The latest newsletter covered initiatives in 🇬🇧🇧🇷🇸🇪. New Citizen have been feeding bees , building recycling apps and annoying British holidaymakers 🤷‍♀️. Thanks to MUNDANO & Awesome Foundation for the inspiration. Read the newsletter below 🧐 medium.com/thenewcitizen/…

80% of Sicilian businesses used to pay protection money to the mafia. 7 local citizens created Addiopizzo to educated tourists about the extortion and support locals who refused to pay. Today, less than 50% of businesses pay the pizzo.🕴️💸💅 economist.com/business/2018/…

Is your community broke? Hilary Powell & Daniel Edelstyn took over an old bank and are issuing their own banknotes as “an act of citizen money creation”. People exchange legal tender for the notes then the proceeds are used to pay off £1m of local debt 🏦💸 positive.news/2018/society/3…

The latest newsletter featured New Citizens taking on the mafia 🕴️, issuing their own currency 💸 and fighting fire with goats 🔥🐐. 🙏Thanks to Citizen University, Techfugees, Addiopizzo, Hilary Powell & Daniel Edelstyn.🙏 Read the newsletter below 👇 medium.com/thenewcitizen/…

📨 The latest newsletter covered New Citizens who are dressing up as the god of death 👹, hassling bus drivers 🚌 and learning how to build drones with lollipops 🍭 🙏 Thanks to Techfestival., @campaigncamp & Digital Democracy 🙏 medium.com/thenewcitizen/…

Grassroots franchise We Love Readingᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠ have now reached 400,000 children in Jordan, opened around 4,000 libraries, delivered some 250,000 children books and conducted more than 140,000 reading sessions. Wow! 📚🤓 msn.com/en-ae/news/oth…

🚴‍♀️The iamgurgaon initiative in India is restoring a 5km long waterway and transforming it into a bio-diversity park and eco-corridor. So far, half of the new forest has been planted and the waterway has been completely cleaned. 🌳 thebetterindia.com/149946/garbage…

📨The latest newsletter covered New Citizens taking long walks on the beach, planting forests in India's 'slum for the rich', and teaching kids to love books 🌁⛱️🤓 Thanks to We Love Readingᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠ, iamgurgaon. Byline Festival, Human Library Org & #300Kilomètres medium.com/thenewcitizen/…

This week #NewCitizens are: 🍕feeding #refugees in 🇧🇦 💡using #blockchain to challenge the identity monopoly 🏜fighting Saharan #desertification with trees Thanks to: @rohingyapro, New Citizen Project & V&A 👇Read our latest newsletter below 👇 medium.com/@JesseOnslow/n…

“When everyone talks about change, you make it happen.” #fearlessbrussels

With the blogging revolution we took away the monopoly that journalists had on sharing information. Today, we are taking away the monopoly that politicians and old institutions have on initiating and funding projects at the city level. It’s the new citizen revolution.

This week's New Citizens are: 🎣Feeding the world’s most expensive city 🔬 Building Tinder for refugee scientists 🚌 Checking drivers licenses Thanks to This is New Power, Fearless Cities Brussels & #mykindoffridge 👇Read our latest newsletter below 👇 medium.com/thenewcitizen/…

Last week's New Citizens were: 🔍Shedding light on shady government contracts 🌞Supplying renewable energy to rural Australia 💣Immortalised as comic book heroes Thanks to theugly indian, Prozorro & @shirleuroa Read our latest newsletter below 👇 medium.com/thenewcitizen/…

This week New Citizens are: 🎈Seed bombing with slingshots and balloons 🕺Organising the world’s weirdest techno festival 🌍Tackling the global pollution pandemic Thanks to Teddy Kinyash, NewCitizenProject & Rob Wijnberg Read the latest newsletter below👇 medium.com/thenewcitizen/…

This week New Citizens have been: 🐝Walking for wildlife 🏡Teaching kids to build rooftop farms 🎠Transforming a landfill into a community centre Thanks to Chris Packham, New Citizen Project & Small Projects Istanbul Read our newsletter below: medium.com/thenewcitizen/…

This week's New Citizens are: 🌃Running across moonlit cities 💇‍Cutting bullshit, not just hair 🛠Making Nigeria’s motorbikes purr Thanks to @celestehdennis Yvonne Orji & Scott Cain. Read the newsletter below 👇 medium.com/thenewcitizen/…

This week's New Citizens are: 🦇 Partying in the woods 🤖 Investigating racist robocops 🌦 Turning lights back on in Puerto Rico Thanks to Stop LAPD Spying Coalition, Nesta & @[email protected]. Read the newsletter here 👉 medium.com/thenewcitizen/…

This week's New Citizens are: 🥤 Auditing the plastic on our beaches 💽 Building environmentally friendly websites 🤔 Plotting a very Belgian coup Thank to lowtechmagazine, #BreakFreeFromPlastic & Academy of Ideas legacy account. Read the newsletter below 👇 medium.com/thenewcitizen/…

This week's New Citizens are: 🎂 Celebrating the urge to fix things ⛏ Depleting the world’s supply of carbon credits 🏝 Financing the great plastic purge Kudos to Empower, @ChoooseToday & #InternationalRepairDay Read the newsletter below 👇 medium.com/thenewcitizen/…

This week's New Citizens are: 🔓 Hacking government services 🦖 Uncovering Bangalore’s forgotten history 🍞 Decriminalizing toaster repairs Kudos to Inscription Stones Of Bangalore, @[email protected] & Right to Repair Read the newsletter below 👇 medium.com/thenewcitizen/…