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Mar

CityCamp Brighton: Alternative Currencies for Sustainable Cities

Categories: Community, Governance, People, UK

by Joe Peach

With our current economic model prone to boom and bust, alternative currencies were explored at CityCamp Brighton, complementing existing currencies and potentially building more resilience into the economy. Could any of these ideas act as genuine alternatives to our primary economic model? Read more

Mar

CityCamp Brighton: Creating an Inclusive City

Categories: Community, People, UK

Tags: Brighton, cc

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by Joe Peach

As the third CityCamp Brighton got underway in the Brighthelm Centre, attendees were all asked one question: What kind of future do we want to create together for our city? The theme of creating an inclusive city ran across multiple ideas. Read more

Mar

Reusing Urban Spaces and Places: Your Views from #cityheritage

Categories: Buildings

Tags: cc

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by Joe Peach

Last week saw a bit of a first for This Big City. After hosting 14 successful #citytalk tweetchats with various collaborators, we did our first ever tweetchat mashup with the #builtheritage chat. We called it #cityheritage and our topic of discussion was building reuse. Read more

Mar

Business and Sustainability: Introducing our next #citytalk

Categories: Africa and the Middle East, People

Tags: cc

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by Joe Peach

There’s no doubt that individuals can positively contribute to the overall sustainability of a city. However, for society to successfully complete its journey towards sustainability, stakeholders such as governments and businesses also need to be proactive in addressing sustainability challenges. Read more

Mar

Something Fishy About London’s Most Innovative Urban Farm

Categories: Arts and Culture, People, UK

Tags: cc, London, urban farming

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by Joe Peach

Just when you think you've seen every shipping container-reuse project imaginable, along comes an urban farm with a difference. Kate Hofman and Tom Webster are planning what they call 'London's most innovative urban farm' made from a greenhouse on top of a shipping container full of fish. Read more

Feb

Recession Cities: Your Views from #citytalk

Categories: Community, Governance, People

Tags: cc, citytalk

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by Joe Peach

We hosted another #citytalk tweetchat last week, this time looking at the impact of the global economic downturn on cities and their citizens. It was another busy discussion with hundreds of tweets shared from across the globe. Here are our highlights. Read more