Upcoming Webinars
October 6th
STARTING WITH CHILDREN:
From Everyday Places to Transforming Cities.
Petra Marko,
CEO at Metropolitan Institute of Bratislava, Slovakia
October 20th
THE LOOP •
80 Kilometers Connecting Communities.
Jen Angel, CEO, and Lois Lindsay CPO,
Evergreen, Toronto, Canada
November 3rd
THE OUTDOOR SALON:
How cities can bring people together.
Susan Pinker
Psychologist. Author. Behavioural Science Columnist. Montréal, Canada
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Petra Marko • Starting with Children: From Everyday Places to Transforming Cities
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‘Starting with Children’ offers a practical way to connect placemaking with deeper systemic chan...
Adriana Akers and Clara Bitter • Thriving Foodscapes: How urban design shapes what we eat
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What we eat is shaped by more than personal preference, nutrition knowledge, or price. The design of...
Anna Zivarts • When Driving Isn’t an Option: Steering Away from Car Dependency
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Zivarts shines a light on the frustrating, dangerous, and sometimes deadly situations that nondriver...
Krista Nightengale • BUILDING BETTER BLOCKS
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Krista Nightengale, Executive Director of Better Block, discusses how after more than a decade of tr...
Jim Burke • The Unexpected Power of Open Streets
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Jim focuses on the community building aspect of opening our streets. The programming, mutual aid, cu...
Doug Gordon & Sarah Goodyear • Imagining a Life After Cars
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Cars as we know them today are unsustainable—but there is hope. Sarah Goodyear and Doug Gordon, ho...
Mark Nieuwenhuijsen • Can Public Spaces like Barcelona’s Superblocks Make Cities Healthier?
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New urban concepts such as the Barcelona Superblocks, the London low traffic neighbourhood, the Pari...
Dr William Bird and Stephen McPeake • Tech and Games that Create Health
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Intelligent Health’s flagship programme is Beat the Street, which sees communities transformed int...
Jay Pitter • Black Public Joy: No Permit or Permission Required
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How much safety, belonging and delight do you feel when you walk through a park? Hang out in a coffe...
Anna König Jerlmyr, (F) Mayor Stockholm • The Rise of 7000-step city
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The rise of the 7000-step city explores how everyday movement, social interaction, and proximity can...
Hélène Chartier • The Neighborhood Revolution • Shaping Healthy Cities
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From reclaiming streets for play to organizing pop-up markets that promote healthy and sustainable e...
Tom Flood • Remarketing our Roads
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Reframing our roads focus on how we can improve the discussion around road safety and our shared spa...
Larry Beasley, Michael White • Planning the Future of Abu Dhabi
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Planning the Future of Abu Dhabi brings together the Canadians who guided this dramatic transformati...
Ole Kassow and Pernille Vedersø Bussone • Cycling Without Age: The Right to Wind in Your Hair
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Join Cycling Without Age on an interactive trishaw ride through Copenhagen for a talk about the impo...
Ann-Britt Elvin Andersen • Unlonely Cities: How Urban Systems can both Produce and Prevent loneliness
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urban systems, planning logics, and everyday design decisions can unintentionally produce loneliness...
Maite Peris • Turning Conflict into Trust: Communication Strategies for Urban Transformation
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Streets, plazas, and public spaces are where urban change becomes real—and where resistance often ...
Chris & Melissa Bruntlett • Women Changing Cities: Global Stories of Urban Transformation
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In Women Changing Cities, Melissa and Chris Bruntlett highlight the groundbreaking work of female ma...
Tim Gill • Last Child in the Street? Building the case for cities that truly put kids before cars
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The movement for more child-friendly cities is growing fast, with local schemes numbering in the tho...
Dr Maxwell Hartt • Aging Playfully: Reimagining the Possibilities
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Play isn’t just for children. It encourages physical activity, sparks creativity, builds community...
Skye Duncan and Fabrizio Prati • GDCI • Streets Reimagined: for People and Planet
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Streets Reimagined: for People and Planet explores the powerful role urban streets play in shaping h...
Gil Penalosa • Well+Being: Good Intentions are Not Enough
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We know that to live healthier and happier we need to eat better, sleep longer, socialize more, exer...
Ilana Altman • The Bentway: Unlocking Unexpected Public Spaces
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The Bentway—an unprecedented transformation of the space beneath Toronto’s Gardiner Expressway i...
Angie Schmitt • Pedestrian Safety Crisis
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Pedestrian deaths don’t happen because of jaywalking or distracted walking. They are predictable, ...
Kristian Villadsen • Urban Life and Sustainable Behaviour
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How can we promote more sustainable behavior through experiences that shape how we consume, share, m...
Ellen Dunham-Jones • Retrofitting Suburbia for Urgent Challenges
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North America’s car-oriented post-war suburbs are facing challenges they were never designed for....
Philip Ginsburg • San Francisco’s Parks: JFK Promenade and Sunset Dunes
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San Francisco became the first city in the United States where 100 percent of residents live within ...
Sam Balto • BIKE BUS: Moving Cities Toward Joyful, Child-Friendly Streets
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Bike Bus (supervised group bike rides to school) rapidly creates visible demand for active travel an...
