Curbed just published a great list of small things people can do (ACT!) to improve their community. Here are the details: 101 small ways you can improve your city, by Patrick Sisson and Alissa Walker, September 22, 2016. They’ve separated the article into six categories: On Your Street | In Your Neighborhood | At Your Parks | […]
Here’s a great post from the Planetizen Blog Crowdsourcing Clean Drinking Water, Interview with Sean Montgomery by Casey Brazeal, posted August 22, 2016. Sean Montgomery is the inventor of CitizenSpring (Kickstarter), an app that collects and maps data about safe drinking water. It’s currently a Kickstarter project. CitizenSpring is a great example of how to use sensors and mapping […]
AirVisual calls itself “the crowdsourced air quality community”. They have developed a home air quality monitor (measuring indoor and outdoor air quality) that’s currently on the crowdsourced funding platform Indigogo (AirVisual Node). According to AirVisual’s website, “The AirVisual community believes that education and awareness are the seeds of change. In order to realise a future […]
When We’re All Urban Planners is a great article on the use of technology in participation. All the different techniques mentioned on GreenCityStreets are described in this story by David Lepeska on Next City (September 17, 2012). It’s a little dated now, but it’s an excellent way to help understand where we are today. Next […]