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Community for everyone passionate about creating sustainable urban spaces. Inspiring stories, expert advice & easy-to-copy examples in language you understand.

[CityChangers.org @CityChangersOrg]

We're moving! 🧳
After much reflection, we’ve decided to step away from X & focus on other platforms. So, don’t worry - you can still connect with us here:

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Reminder! Don’t miss this conversation with Ahmed Aboutaleb, former Mayor of Rotterdam, on urban resilience, water management & city transformation. Followed by a discussion with Cornelia Forsthuber-Aumayr (@CityChangersOrg).

🔗 Sign up now: https://t.co/FPq3cu6a7r

[Urban Future. @UrbanFutureConf]

As we strive to create better cities, different political interests can present a tough brick wall to break through. 🧱🥊

Learn how to bridge the political divide!
👉🏾 https://t.co/MccgkokdXZ
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[Urban Future. @UrbanFutureConf]

What happens to the agricultural land around a growing city?
Zukunftshof - or ‘Future Farm’ - is a collective of farmers & residents outside Vienna that shows how agriculture can be integrated into urban development.
Full https://t.co/FegRYKZ1ga story: https://t.co/td9PQHNr0Q

[Urban Future. @UrbanFutureConf]

The Foodprint LAB believes it's time to bring agriculture back to the city! 🌱✊🏼

As Sweden’s only architecture office specialised in designing food systems, they're getting the city growing again.

👉🏾 Read all about it at https://t.co/Yxdh3pShDS

[Urban Future. @UrbanFutureConf]

About 1 garbage truck worth of plastic is released into the sea every minute, choking the planet! 🚛🌎

In our latest article, we delve into what can be done to improve food packaging to prevent waste

Check out this https://t.co/FegRYKZ1ga story:
👉 https://t.co/mdgg3h534h

[Urban Future. @UrbanFutureConf]

How truly public are our public spaces? 🏙️

Let's take a look at the rise of ‘defensive urbanism’ in our cities.

How did Folkets Park in Copenhagen design a welcoming space for their diverse community?

🎧 Tune in to the @CityChangersOrg Podcast:
🩷https://t.co/VXdi6cchOw💚

[Urban Future. @UrbanFutureConf]

How do cities with limited natural resources ensure food security?

Singapore relies heavily on imports. Now, the city is embracing local solutions. Chris Leow helps people grow their own food, cutting costs & boosting resilience.

His advice: Just start! https://t.co/kKNegrqPfJ

[Urban Future. @UrbanFutureConf]

UNVEILING: 4 TRACKS FOR EUROPE'S BETTER-CITIES EVENT!

🩷 1. Urban Regeneration
🩷 2. Sustainable Business
🩷 3. Retrofitting Buildings
🩷 4. Driving Change

Check out the Flavour Programme here:
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#UF25 #Łódź #CityChangers

[Urban Future. @UrbanFutureConf]

🌊🐄 Floating cows? - Yes, that’s a thing in #Rotterdam.

The cows' job is to educate city dwellers about where food comes from, to provide fresh, healthy produce, and - get this! - to help the city reduce its carbon emissions. 🥛🧀

🐮 https://t.co/z6tZYRyZzH

[Urban Future. @UrbanFutureConf]

Proven: food waste = bad for the planet. ❌
But not all food can be eaten. What then?

We need to find other uses for #foodwaste.

The urban-rural partnership of City Of Guelph & the County of Wellington in Canada have done just that…

Check it out: https://t.co/FcQUMh3QS9

[Urban Future. @UrbanFutureConf]

Holistically getting food from farm to fork...🍴

Urban food systems are linked to climate change and problems with biodiversity, public health & more.
This could be solved, but how?🤔

👉🏾 More on #sustainable food system ideas & the tools for change: https://t.co/CkJiZbILuu

[Urban Future. @UrbanFutureConf]

🌿Community farms and gardens help us to get outside, get our fingers dirty, and grow food locally - together. 🙌🏽

So, rather than building on vacant plots in cities, why not make a veggie garden?

Check this https://t.co/FegRYKZ1ga story out now! https://t.co/rKMjHiVjLO

[Urban Future. @UrbanFutureConf]

✋🏽You've been pushing your city to make changes for years? What if they suddenly handed you the reins?🤯

Check out our latest episode #HausderStatistik: a group of activists co-planning a multi-million € development with the Berlin government.

🎧https://t.co/iZfwmoKCtF🩷

[Urban Future. @UrbanFutureConf]

How can local farms tackle food challenges?
Have you heard of "community supported agriculture"?

Like farmers' markets, CSA is a chance to reduce food miles by selling directly to consumers - but with a twist.

For more on this @CityChangersOrg story:
https://t.co/vSjKpzSbmb

[Urban Future. @UrbanFutureConf]

In our next @CityChangersOrg Podcast episode, we visit @repaircafe_graz to understand what it means to give an item a new lease of life, and why it often pays to repair rather than simply recycle.🛠️
@kosi2801

🎧 Tune in and be part of the change: https://t.co/OYKl0dUCXC

[Urban Future. @UrbanFutureConf]

Revitalising cities takes ingenuity - an ability to look beyond what's there and envision everything it could be.

The floating community of #Schoonschip in @AmsterdamNL demonstrates this well. 🏡+⛵

A fine example of how urban spaces can be reclaimed & revived! 🫶 @CrAFt_NEB

[Urban Future. @UrbanFutureConf]

Copenhagen's public canteens use 90% organic ingredients.🥗🍽️

Are you wondering how they did that? Spoiler alert: by changing municipal procurement processes.

From schools to prisons & government offices, municipal kitchens feed a LOT of people!

More 👉 https://t.co/5SGmC8eUDv

[Urban Future. @UrbanFutureConf]

Sustaining adequate food supplies requires a rethink of how we grow, process, transport and consume food.

That's why CityChangers has chosen FOOD as our bold new topic! 📣

Check out the first of the articles on this multi-faceted subject! 🥗
👉🏼 https://t.co/xGznxWGJVS

[Urban Future. @UrbanFutureConf]

Feeling safe is a basic human need.

Yet decades of city planning with men as the default citizen has left a toxic legacy - women and girls feel unsafe in their cities. 🏙️

This has to change!

👉🏼 Read the story: https://t.co/tuvdnqAmOU