Olivia Nielsen • Empty Homes, Crowded Cities: Exploring the Global Housing Paradox
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Advocate for deeper human–nature connections in cities, and protect and design blue-green infrastr...
Shannon Baker • Biidaasige Park: Connecting Nature and the City.
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Advocate for deeper human–nature connections in cities, and protect and design blue-green infrastr...
Janette Sadik-Khan • Streetfight: Handbook for an Urban Revolution.
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Streets must be reclaimed as vibrant public places, where urban life happens, rather than car condui...
Carl Elefante • Going for Zero: Decarbonizing the Built Environment on the Path to Our Urban Future.
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Decarbonizing how buildings are designed, constructed, and operated is a sea change that is already ...
Cristina Garrido, CEO Anteverti • Rethinking Smart Cities. Leaving no-one behind.
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Any smart initiative must improve quality of life, equity and inclusion, not merely gather data or c...
Gideon Berger, Rachel Bennett, Wayne Miles • Nature Based Solutions for Managing Stormwater: Creating Parks & Urban Resilience.
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As storms become more intense and unpredictable, our infrastructure must adapt. Green stormwater inf...
Alexa Bush • Building Civic Trust and Economic Recovery through Public Space. Case: Detroit, USA
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At a time of increasing loneliness and mistrust, as well as rising economic uncertainty since the gl...
Victor Lasa • The Challenge of Sustainable Urban Tourism. Case: San Sebastian, Spain
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Guest: Victor Lasa, City Councillor, San Sebastian, Spain Key Takeaways ⇢ Both natural and urban d...
Meredith Glaser • Why Mobility Transitions Do Not Start with Mobility
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Guest: Prof Dr Meredith Glaser, CEO, Urban Cycling Institute; Professor of Cycling, Ghent University...
Daniel Parolek • What do Missing Middle Housing, Walkable Urbanism, Zoning Reform, More Resilient Communities, Have in Common?
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Guest: Dan Parolek , Founding Principal, RA, AIA, and Author of Missing Middle Housing....
Mayor Linda Buchanan • Building a Healthier City of North Vancouver. Canada’s 2024 Most Livable City
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Guest: Linda Buchanan • Mayor City of North Vancouver Key Takeaways North Vancouver’s ambition i...
Giselle Sebag • How Thriving Cities Define Our Health, Happiness, and Future
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Guest: Giselle Sebag • Executive Director Int. Society for Urban Health (ISUH) Key Takeaways The s...
Priscilla Benedetti, Jordi Honey-Rosés • School Streets: Enhancing Neighborhoods in Paris & Barcelona
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Key Takeaways School Streets can be successfully implemented in cities of all sizes, from small to l...
Hélène Chartier • The Best Climate Activist is a Good Urban Planner
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Key Takeaways ⇢ Effective climate action requires intersectional approaches that address social ju...
Emma Avery, Leah Karlberg • The Power of Placemaking: Creating Happier Cities from the Ground Up
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Mitchell Cohen • Rhythms of Change: Reflections on the Regent Park Revitalization
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Jesse Shapins • Experiments in Urban Entrepreneurship. Place-based innovations
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Bridget Marquis • The Power of the Commons: Public Space for a Higher Purpose
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Key Takeaways ⇢ Public spaces are essential civic infrastructure for leisure as well as building s...
Theresa Williamson • Sustainable Favelas: The Key to Climate Justice and Thriving Cities?
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Adam Bienenstock • Natural Playgrounds: The Science and Irony behind an Obvious Climate Solution
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Key Takeaways ⇢ Design with children, not for them. ⇢ Sensory-rich environments, especially thos...
Dagur Eggertsson, Mayor Reykjavik. • The transformation of a young city
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Key Takeaways ⇢ Urban form directly affects mental, physical, and social health. ⇢ Planners, tra...
Gil Penalosa • Copenhagen: What’s so good about it? Through the eyes of a Colombo-Canadian
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Enrique Peñalosa, former Mayor of Bogotá • Equality and the City. Urban Innovations for All
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Sílvia Casorrán & Marianne Weinreich • Bicycling for Everyone • Copenhagen & Barcelona
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Ethan Kent • People Powered Places: Placemaking With Local, and Global, Networks
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Marco te Brömmelstroet • Urban Cycling. Why was John Lennon in bed with a bicycle?
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Key Takeaways ⇢ Cycling infrastructure is rarely neutral – the design and politics behind bi...
Wanda Dalla Costa • Indigenous Urbanism. (Presendter did not allow to share video)
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Gil Penalosa • Lessons from the first 50! Let’s celebrate and review key learnings
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Mike Lydon • Tactical Urbanism: Transform your City. Today!
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Key Takeaways ⇢ Tactical urbanism follows a clear sequence with each phase generating data and pol...
Sara Candiracci • Child-Friendly and Playful Cities
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Key Takeaways ⇢ Children’s needs are routinely overlooked in city planning. Over 1 billion k...
Erion Veliaj, Mayor Tirana, Al. • A Good City for Children and Youth, will be a Good City for All
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Xavier Matilla • SuperBlocks in Barcelona. The City that we want
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Key Takeaways 2030 Eixample Vision: A systemic network of green axes and new public squares aims to ...
