Built Environment
Carfree Cities Alliance
The Carfree Cities Alliance (CCA) is an international organization promoting car-free planning for more sustainable and inclusive cities and neighborhoods.
https://www.carfreealliance.org/
Claiming Community Spaces in Athens
Greece
Ever since 2008, it has been widely reported that Greece is in complete economic collapse. But the Greek economic crisis also provided the people of Athens with a rare opportunity to step outside of the global economy – to come together to revitalize communities, share resources and re-shape public spaces to serve their own needs, rather than the needs of big business and commerce.
https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2016/sep/21/athens-unofficial-community-hope-government-failures
East Bali Poverty Project
Indonesia
Over the past twenty years, the East Bali Poverty Project (EBPP) has facilitated a holistic community-led approach to improving lives in the village Desa Ban, centered on vetiver and bamboo as a base for sustainable, diverse agroforestry systems and slope stabilization.
https://www.eastbalipovertyproject.org
Kharamal Village
India
In the village of Kharamal in Odisha, India, traditional water collection methods are being used by residents to combat drought.
http://www.cansouthasia.net/a-sustainable-development-model-in-kharamal-village-odisha/
Local cooperatives and refugee solidarity in Lewiston, ME
USA
In opposition to a proposed highway through poor neighborhoods, residents of Lewiston, Maine instead developed a Peoples’ Downtown Master Plan that laid the groundwork for a renaissance of cooperative development and refugee solidarity. Today the city is home to a number of community organizations and cooperatives.