Ecocity Curitiba

Every city can be an Ecocity, lets do it during #Ecocity2017

Every City can be an Ecocity

#Ecocity2017, the Ecocity World Summit will happen in Melbourne, Australia 12-14 July. Not everybody can get to Australia or wants to travel such distances. In Brazil, Curitiba is creating a Curitiba Ecocity Node, and invites all cities to do likewise. See the Global Ecocity Network, to see if your city is on the map yet, if its not, gather your friends and get organizing..

#ThinkGlobalActLocal > #OrganizeLocalConnectGlobal

Curitiba believes every city can be an Ecocity
Curitiba was called “The Greenest city on Earth” in 2014 by “The Ecologist” magazine
Curitiba won the Sustainable City Award in 2010
The 4th Ecocity World Summit happened in Curitiba in 2000

An Ecobarrio for Curitiba?

February 28, 2018

An Ecobarrio for Curitiba? – The river basin of the Pilarzinho river, one of the micro basins of the Rio Belem.. Nearly a year to the day (December 16th 2017) after the above action (Horta Cristo Rei) another gardening direct action happened with Gomm activists: Horta do Jacu (The Jacu’s garden, a type of hen), … More An Ecobarrio for Curitiba?

FIXING THE CITY: CREATING ECOCITIES THROUGH CITIZEN PARTICIPATION (ACTIONS AND RESPONSES FROM CURITIBA)

February 27, 2018

ABSTRACT Recognizing that “Modern cities are a product of the oil age”, this paper explores the ecocity concept as a Post Carbon solution, based upon Creative Descent strategies. The paper traces Ecocity development and concludes they must be solutions for all citizens. It explores edible landscapes and offers a strategy based on a scaling up … More FIXING THE CITY: CREATING ECOCITIES THROUGH CITIZEN PARTICIPATION (ACTIONS AND RESPONSES FROM CURITIBA)

Unveiling the Eco-city phenomenon: is this the (urban) future? (Federico Cugurullo)

July 27, 2017

Important and helpful critique of the #ecocity idea, by Federico Cugurullo, who is based in Dublin, Ireland: Cugurullo is an Italian geographer who is a lecturer in Human Geography and Sustainable Urbanism in The University of Manchester and also Assistant Professor in Smart and Sustainable Urbanism in Trinity College Dublin (from where I got my … More Unveiling the Eco-city phenomenon: is this the (urban) future? (Federico Cugurullo)

The City is not the problem. The City is the solution

Jaime Lerner reinvented urban space in Curitiba, Brazil. Along the way, he changed the way city planners worldwide see what's possible in the metropolitan landscape. But more work needs to be done.

Fix The City