by Chiara De Angelis | Jun 8, 2018
Source: Website http://mazinst.org/
| Country |
Kenya |
| City |
Nairobi |
| Name |
Mazingira Institute |
| Date |
1978 |
| Description of the project |
Mazingira Institute works on interdisciplinary research and action in order to create knowledge and social change, and acts as a facilitator for the urban farmers’ organizations. The Institute covers several disciplines such as policy analysis, advocacy, political action and activism. As a part of civil society in Kenya, it gave its contribution to many legal, political and constitutional reforms. |
| Urban Co-Governance |
Moderate |
| Enabling State |
Moderate |
| Pooling |
Moderate |
| Experimentalism |
Moderate |
| Tech Justice |
Weak |
| Project Website |
http://www.mazinst.org/ |
| References, sources, contact person(s) |
Mazingira Institute, Nairobi. Sources: Interview to Diana Lee-Smith and Davinder Lamba (co-founders of the Mazingira Institute); Website: http://www.mazinst.org/
Contact : info@mazinst.org |
nairobi
by Chiara De Angelis | Jun 8, 2018
| Country |
Kenya |
| City |
Nairobi |
| Name |
Friends of Karura – Karura forest |
| Date |
2009 |
| Description of the project |
Friends of Karura Forest is a Community Forest Association dedicated to the protection of Karura Forest, the biggest green area in Nairobi. The Association was born after the emanation of the Forest Act in 2005, that serves as a legal device for the conservation of forests in Kenya. |
| Urban Co-Governance |
Moderate |
| Enabling State |
Strong |
| Pooling |
Strong |
| Experimentalism |
Moderate |
| Tech Justice |
Weak |
| Project Website |
http://www.friendsofkarura.org/ |
| References, sources, contact person(s) |
Interview to Saadia Salim (MSC Thesis in Università Marconi); Website: http://www.friendsofkarura.org/
Contact : lnjoka@karurafriends.org |
nairobi
by Chiara De Angelis | Jun 8, 2018
| Country |
Kenya |
| City |
Mombasa |
| Name |
Grassroots Economics – Bangla Pasa |
| Date |
2013 |
| Description of the project |
Grassroots Economics is a non-profit foundation that has the aim of marginalized communities empowerment, and that focuses on the communities’ development through their economic empowerment and through community currency programs. In Mombasa it has developed a community currency model called Sarafu-Credit”, based on a pilot form of mutual-credit (Bangla-Pasa) that has been launched in 2010. |
| Urban Co-Governance |
Moderate |
| Enabling State |
Weak |
| Pooling |
Moderate |
| Experimentalism |
Weak |
| Tech Justice |
Weak |
| Project Website |
http://www.grassrootseconomics.org/ |
| References, sources, contact person(s) |
Interview to Will Ruddick (founder and technical director of Grassroots Economics Foundation)
Website : http://www.grassrootseconomics.org/
Contact : info@grassecon.org , willruddick@gmail.com |
by Chiara De Angelis | Jun 8, 2018
Image source: https://www.facebook.com/Footscraymakerlab/
| Country |
Australia |
| City |
Melbourne |
| Name |
Footscray MakerLab |
| Date |
2013 |
| Description of the project |
Footscray MakerLab is a cooperative that tries to integrate its members’ entrprises/companies into its makers space, through a cooperative. It was bornt as a space for the creation of brand new products, services and artistic visions, ad for the activation of a social change and of transformative, creative and commons-oriented initiatives. FML has the aim of reducing the economic and demographic inequalities in the Footscray area. |
| Urban Co-Governance |
|
| Enabling State |
|
| Pooling |
|
| Experimentalism |
|
| Tech Justice |
|
| Project Website |
http://footscraymakerlab.com/
https://www.facebook.com/Footscraymakerlab/ |
| References, sources, contact person(s) |
Interview to Jose Ramos (co-founder of FML); website
Contact : https://www.facebook.com/Footscraymakerlab/ |
melbourne
by Chiara De Angelis | Jun 8, 2018
Image source: https://platohedro.org/
| Country |
Colombia |
| City |
Medellin |
| Name |
Platohedro |
| Date |
2004 |
| Description of the project |
Platohedro is an experimental creative platform located Medellin, dedicated since 2004 to artistic creation and experimentation, to the permanent investigation of free information and to auto-formation. It is an urban commoning transition project integrating several initiatives in it. Different methodologies are used: UnLearing – UnKnowing, Learn by Doing, Do It Yourself (DIY) and Do It With Others (DIWO). |
| Urban Co-Governance |
Moderate |
| Enabling State |
Moderate |
| Pooling |
Moderate |
| Experimentalism |
Moderate |
| Tech Justice |
Moderate |
| Project Website |
https://platohedro.org/ |
| References, sources, contact person(s) |
Questionnaire, website
Contact : comunicaplatohedro@gmail.com |
Medellin
