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Manuel Castells at Occupy London |
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Manuel Castells at Occupy London. Manuel Castells gave a powerful speech about the underlying challenges generated by our current era of international finance capitalism at the Occupy London encampment last Friday November 25. See the video of Castell’s speech below, courtesey of the Polis Blog:. Getting it right in the first place: how to create thriving new communities. Seoul: community need and housing aspirations. →. One Response to “Manuel Castells at Occupy London”. February 19, 2012 at 2:20 pm.
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A Community Land Trust for the Olympic Park: Making it work |
https://futurecommunitiesneveragain.wordpress.com/2011/12/16/a-community-land-trust-for-the-olympic-park-making-it-work
A Community Land Trust for the Olympic Park: Making it work. That the first new neighbourhood in the Olympic Park could include a pilot community land trust scheme creating 80-100 homes is to be welcomed, albeit cautiously. Community Land Trusts (CLTs) are popular with politicians as they offer a democratic model for empowering local communities and delivering affordable housing. Boris Johnson speaking in June 2009 at a London Assembly meeting describes. Right to reclaim land’. Despite being portrayed as...
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Somers Town: Perceptions of Place |
https://futurecommunitiesneveragain.wordpress.com/2011/09/28/somers-town-perceptions-of-place
Somers Town: Perceptions of Place. Exploring different perceptions of place is essential in understanding social and physical changes to an area as the case of Somers Town demonstrates. The case of Somers Town. Practical resources on the importance of place can be found here. Guest post: Oliver Gregory- Future Communities Intern and former UCL MSc Urban Studies student- @oligregory. Riots overshadow loss of high tech Olympic legacy. Tottenham Together: Voices from Tottenham after the 2011 riots →. The Yo...
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Getting it right in the first place: how to create thriving new communities |
https://futurecommunitiesneveragain.wordpress.com/2011/11/23/getting-it-right-in-the-first-place-how-to-create-thriving-new-communities
Getting it right in the first place: how to create thriving new communities. Today the Young Foundation has launched a new report,. Design for Social Sustainability. Based on an international review of new towns and communities and sets out a framework for built environment professionals and policymakers involved in planning, design, and creating communities and cities. Underpinning the report is an extensive online tool kit. The report finds that communities that do not work socially, at best fail to fl...
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We are moving to a new home … |
https://futurecommunitiesneveragain.wordpress.com/2012/04/24/we-are-moving-to-a-new-home
We are moving to a new home …. The Future Communities blog is moving to a new home at Social Life. A new venture created by the Young Foundation. Please come and visit us and thank you for your interest, comments and contributions over the past couple of years. A Community Land Trust for the Olympic Park: Making it work. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:. Address never made public). Notify me of new comments via email. Urban and Ec...
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Events |
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Out of the Ashes: Britain after the riots. Organised by: The RSA. Venue: 8 John Adam Street, London WC2N 6EZ. Urban Design and Public Health. Organised by: Urban Design Group. Venue: The Gallery, 70 Cowcross Street, London, EC1M 6EJ. Date: 18 January 2012. Cities of Tomorrow – Cities and the Language of Architecture by Rogers Stirk Harbour Partners. Venue: RIBA, 66 Portland Place, London W1B 1AD. Date: 31 January 2012. Event: RCA 2011/12 Architectural Lecture Series. Styke- 2 February 2012. Getting it ri...
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My Chain Reaction Experience… |
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Find us elsewhere…. My Chain Reaction Experience…. November 19, 2009 in Chain Reaction 2009. Tags: british youth council. Campaigning for social change. Guest blogger: Hannah Candassamy, The British Youth Council. But the light hearted approach to this activity meant that attendees were able to meet lots of different people and casually talk about their interests, projects they were involved in and the support that they needed. I was able to talk to lots of different people throughout the day who I w...
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Oy Cameron! Give me my job back. | I was a public sector worker
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I was a public sector worker. Life and redunduncy in the public sector. The Sex Education Show part two. I was a public sector reject →. Give me my job back. April 30, 2011. Trafalgar Square at 8am before it was shut. The French TV crew film an interesting-looking tree. They must be keen. Or was that Charlie’s choice? Before I knew what I was doing I yelled, ‘Oy Cameron! But I can’t tell you how good it made me feel. The thin blue line keeps the crowd at bay. Travel card for one happy mother: 7.30. The t...
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Happy Jobmas! | I was a public sector worker
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I was a public sector worker. Life and redunduncy in the public sector. N30 day of action for pensions justice. Goodbye 2011 →. December 24, 2011. This time last year I indulged in the memories of public sector Christmas past- the celebratory meal at the local Italian that did a lunchtime special for less than a fiver; the Michelin star quality of the canteen Christmas dinner ( ‘she wants vegetarian gravy! And the jolly office Christmas card. Another jolly public sector party. It was after one of our mee...
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Thank you…but not goodbye | I was a public sector worker
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I was a public sector worker. Life and redunduncy in the public sector. Jamie’s Dream School: things get political →. Thank you…but not goodbye. March 31, 2011. Today is officially R day. My P45 was waiting for me when I got home for work yesterday. I have less than three hours left at work and I really shouldn’t be writing a blog post but I have things to say. They said. I scoured the Internet for similar bloggers and tentatively made some cyber friends. I’m convinced that if I hadn’t written the blog I...
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