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!
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
Victoria West Assembly Vibrant and Fun — Esquimalt too!
About 45 people attended our Victoria West “Assembly” on Sunday the 17th, and it was a lot of fun. We presented some of the findings from our surveys and interviews…
Resilient Streets Kick-off Packed and Vibrant
Just came back from the Vic West Resilient Streets Kick-off, and still vibrating! We had 40 people comfortably packed into a meeting room at the Vic West Community Centre. Stacy…
Resilient Streets Coming to Vic West
Only a few days until we’re going to be doing our Resilient Streets Kick-off in Vic West — that’s Thursday, Oct. 17. We’re pretty excited! Please tell anyone you know…