Cities
Our fall 2022 series will be on the topic of cities and how to improve them.
See the syllabus at Cities.
We will meet online on Zoom and in-person in the Tynes Room at Alderney Gate Library Tuesdays 1:30-2:30.
Everyone should register through https://halifax.bibliocommons.com/v2/events?series=631b59472f32903000459b12 You will receive an email from the library containing a link to the Zoom meeting.
curated by Jean Chard
facilitated by Andrew Kernohan
13 September 2022
Jane Jacobs 15:40 mins
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4k6SXaUXho&ab_channel=CityXcape
20 September 2022
Geoffrey West, "The Surprising Math of Cities and Corporations"
27 September 2022
Trees 5:25 mins
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zarll9bx6FI&ab_channel=TED-Ed
Why the Netherlands is a good place to raise children 11.39 mins
4 October 2022
No Meeting; Room unavailable
11 October 2022
Building better cities 14.20 mins
18 October 2022
Carolyn Steel, "How food shapes our cities," 15.24
https://www.ted.com/talks/carolyn_steel_how_food_shapes_our_cities?language=en
25 October 2022
Bicycle culture 15:25 mins
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pX8zZdLw7cs&ab_channel=TEDxTalks
1 November 2022
Mara Mintzer, "How kids can help design cities," 14:14
https://www.ted.com/talks/mara_mintzer_how_kids_can_help_design_cities?language=en
8 November 2022
Jaime Lerner, "A song of the city," (Curitiba, Brazil) 15:24
https://www.ted.com/talks/jaime_lerner_a_song_of_the_city?language=en
15 November 2020
Anthony Garcia , "Why the next American city will be shaped by you," (Public involvement) 12:08 mins
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTOJnM2TuHY
Carlos, Moreno, "The 15 -minute city," 7:44 mins
https://www.ted.com/talks/carlos_moreno_the_15_minute_city?language=en
22 November 2022
Samir Sinha, "Building age-friendly cities," 14.20
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLBXz3_MehU&ab_channel=TEDxTalks
29 November 2022
Gil Penalosa, "Creating a city which is good for 8 and 80 year olds," 14:40
6 December 2022
Gil Penalosa, Section on Victoria BC from about minute 4 to minute 25
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jV0PmMytRPc&t=682s&ab_channel=Penalosa_G
13 December 2022
Dan Burden, "Creating Livable Communities," 20.51
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNlTdoFV9bQ&ab_channel=TEDxTalks
Additional material: A new perspective on the role of cities in the big history of homo sapiens.
Ted Wengrow, " A new understanding of human history and the roots of inequality," TED 17.29