Libby Porter • Greenock Harbour • Edinburgh CG • The New Bohemia • Common good – film • Tips on filming • LA Connection • CG in Scotland • Mayors of Colombia • Building Livable Streets •
Libby Porter is a member of the planners network. Planners Network UK (pnuk) is a collective of practitioners, students, academics and activists that wants to develop and support critical thinking about the current state of planning in the UK.
| Strolls updates Libby porter on planning |
Greenock Harbour – common good issues
Greenock harbour is part of Greenock’s common good. Most in greenock seem to be in agreement about this – even the council whose job it is to look after common good assets for the benefit of the towns inhabitants. So why isn’t the Greenock council doing their job?
| Greenock Harbour – common good issues |
The story of Edinburgh’s Common Good
"Across Scotland, hundreds of millions of pounds in funds and capital assets are missing from common good Funds. This wealth belongs to the people and this talk will highlight how this state of affairs has come about and what should be done about it."
| The story of Edinburgh’s common good |
The New Bohemia. Rebecca Gordon Nesbitt
The Summer issue of Variant mapped the breakneck privatisation that resulted in the creation of Culture and Sport Glasgow (CSG). It also detailed the business interests of the board members of the twin companies which took over the management of culture and sport from Glasgow City Council. See also Variant
| Rebecca Gordon Nesbitt – privatising culture |
Common Good – using film
Simon Yuill who has been collecting information and interviews of folk involved in common good issues and campaigns
| Simon Yuill – Film maker – on common good |
Tips on recording things on camera
Simon is a film maker, open source code writer, artist and common good detective. His tactics are "doing things". Here is some of Simons tips on getting common good info out there.
| Simon Yuill – Film maker – on making films |
LA Connection
Lessons from America In Sep. 08 City Strolls visited Los Angeles, Meeting people working in community empowerment work in the down town area where the effects of gentrification are meted out on the poorest of the community. Here we hear some of the situations people are facing and how folk organise to create understanding and strategies fight against powerful business interests who care nothing about the plight of low income and homeless people. We have much in common in this country (UK) and we would well heed the lessons from LA
| Strategies for a Just Economy Part 1 |
| Strategies for a Just Economy Part 2 |
| Revel Sims on eviction in LA |
THE common good IN SCOTLAND
Scottish land reform researcher Andy Wightman explaining the basics of common good assets in Scotland. common good are land, buildings and artefacts that have been given to the people of a burgh or town as common property and for benefit of their common wellbeing. For more information see: http://www.scottishcommons.org
Mathematician Mayors of Colombia
Mathematician Mayors of Colombia from Gilda Haas on Vimeo.
Dr PoP website – Complicated things simply explained
People vs profit? Wall Street vs Main Street? Public vs private? We live in a confusing and complicated world. Dr. Pop is here to help you break it down and tell it like it is.
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Building Livable Streets: Gil Penalosa on Reclaiming Cities for People
