moment at a time not thinking about – nor planning – the future. It […]
Caffé sospeso – Pending coffee
In the café Serra dei Giardini where I am sitting in Venice I could pay for an extra cup of coffee – an ancient Neapolitan tradition where one pays for a pending coffee. Someone penniless who craved a coffee could just step into a bar and ask if there was a pending coffee. A great […]
Vårt döende hav – viktig Östersjön film
Jag skrev ett blogginlägg i våras om hur kryssningsfartygen som trafikerar i Östersjön smutsar ner vårt hav och inte bryr sig om att tömma sina avfall i våra hamnar fast det ofta är gratis. Idag 13.8 2015 visades Folke Rydéns viktiga och välgjorda film “Hotet på havet“. Se den på Yle Areena under kommande månad […]
Students and elderly live together at Dutch nursing home
A nursing home in the Netherlands invited university students to live rent-free alongside the elderly residents. In exchange for an apartments, the Humanitas retirement home in Deventer, Netherlands, requires students to spend at least 30 hours per month being “good neighbors,” Humanitas head Gea Sijpkes said to PBS NewsHour. What an marvelous and simple solution for loneliness […]
Ylva Rancken-Lutz
"I am linked therefore I am" 