Harnessing and Harvesting “The Ignorant Perfection of Ordinary People”

The first of a series on the learning, challenges and opportunities seen at Connecting4Community to shift to more citizen-centered, bottom-up ways of living and structuring our approaches to the problems we see around us.

Sensible Life ~ A Thought

John reminds us that relationships in a personal world are the antidote to following the siren call of progress in a tool-ruled world.

Seeing Blue

Having to stand in line for this service or that program is one of the most powerful reinforcers of the scarcity mindset. It symbolizes helplessness, hopelessness and the constant concern that there is not enough ... and that it will run out just before it is my turn. Edd Conboy is doing something about that.

9 Steps to Create Open Streets

Just like Chess, planning Open Streets takes strategy and planning. With so many moving parts to coordinate, it can be difficult to know how to start planning your Open Streets initiative. Coordinating between local government, businesses and neighborhood groups can feel overwhelming if you don’t have a plan. Luckily, the good folks at ioby have [...]

Jackson holds Mississippi’s first Open Streets

They were dancing in the streets of Jackson during Open Streets. How do you turn people who walk and bike into advocates for safer streets when they don’t identify as walkers and cyclists? This is a question that leaders of Bike Walk Mississippi, and advocates across the country, are constantly asking themselves. While many advocacy [...]

Tips for Attending Open Streets

We spend a lot of time talking about how to organize Open Streets, but the vast majority of people just want to enjoy a day walking or riding with their family and friends. How do you make it as easy as possible for participants to have a great time at Open Streets? We know that [...]