Category: Articles

A Brazilian experiment: Curitiba’s participation in the 2017 Ecocity World Summit

October 1, 2018

In 2017 we helped created an experiment in Curitiba, Brazil, during the 2017 World Ecocity Summit in Melbourne, Australia. We hope to build on this experiment with in Lisbon in 2019 and have begun discussing this proposal with local groups since June. The Ecocity World Summit 2019‏, or #Ecocity2019 for short, will happen in Vancouver, … More A Brazilian experiment: Curitiba’s participation in the 2017 Ecocity World Summit

Adapt or Die. Kicking our Oil Addiction to create Post-Capitalist Community led Ecocities

July 15, 2018

Short Synopsis Species wise, its simple: Adapt or Die. The solution: Ecocities. A Post Carbon and Degrowth proposal, based upon Creative Descent responses to the twin challenges of Global Warming and Peak Oil. Planning becomes a community facilitation process led from the bottom-up; to create a municipalist structured Global Ecocity Network. Key Words: Ecocities; Municipalism; … More Adapt or Die. Kicking our Oil Addiction to create Post-Capitalist Community led Ecocities

Adapt or Die. Kicking our Oil Addiction to create Post-Capitalist Community led Ecocities

July 8, 2018

The following abstract was submitted for an upcoming conference: 54th ISOCARP Congress, Bodø, Norway, 1-5 October 2018: Cool Planning: Changing Climate and Our Urban Future, in section  #5 – SOCIAL NETWORKS: Citizen Participation, Urban Governance and Cultural Transformation. PDF available here. Twitter hashtag used by author is #CoolCities. Adapt or Die. Kicking our Oil Addiction … More Adapt or Die. Kicking our Oil Addiction to create Post-Capitalist Community led Ecocities