Agreements about how we’ll talk and relate to each other are a commitment to be responsible for the quality of our relationships.
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In my quest to figure out how planners and everyone else in the city can work better together, I’ve learned the magic of finding the minimal critical structure that enables new possibilities.
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Community has a vital role to play when emergencies arise: to enable transition from what was to what could be.
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In my quest to figure out how planners and everyone else in the city can work better together, I’ve learned the magic of finding the minimal critical structure that enables new possibilities.
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Rescue embodies resilience only when the rescuer takes action the rescued can’t do for themselves (and wants).
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In my quest to figure out how planners and everyone else in the city can work better together, I’ve learned the magic of finding the minimal critical structure that enables new possibilities.
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I had an “allergic reaction” this summer to some language people around me are using to invite climate action: “be a first responder.” And so, I sit and write as a means to scratch the itch. What I found: As the scale of emergency grows, the ability of community to be proactive, responsive and response-ABLE becomes imperative.
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We've built transportation systems that allow the most affluent and privileged to move with ease around the city. Those will less affluence and power do not have the same choices, perhaps access to a car or even a bike. And then the question: is the infrastructure in place for people to move about the city without a car?
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6 questions to ask at any time in your career in Beth’s address delivered to the Master of City Planning graduates at the University of Manitoba, June 2021.
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In my quest to figure out how planners and everyone else in the city can work better together, I’ve learned the magic of finding the minimal critical structure that enables new possibilities.
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The new diagrams we use to describe our economic, social and ecological worlds reveal connections and understanding.
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In my quest to figure out how planners and everyone else in the city can work better together, I’ve learned the magic of finding the minimal critical structure that enables new possibilities.
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In my quest to figure out how planners and everyone else in the city can work better together, I’ve learned the magic of finding the minimal critical structure that enables new possibilities.
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In my quest to figure out how planners and everyone else in the city can work better together, I’ve learned the magic of finding the minimal critical structure that enables new possibilities.
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In my quest to figure out how planners and everyone else in the city can work better together, I’ve learned the magic of finding the minimal critical structure that enables new possibilities.
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Beth Sanders and Dustin Bajer celebrate Earth Week with a conversation about how the city habitats we create for ourselves make ecological contributions to our planet, Earth. What happens when we think of cities as a part of nature or even a product of nature? What happens when we think about urban agriculture and food forests, and urban tree nurseries in the city?
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Choose when to be oblivious, a spectator or an active part of efforts to improve. (Note: You don’t have to be everything at once.)
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In my quest to figure out how planners and everyone else in the city can work better together, I’ve learned the magic of finding the minimal critical structure that enables new possibilities.
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The opposite of lockdown behaviour, which has us operating from fear and insecurity, is connection and relationship. Instead of withdrawing from community life, we contribute; we care out in the open. Protection feeds my fear of other humans. Being neighbourly feeds my desire to connect with other humans.
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In my quest to figure out how planners and everyone else in the city can work better together, I’ve learned the magic of finding the minimal critical structure that enables new possibilities.
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