by Chiara De Angelis | Jun 8, 2018
Image source : http://hacklabcbba.org/
Cochabamba
by Chiara De Angelis | Jun 8, 2018
Source: Savannah Now, http://savannahnow.com/column/2010-09-28/emergent-structures-denails-old-studs
| Country |
United States |
| City |
Savannah (Georgia) |
| Name |
Emergent Structures |
| Date |
2009 |
| Description |
Emergent Structures is a non-profit organization working to change the modern society’s perception of waste, in order to reduce the waste of building materials through innovative reuse projects. The organization facilitates collaboration between architects, developers, engineers, land owners and municipal governments in order to replace the demolition practices with more sustainable reuse strategies |
| Urban Co-Governance |
Strong |
| Enabling State |
Moderate |
| Pooling |
Moderate |
| Experimentalism |
Strong |
| Tech Justice |
Moderate |
| Project Website |
http://emergentstructures.org/ |
| References, sources, contact person(s) |
Emergent Structures, USA. Source: Interview to Scott Boylston (President of Emergent Structures); website |
savannah
by Chiara De Angelis | Jun 8, 2018
| Country |
Greece |
| City |
Sarantaporo |
| Name |
Community Network |
| Date |
2010 |
| Description |
The Community Network project is based on the provision of a Bottom-up-Broadband in the rural area of Sarantaporo, in the Tessalia region in Greece. Since 2010 it has worked to build a wireless infrastructure covering 14 towns in the region. The infrastructure is property of the Sarantaporo.gr Non Profit Organization, a citizens’ initiative, and involves citizens not only as consumers, but also as participants: it is them who offer their houses for the dislocation of the infrastructure |
| Urban Co-Governance |
Strong |
| Enabling State |
Weak |
| Pooling |
Strong |
| Experimentalism |
Weak |
| Tech Justice |
Strong |
| Website |
www.sarantaporo.gr |
| References, sources, contact person(s) |
Interview to Vassilis Chryssos (co-founder of Sarantaporo.gr); website
Contact : info@sarantaporo.gr |
Source: net Commons, http://netcommons.eu/?q=content/finding-commons-ground-sarantaporogr
sarantaporo
by Chiara De Angelis | Jun 8, 2018
Source: 596 Acres http://596acres.org/#
| Country |
United States |
| City |
New York |
| Name |
596 Acres |
| Date |
2011 |
| Description |
596 Acres is an advocacy program for the access to community land, which helps citizens to organize themselves and facilitates them the access to the vacant urban lands, in order to unlock the potential of urban commons. 596 Acres is a non profit organization working in partnership with the Fund for the City of New York.
Its strategy consists in capturing the residents’ attention with signage in the vacant spaces property of New york City referring directly to the interactive map of the New York City vacant spaces ( http://livinglotsnyc.org/#11/40.7300/-73.9900 ) and to other tools created to facilitate the autonomous organizations of the groups. Through the map, residents can individuate a vacant space in New York, know its state, its property and other information, and, through 596 Acres’ sustain, they can also organize themselves and realize a community space there, such as a community garden. From 2011, 596 Acres has guided 35 group n the process of creation of community organizations, and in the access to vacant lands to build and manage common spaces |
| Urban Co-Governance |
Weak |
| Enabling State |
Weak |
| Pooling |
Moderate |
| Experimentalism |
Moderate |
| Tech Justice |
Weak |
| Project Website |
http://596acres.org/ |
| References, sources, contact person(s) |
596 Acres, New York City. Source: Interview to Paula Z. Segal (Founder and Director of 596 Acres); website
ORGANIZERS@596ACRES.ORG |
by Chiara De Angelis | Jun 8, 2018
Image source: Namu http://www.namu.com.br/materias/cidade-tambem-e-sua
| Country |
Brazil |
| City |
Sao Paulo |
| Name |
Minha Sampa |
| Date |
2014 |
| Description of the project |
Minha Sampa is a local platform and a civic engagement network created in 2014 in order to guarantee to all the Sao Paulo citizend the possibility to participate to decision-making processes that are changing the urban landscape, and to benefit from them. It is focused on a mix of online and offline community management tools, to assure that its members’ engagement become more and more deep and recurrent in time |
| Urban Co-Governance |
Weak |
| Enabling State |
Weak |
| Pooling |
Moderate |
| Experimentalism |
Weak |
| Tech Justice |
Moderate |
| Project Website |
https://www.minhasampa.org.br/ |
| References, sources, contact person(s) |
Interview, website.
Contact : contato@nossas.org |
Sao Paolo
R. Visc. de Silva, 49 – Botafogo, Rio de Janeiro
