I wonder how many small, rural and remote communities are looking to improve their connectivity - so important these days. Here's one toolkit to help them get started - what else would be helpful? #UnexpectedSolutions
"Design for wellbeing is joyful, creates beauty and gives satisfaction. We work with the truth of how nature functions; we don’t work against it." - Vandana Shiva #RSD9
The City and Waterfront Toronto are creating Urban Design Guidelines for several emerging creative employment-focused districts in the Port Lands.
Please fill out the survey at https://t.co/oymJeDI4MF to share your ideas!
What an imaginative and important future story of a city that chooses to welcome climate migrants! We need to be structuring ourselves to create climate havens now. cc @LalandeLisa @lesinterstices @canadacouncil h/t @gquaggiotto https://t.co/jJzuYnUMYC
Citizens of #Paris can apply for an easy-to-obtain 3-year “permis de végétaliser"—public gardening permit—that allows them to plant just about anywhere there's dirt (as long as they agree not to use pesticides!) @anne_hidalgo https://t.co/RLEgSAd1Xu
📣 Calling all Canadians: Do you have an idea to improve the quality of life for your community during #COVID19? 💡
Today's announcement will help support smart, local solutions by 🇨🇦’s - from bike lanes, art installations, or Wi-Fi hotspots - & improve communities. #BuildUp
I am also pleased to announce that we have hit a significant milestone today, for the first time our entire #COVID19 monitoring dashboard and indicators are green which indicates that we are on good path moving forward.
The data is clear: outdoors is safer than indoors. We have space that can easily be repurposed all over the city - for outdoor learning. School parks and parking lots: add tables, tarps and hand washing. A little effort & ingenuity can keep our children learning and safe.
In many North American cities, we have embraced 'tall and sprawl' and doing so has delivered cities based on exclusion and the long commute. Making new forms of housing legal to build again - like missing middle - is key to designing walkable, inclusive places. #2020Declaration
Pre-markings are on the road for Bayview/River #ActiveTO temporary bike lanes. These will connected the existing River bike lanes to the multi-use paths on Rosedale Valley and and beside Bayview in the Don Valley. #BikeTO
Urban futures: Systemic or system changing interventions? A literature review using Meadows' leverage points as analytical framework
https://t.co/tvYgNsBhnu
Calling all artists - next year has been declared the Year of Public Art and we’re proud to partner with the @WaterfrontBIA as we seek applications for a 16-month artist residency. Read all about this great opportunity here: https://t.co/yjyZvBSOmV