This is a picture of Chris Bongard who talks to the Grassroots Channel about his neighbours’ campaign to convert their wooden shacks in one of Barcelona’s old shanty towns into purpose built apartment blocks. You can see the homes they campaigned for on the right of the picture, just over Chris’s shoulder. He is standing …
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Says it all… [youtube]eRjVeRbhtRU&eurl[/youtube] hat tip to Greg Mankiw technorati tags: nptech
Lower Eastside Dialogues – Digital Cities.
Pete Ashton has reminded me of something I thoroughly enjoyed last month and would encourage you to get along too. This years first Lower Eastside Dialogue was on architecture. I learnt a lot, met some good people and enjoyed myself. The next two are absolutely up my street, with next week about digital endeavours and …
Birmingham’s Digital Citizens – a new podcast on the Grassroots Channel
This programme was recorded by the people of Birmingham to tell us what they love about their neighbourhoods. We’d been offered some space in the marquee on Victoria Square as part of the first birthday of Digital Birmingham. We just wanted to accomplish a couple of things: introduce more people to the Grassroots Channel and …