Location: Los Angeles, CA
Website: www.beta.ciclavia.org
CicLAvia catalyzes vibrant public spaces, active transportation and good health through car-free streets.
CicLAvia engages with people to transform our relationship with our communities and with each other.
CicLAvia makes the streets safe for people to walk, skate, play and ride a bike. There are activities along the route. Shop owners and restaurants are encouraged to open their doors to people along the CicLAvia
Ciclovías started in Bogotá, Colombia, over thirty years ago as a response to the congestion and pollution of city streets. Now they happen throughout Latin America and the United States.
Connecting communities and giving people a break from the stress of car traffic. The health benefits are immense. Ciclovías bring families outside of their homes to enjoy the streets, our largest public space. In Los Angeles we need CicLAvia more than ever. Our streets are congested with traffic, our air is polluted with toxic fumes, our children suffer from obesity and other health conditions caused by the scarcity of public space and safe, healthy transportation options. CicLAvia creates a temporary park for free, simply by removing cars from city streets. It creates a network of connections between our neighborhoods and businesses and parks with corridors filled with fun.
Showing posts with label Health. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Health. Show all posts
Sunday, March 8, 2015
Saturday, January 10, 2015
The Milken Institute
Location: International
Website: www.best-cities.org
A nonprofit, nonpartisan economic think tank, the Milken Institute works to improve lives around the world by advancing innovative economic and policy solutions that create jobs, widen access to capital, and enhance health. We produce rigorous, independent economic research — and maximize its impact by convening global leaders from the worlds of business, finance, government, and philanthropy. By fostering collaboration between the public and private sectors, we transform great ideas into action.
Website: www.best-cities.org
A nonprofit, nonpartisan economic think tank, the Milken Institute works to improve lives around the world by advancing innovative economic and policy solutions that create jobs, widen access to capital, and enhance health. We produce rigorous, independent economic research — and maximize its impact by convening global leaders from the worlds of business, finance, government, and philanthropy. By fostering collaboration between the public and private sectors, we transform great ideas into action.
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
SolidarityNYC
Location: New York, NY
Website:www.solidaritynyc
www.urban-decay.livejournal.com
SolidarityNYC connects, supports, and promotes New York City’s solidarity economy.
The solidarity economy meets human needs through economic activities–like the production and exchange of goods and services–that reinforce values of justice, ecological sustainability, cooperation, and democracy. From credit unions to worker cooperatives, Community Supported Agriculture to time banks, community land trusts to participatory budgeting, it’s an economy actually worth occupying.
Our vision is a vibrant and growing movement that provides greater economic security, improved physical and emotional health, and increased democracy for our communities and ecosystems.
We hope to:
- Make the strong solidarity economy practices that already exist in New York City more visible. (Check out our map and our films.)
- Bring the various sectors of the solidarity economy into conversation with each other for collaboration and mutual benefit.
- We want to build political power.
- Grow the solidarity economy by driving more traffic into existing initiatives and inspire and support the development of new ones.
- We’ve mapped what’s available and we’re ready to connect people and organizations who can help New Yorkers start their own economic alternatives.
- Create cultures of cooperation and direct democracy to replace those of competition and hierarchy which characterize corporate capitalism. It isn’t enough to just have a “green” business or “social” enterprise–we have to radically change the way we relate to each other and the purpose of economic activity.
- Challenge the social justice movement to take up grassroots economic community development. When our communities organize to meet their own needs–which all have some economic element–we create new bonds of interdependence (some might call it solidarity!) and open additional opportunities for transformation.
Website:www.solidaritynyc
www.urban-decay.livejournal.com
SolidarityNYC connects, supports, and promotes New York City’s solidarity economy.
The solidarity economy meets human needs through economic activities–like the production and exchange of goods and services–that reinforce values of justice, ecological sustainability, cooperation, and democracy. From credit unions to worker cooperatives, Community Supported Agriculture to time banks, community land trusts to participatory budgeting, it’s an economy actually worth occupying.
Our vision is a vibrant and growing movement that provides greater economic security, improved physical and emotional health, and increased democracy for our communities and ecosystems.
We hope to:
- Make the strong solidarity economy practices that already exist in New York City more visible. (Check out our map and our films.)
- Bring the various sectors of the solidarity economy into conversation with each other for collaboration and mutual benefit.
- We want to build political power.
- Grow the solidarity economy by driving more traffic into existing initiatives and inspire and support the development of new ones.
- We’ve mapped what’s available and we’re ready to connect people and organizations who can help New Yorkers start their own economic alternatives.
- Create cultures of cooperation and direct democracy to replace those of competition and hierarchy which characterize corporate capitalism. It isn’t enough to just have a “green” business or “social” enterprise–we have to radically change the way we relate to each other and the purpose of economic activity.
- Challenge the social justice movement to take up grassroots economic community development. When our communities organize to meet their own needs–which all have some economic element–we create new bonds of interdependence (some might call it solidarity!) and open additional opportunities for transformation.
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Great Rivers Greenway
Location: St. Louis region
Website: www.grog stl.org
There is a place that has always been wireless, cordless and decidedly un-virtual — Nature. Great Rivers Greenway has been preserving nature just for you. Greenways give you somewhere to go, close to home, when you feel a deep longing for time away from a screen.
Listen to a bird song you’ve never heard before. Smell the foliage in bloom. See your very first river otter and witness what nature can do for you.
Great Rivers Greenway District is the public organization leading the development of the region-wide system of high-quality greenways, parks and trails known as The River Ring. Our mission is to make St. Louis a better place to live while creating an enduring legacy for future generations.
Working with our many partners, the development of The River Ring and its greenways represents a common cause with common ground.
Clean air, clean water, healthy forests, connected neighborhoods and walkable streets provide a healthier lifestyle which serves as a catalyst for economic vitality, making the St. Louis region a better place to live.
Simply, our mission is to improve the community:
Making the St. Louis Region a Better Place to Live
Connecting Communities and Neighborhoods
Preserving and Connecting People to Nature
Improving Economic Vitality
Providing Transportation Options
Promoting Good Health
Website: www.grog stl.org
There is a place that has always been wireless, cordless and decidedly un-virtual — Nature. Great Rivers Greenway has been preserving nature just for you. Greenways give you somewhere to go, close to home, when you feel a deep longing for time away from a screen.
Listen to a bird song you’ve never heard before. Smell the foliage in bloom. See your very first river otter and witness what nature can do for you.
Great Rivers Greenway District is the public organization leading the development of the region-wide system of high-quality greenways, parks and trails known as The River Ring. Our mission is to make St. Louis a better place to live while creating an enduring legacy for future generations.
Working with our many partners, the development of The River Ring and its greenways represents a common cause with common ground.
Clean air, clean water, healthy forests, connected neighborhoods and walkable streets provide a healthier lifestyle which serves as a catalyst for economic vitality, making the St. Louis region a better place to live.
Simply, our mission is to improve the community:
Making the St. Louis Region a Better Place to Live
Connecting Communities and Neighborhoods
Preserving and Connecting People to Nature
Improving Economic Vitality
Providing Transportation Options
Promoting Good Health
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