Max Cunin Well, yes, it’s a great example of genuine participation, self-build, fabrication, distributed tech, circular materials, retrofit, community land trust for commons-based shared ownership, local resilience, common good outcomes. What’s not to like? I share it weekly in talks etc

What if we re-imagined our front gardens as part of the shared ecological + social infrastructure of our neighbourhoods?

🗓️SAVE THE DATE 24 April 🗓️ for the launch of the #Library of Social Infrastructure!

More info coming eventbrite.co.uk/e/library-of-s… CIVIC SQUARE The Better Block

Brilliant day yesterday sharing WeCanMake model for unlocking urban infill sites for community-led homes with community groups, councils & housing associations from across Wales. This is how to scale & replicate #CommunityLed 🙌

Thank you for having us! WeCanMake Athlyn Cathcart-Keays melissa mean Knowle West Media Centre (KWMC) great to talk and film neighbourhood retrofit, imagination and power

“It is entirely possible for housing to be dignified, durable, beautiful and adaptable, and made available for all, as a common good, in ways that are affordable, valuable and environmentally sustainable” — ⁦Dan Hill⁩ + ⁦Mariana Mazzucato⁩ councilonurbaninitiatives.com/resources/mode…

“It is entirely possible for housing to be dignified, durable, beautiful and adaptable, and made available for all, as a common good, in ways that are affordable, valuable and environmentally sustainable” — ⁦Dan Hill⁩ + ⁦Mariana Mazzucato⁩ councilonurbaninitiatives.com/resources/mode…

#THEPORTLANDINNPROJECT is an arts-led community-based organisation that makes vital change in our area. We advocate for people-led change, and champion the importance of art in leading that change. Want to support and guide us? JOIN OUR BOARD! theportlandinnproject.com/wp-content/upl…

Homegrown Homes for People + Planet: A mass local approach to building with timber in every neighbourhood🌲🏡🌲

We're delighted to launch our report in collaboration with BlokBuild + Price & Myers, and funded by the
Forestry Commission.

Read it here: wecanmake.org/builds/homegro…

🌿 Grounding weekend with fellow mentors and 32 peers as part of the CIVIC SQUARE 'Ecological Health in Neighbourhoods Learning Journey’ hosted in collaboration with Centric Lab - offering a Footwork inspired mapping workshop 🗺️ sharing insights from People and Place

What if we designed, sourced and built our homes with homegrown materials and resources?

We're very excited to be launching our 'Homegrown Homes for People and Planet' report, supported by the Forestry Commission.

... Coming Weds pm on wecanmake.org 👀

#HomegrownHomes

We have 2 great jobs going at Act Build Change 🐣

Collective Care Trainer (4days 34k pro rata) &
Senior Community Organiser (full time £38-43K)

Deadline April 18th!

This nine-month journey with CIVIC SQUARE and Centric Lab’s Ecological Health in Neighbourhood was transformative. So much love and kinship built through our connection with the planetary power and pursue for social and climate justice.

Thanks so much Ghost and John Hidden Keileon for inviting me as an extended peer on your learning journey, it was so wonderful to see what the peers in your ends are thinking about & cocreating, much love to the EHIN ecosystem creating so many ripples, so grateful to be involved♥️

This work can feel so heavy but there is no better cure than breaking bread and communing with others.

Thank you to everyone who brought this revolutionary space in to being! 💞

Ecological Health in Neighbourhoods closing ceremony ft SO many incredible humans CIVIC SQUARE Centric Lab Centre for Alternative Technology 🙏🏽

A few highlights:
💰 ਇਮਨਦੀਪ ਕੌਰ | Imandeep Kaur’s fundraising insights
🏙️ discussing political/economic systems with Privatise the Mandem
🎥 the Water is Love film

🍑JUICY JOB ALERT🍑

We're looking for a Communications Associate to join our Cardiff team! Are you excellent at storytelling? passionate about social change & the arts? organised with an eye for detail? Take a look at our new role it could be for you..

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Such a joy to be amongst a group of such brilliant humans. The ecological health in neighbourhoods peer learning journey draws to a sweet close 🫶🏽 🌱

Courtesy of the the visionary CIVIC SQUARE + Centric Lab +Centre for Alternative Technology

Nourishing &enriching 9 months with wonderful people doing amazing work up &down the country. Ecological Health in Neighbourhoods programme has come to an end - but will lead to &inform so much to come thanks CIVIC SQUARE Centric Lab Centre for Alternative Technology Lankelly Chase Carrina Gaffney

So exciting to hear Chris Paddock describing the exciting projects programme for London Doughnut for 2024/25. Great support from Impact on Urban Health Inspiration from Doughnut Economics Action Lab (DEAL) and CIVIC SQUARE ਇਮਨਦੀਪ ਕੌਰ | Imandeep Kaur Cambridge Doughnut Amsterdam Donut Coalitie and many more.

We had a glimpse of what a truly intergenerational space could feel like today as we gained some insight into knowledges at risk of being lost and how we can create the spaces where these are preserved and passed on. Thank you Rose.