Joana Baró @joanabaro - Tumblr Blog

"Bicycle Culture by Design" - from 1min 55sec on, the paradigm shift that shunted people off the streets and the dominance of the car

buynothingnewforayear-blog

Last night something went funny with the water in my home. I am not sure exactly what or why but something was wrong with it. The water left a sticky film on the body that no amount of soap or scrubbing could remove for more water was needed to wash it all off. It was disconcerting and I...

smartercities

Tallinn’s free public transport leads to sharp fall in city traffic | CitiesToday

Within four months of initiating free public transport, the city of Tallinn in Estonia has seen a fall of 15 percent in traffic, including 7,600 fewer cars entering the city, and an increase of 14 percent in public transport use.

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Barcelona is always at the top of the list when it comes to finding precedents for street trees and boulevard design. What I appreciate most about these streets are the expansive space left for pedestrians, which is almost as much as the street itself. It would be incredible if more designers took this image into perspective when they began to think of their ideal “town centre boulevard”. I wish us all to stop designing 3ft wide medians that can’t even hold enough soil for trees, and start making more spaces for people to occupy the streets (safely).

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Meet Jack Monroe.

Jack, 24, is now a trainee journalist, but until recently she was self-employed, reliant on benefits and struggling to make ends meet. This meant she couldn’t afford essentials like heating or food, and she was forced to turn to her local food bank for help, as her total food budget only stretched to ten pounds a week. Jack thinks there is a lot of hidden poverty in the UK at the moment. She says: “When people see me they don’t think I’m poor. It’s not an assumption people make, they don’t make the connection that you might be in your flat freezing cold missing meals for 3 days on end.”

Today we released a new report on poverty in the UK, which revealed that up to half a million people in this country are receiving food aid - a hidden scandal in which people like Jack cannot afford to feed themselves or their families.

You can read the report and find out how you can help over here.

Barbara Fredrickson: Positive Emotions Transform Us (por greatergoodscience)

Will you languish or flourish?

Hyperlapse Barcelona, Passeig de Gràcia

Completed as an assignment for the TechniCity course on Coursera.

Hyperlapse images by Google Street View Hyperlapse tool developed by Teehan + Lax Labs

Music: "Benvinguts" (Welcome) by Txarango, from the album "Benvinguts al llarg viatge" (free downloadable album at www.txarango.com).

#hyperlapse #coursera #technicity

reachingforrecovery

Impressive video of the consequences of our throw-away society... Oceans of plastic.

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I saw the original venn diagrams on Tumblr yesterday, attached the top image & the appropriate quotes at the bottom. Check them out & share them on Facebook here (at The People’s Record Facebook page).