It was super encouraging to talk with Lorenzo Kristov, through my work with Bloom Network, and learn that he's a big proponent of the neighbourhood model in terms of developing #resilience and regenerative #bioregions. It will be fun to integrate #Childfriendly & #regenerative

Cool to see this design for an #autism friendly park in Tampa, USA. neighborhoodnewsonline.net/2020/08/autism… via The Neighborhood News #Childfriendly #realskillsplay

Awesome to hear Christina Ergler talking about pre-schoolers as town planners on RNZ today!

100% truth <3

Dutch parliament votes for 20 mph limits in built up areas throughout the Netherlands. "Children must be able to cycle and walk safely to school. Design the traffic with vulnerable participants as a starting point" says one MP. nos.nl/artikel/235409…

Talk on Maori Architecture on rnz.co.nz right now!

Great to see this discussion in New Zealand’s news - Rotorua mayor, rural school principal call for national 40km/h school speed limit rnz.co.nz/news/ldr/43257… #childfriendly

June 2019: "Banning cars from cities will cause 'death of High Street'" Irish Independent July 2020: "Pedestrianization of Dublin streets increased business" RTÉ News November 2020: "Four Central Dublin Streets to become 'car free' areas" The Irish Times irishtimes.com/news/environme…

Reading about Mica mines in India turned into a #childfriendly reading, where the villages are becoming child-friendly to give the young miners a voice refinery29.com/en-us/2019/05/…

The DisCO Elements is here! Can we use this moment as a turning point to build what should have been there the whole time? The DisCO manifesto answers the question why, and the DisCO Elements take it a step further to address the how. elements.disco.coop

“E-scooters: are they stealing your data or just revolutionising the way we get hit by cars?” - Danny Tanner, Fuller House. (Brought to you by a tonsillitis-fuelled binge watching session. PS God Bless Antibiotics)

As clear an example 👇 of anti-child, pro-car language as I have ever seen from any public body. It is truly shocking,and shows just how deeply embedded the car culture is.

I found it appalling that some places allowed you to walk your dog, but did not let children play.

Just spent the day at the 25th #ArtBeat in Whangarei, New Zealand, arting it up with Quarry Arts Centre... we were transforming Violin Concertos into new art forms! 2 masterpieces in one.

Wow, interesting... Splore Festival as a limit on two youths per guardian, which they plan to enforce. How do we feel about that?

The disease that is USA light trucks are now becoming a big problem in New Zealand - greaterauckland.org.nz/2021/06/02/the…

“Yet again, we are being told through policy that we are disposable in the interests of everyone else.” — @TinaNgataPublic e-tangata.co.nz/comment-and-an…

'The ‘hīkoi’... relied on Māori motifs and symbols... individuals who appear cis-male & Pākehā dominated [sm] content... This aligns with an increasing use of Māori voices, narratives, and imagery for agendas of white supremacist individuals and groups...' tepunahamatatini.ac.nz/2021/11/09/mis…