🧵 Making, mending, and meaning: what repair can teach us about belonging“Making” has always been the heartbeat of innovation. But visiting @makedoandmend_ reminded me that making is also about mending — not…16h agoA response icon116h agoA response icon1
🌿 Rediscovering the local: from civic boundaries to civic kindnessWhen we talk about localism, we often imagine maps. But maybe the local isn’t a boundary at all. Maybe it’s a relationship.4d ago4d ago
🌍 What does “local” mean when everywhere is connected?When we talk about localism, do we really know what we mean by it?Oct 26Oct 26
🌿 Peer to peer: creating gardeners, not just gardensWhen I hear the words peer to peer, I still picture the old file-sharing platforms — messy, joyful, a little bit illegal — where people…Oct 25Oct 25
🔍 From insight to advocacy: learning to speak with, not forWhen I think about the work we did on Camden 2025, I remember the conversations more than the documents.Oct 22Oct 22
🌊 From the margins to the mainstream: learning to lead through systems, not silosI first read From the Margins to the Mainstream a few years ago — a report by @nesta_uk and @CollaborateCIC that captured what many of us…Oct 21Oct 21
🌿 Swarming to collaboration: finding the permission to belongI’ve been thinking again about permission devices — those small, often invisible cues that make people feel at home enough to take…Oct 13A response icon1Oct 13A response icon1
From behaviour change to systems changeMaking strategy where people areOct 8A response icon1Oct 8A response icon1