by Chiara De Angelis | Giu 8, 2018
Image source : http://www.evgoh.com/
| Country |
United State |
| City |
Cleveland |
| Name |
Evergreen Cooperatives Initiative |
| Date |
2008 |
| Description |
The initiative was launched in 2008 from a working group of local institutions, and is working in order to create employment with a minimum wage in 6 low-income neighborhoods. Evergreen works as a catalyst for local and sustainable companies that offer to their employers opportunities for personal, economic and working success |
| Urban Co-Governance |
Moderate |
| Enabling State |
Moderate |
| Pooling |
Moderate |
| Experimentalism |
Moderate |
| Tech Justice |
Weak |
| Website |
http://www.evgoh.com/ |
| References, sources, contact person(s) |
Interview, website. Contact : info@evgoh.com |
Cleveland
by Chiara De Angelis | Giu 8, 2018
| Country |
New Zealand |
| City |
Christchurch |
| Name |
The Commons |
| Date |
2012 |
| Description |
The Commons is un community space bornt on the ruins of thr Crowne Plaza Hotel, demolished in 2012: an inclusive space that hosts several organizations and citizens, offering them space and instruments to build and realize ideas and small scale experimentations |
| Urban Co-Governance |
Moderate |
| Enabling State |
Moderate |
| Pooling |
Weak |
| Experimentalism |
Moderate |
| Tech Justice |
Moderate |
| Website |
http://www.thecommons.org.nz/ |
| References, sources, contact person(s) |
Interview to Ryan Reynolds (co-founder of The Commons); website
fillthegap@gapfiller.org.nz |
by Chiara De Angelis | Giu 8, 2018
| Country |
India |
| City |
Bengalore |
| Name |
Bangalore Commons research by Harini Nagendra |
| Date |
|
| Description |
The research group guided by Harini Nagendra, co-author, together with nobel Prize Elinor Ostrom in 2014, of one of the first articles on the application of the analytical framework developed for commons to the study of natural resources inserted in urban contexts, has realized an empyrical research on the past, present and future of natural resources (parks, aquatic resources, green spaces) of Bangalore, once the Indian Garden City, and today the sylicon Valley of the indian continent, that is facing a strong urbanization phenomenon which is endangering its natural resources. The research is an important opportunity for reflection on the relationship between man and nature in the city, and on the creation of natural urban commons |
| Urban Co-Governance |
Weak |
| Enabling State |
Weak |
| Pooling |
Weak |
| Experimentalism |
Weak |
| Tech Justice |
Weak |
| ProjectWebsite |
http://www.vikalpsangam.org/static/media/uploads/Resources/kaikondrahalli_lake_casestudy_harini.pdf. |
| References, sources, contact person(s) |
Interview to Harini Nagendra and the research group
Contact : harini.nagendra@apu.edu.in |
by Chiara De Angelis | Giu 8, 2018
Image source : http://inhabitat.com/christie-walk-is-an-eco-urban-village-in-australia/ - photos © Aussie Kanck and Jane Manifold
| Country |
Australia |
| City |
Adelaide |
| Name |
Christie Walk |
| Date |
1999 |
| Description |
Christie Walk was born in the context of Urban Ecology Australia, as an independent project, in order to concretely realize the “Eco-City” paradigm. Christie Walk is a small demonstration of how the vision of an eco-city can concretely come to life. It is a 2000 square meters area with an average of 200 people for hectar, with shared green space and built with criteria that grant high environmental performances: use of renewable energies (fotovoltaic panels, water warming with the sun heat…), use of rainwater and water recycle, organic agricultural production, use of recyclable materials in construction phases. |
| Urban Co-Governance |
Weak |
| Enabling State |
Weak |
| Pooling |
Moderate |
| Experimentalism |
Weak |
| Tech Justice |
Weak |
| Website |
http://www.urbanecology.org.au/eco-cities/christie-walk/ |
| References, sources, contact person(s) |
Interview to Paul Downtown (Ecopolis Architects director, creator of Christie Walk); website
urbanecologytours@gmail.com |
Adelaide
by Chiara De Angelis | Giu 8, 2018
Image credit : https://www.hetbreedschap.nl/
| Country |
Netherlands |
| City |
Amsterdam |
| Name |
Civic Source |
| Date |
2016 (launch of the first prototype) |
| Description |
Civic Source has been developed with facilitation of social innovator Aura de Klyn, answering to an emerging demand in the dutch neighborhoods. A Civic Source is a neighborhood organization which gains capital for the neighborhood in a sustainable way, with and for its inhabitants. This capital is used to support civic initiatives that can ameliorate the quality of life and environment in the neighborhood. Civic Source is based on “Zero Organising”, an innovative approach developed by Aura Klyn for the development of organizations, based on “non dualism approach”: an approach that seed reality as univoc instead of dual |
| Urban Co-Governance |
Strong |
| Enabling State |
Strong |
| Pooling |
Moderate |
| Experimentalism |
Strong |
| Tech Justice |
Moderate |
| Website |
http://www.hetbreedschap.nl/ (first online prototype of Civic Source) |
| References, sources, contact person(s) |
Questions to Aura Klyn (founder Civic Source and creator of the “Zero Organising” approach: http://auradeklyn.nl/ ); Website
Contact : info@hetbreedschap.nl |
Amsterdam