Eti & Ken Greenberg • Exploring Toronto – A city reveals itself in its special Public Places
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Antonio Gomez-Palacio • Well-being by Design. A purpose-driven design practice
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Key Takeaways We shape our environments and they, in turn, shape our behaviours, health, and social ...
Dan Biederman • Placemaking Tools That Have Worked In Bryant Park And Elsewhere
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Dario Hidalgo • Bus Rapid Transit (BRT): A low cost, rapid implementation, high impact mode
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Key Takeaways The ongoing shift toward electric, low-emission buses and the promise of automation po...
Gil Penalosa, Amanda O’Rourke • 8 80 CITIES – Igniting Action & Challenging the Status Quo
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Michael Boland • Creating a National Park for All at the Golden Gate, San Francisco
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Allison Schwartz, Bradley Topol, Ryan Sharp • Safe Streets. Saving Lives and Advancing Equity
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Jorge Pérez Jaramillo • Medellín case study. Architecture, Urbanism and Planning
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Melissa & Chris Brunlett • Equity in the Low-Car City. Walk, Ride Bicycles, Use Public Transit
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Helle Lis Søholt. Founding Partner, CEO Gehl Arch. • Cities for People
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Key Takeaways Human-Centric, Data-Informed Urbanism: It is vital to combine observational insights w...
Jeff Speck • The Walkable City
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Key Takeaways To divert trips from cars, walking and cycling must be simultaneously: Useful (mixed-u...
Carlos Moreno • The 15-Minute City
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Key Takeaways The 15-minute (or 30-minute) City isn’t just about distance. It redefines quality of...
David Sim • Soft City: Building Density for Everyday Life
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Key Takeaways → Urban environments should be flexible, adaptable, and deeply human-centered. → H...
Dan Burden • Walkable, Green, Streets: Advancing Health, Wellness, & Economic Vitality
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Pascel Salah, Omar McCodi • Canada’s New National Urban Parks program & Rouge National Urban Park
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Brent Toderian • Density vs Nature in Cities? No More False Choices
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Key Takeaways In the context of climate change, not everything that is ‘green’ has nature in it....
Sadiya Muqueeth, Mary Alice Lee, Danielle Denk • Greening Schoolyards: Spectacular Opportunity Everywhere
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Melissa Lem, Jenny Roe • How Can Nature & Cities Improve Our Health & Well-Being?
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Gil Penalosa, Dr. Olga Sarmiento • Open Streets / Ciclovias: Meeting as Equals
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Dep. Mayor Ana Oregi, Mayor Lisa Helps • Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain & Victoria, Canada: Great Park Systems
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Rob Adams • The 7.5% City: Doubling Melbourne’s population in existing footprint
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Key Takeaways → The 7.5% City is based on a growth model focusing on increasing population density...
Donnie Rosa, Emily Dunlop • Vancouver’s Stanley Park: Reconciling for the Future
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Lysa Ratliff, Juan Diaz • Better Playgrounds, Healthier Communities. People Participating
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Kristine Stratton, D.Sc. Erja Rappe, Sarah Lusina, Rebecca Delphia • How Can Parks Help Us Live Older, Healthier, Happier?
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Cecilia Vaca-Jones, Sarah Milligan Toffler, Tim Gill • Children & Parks / Nature & Cities
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Key Takeaways Physical form and social shifts have confined today’s eight-year-olds to a 100-meter...
Jenny Moodley, Gretchen Wilson-Prangley, Zviko Kanyoka • Bridging the Green-Divide in South Africa
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Nadina Galle, Cecil Konijnendijk • Trees & Parks: Creating Greener Cities for All
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Mayor Erion Veliaj, Tirana, Albania • Restoring the Joy of Parks in our Communities
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Chris Glaisek • Waterfront Toronto: Moving the Don River. Nature. Climate change. Resilence
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Ruth Lin Wong Holmes • London’s Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park: East London’s transformation
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Enrique Peñalosa, former mayor of Bogotá • Parks are ever more Important, Creating Equitable Cities
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Tanya Muller Garcia, Lilia Haua Miguel • Mexico City’s spectacular Chapultepec Park
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Mitchell Silver, NYC Parks Commissioner • From Disruptions to an Awakening Planning Parks
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Key Takeaways Parks are not only ‘nice-to-have’ but also vital for physical and mental health, a...
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Dear Participant
This bi-weekly webinar is to contribute creating passionate advocates on doing equitable, sustainable, playful, cities, where everyone lives healthier and happier.
Every other Tuesday I invite fascinating people to share interesting transformative actions. It’s 60 minutes, where in the first half the guest presents, and then we have a dialogue considering the questions and comments from participants.
I am very grateful to always have hundreds of participants, from over 25 countries, a few over 40! They are from all backgrounds, some work in public sector, others private, NGOs, others in active retirement; we also have elected officials, academics, media, etc.
Please invite others to watch live. Also, share the recordings widely, especially with decision makers, community groups, advocates, students, anyone interested in people and cities.
Kindest regards, GIL.