Transition Streets Program
Transition Victoria pioneered the Transition Streets program. Watch a video about the first-ever Transition Street, which happened in Vic West. On a Transition Street, neighbours work together to learn how…
Author: Building Resilient Neighbourhoods
Building Resilient Neighbourhoods (BRN) is a collaborative effort to help create more resilient communities and neighbourhoods in British Columbia, Canada. It is currently delivered and hosted by the non-profit Building Resilient Neighbourhoods Society.
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Laughing Allowed! — The Slapstick World of Neighbourhood Activism
See our Laughing Allowed production in action to learn how to playfully explore what we do and don’t like about getting involved in our local communities, and to use physical comedy as a different way of beginning discussions about some of those issues.
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Laughing Allowed! — The Slapstick World of Neighbourhood Activism
In the fall of 2014, Building Resilient Neighbourhoods’ Rob Wipond and Michelle Colussi teamed up with theatre director Will Weigler and a group of citizens from Victoria West and other neighbourhoods to create and perform the comedic theatrical show, Laughing Allowed! The Slapstick World of Neighbourhood Activism.
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Create a Parklet from a Street
Los Angeles Communities are transforming underused areas of L.A.’s largest public asset—its 7,500 miles of city streets—into active, vibrant, and accessible public spaces with People St, a program of the…
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Laughing Allowed How-to Guide – Old Link Redirect
Looking for Laughing Allowed! – A How-to Guide for Making a Physical Comedy Show to Build Neighbourhood Resilience from an old link? Sorry you got misdirected! Here’s the right link!
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Wine, Food and a Trojan Horse
These were some of the proven strategies for bringing neighbours together that emerged during a relaxed, collaborative Resilient Streets discussion in Saanich on March 27th: Wine, food, and a good…
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Resilient Streets Projects Getting Going!
On March 6th we had another meeting for Victoria West residents to learn about resilient streets possibilities as well as to network and update each other about their own projects…
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Building Thriving, Resilient Communities
This collection of books, online resources, trainings and courses was assembled by members and allies of the Thriving Resilient Communities Collaboratory (TRCC), who share a vision of a world that…
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Unlocking Opportunities in the Collaborative Economy
In this podcast, April Rinne, Chief Strategy Officer with Collaborative Lab and a Young Global Leader at the World Economic Forum, introduces the fundamental principles of the collaborative economy and…
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Preparing for Climate Change Report
The New Jersey Climate Adaptation Alliance is a network of policymakers, public and private sector practitioners, academics, and nongovernmental and business leaders organized to build climate change preparedness capacity in…
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BRN Gets International Recognition
BRN’s own Michelle Colussi is also Canada’s representative to the Transition Towns’ international network of Transition hubs, and in this week’s rundown of significant Transition activities, some of our own…
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BRN Engages with Victoria West Community Association Members
We gave a brief presentation and held some discussions with people attending the Victoria West Community Association Annual General Meeting on Nov. 26. Reviewing the notes from the discussion groups,…
