Mastodawn

Found this cool-sounding initiative to make a major #Indian city more #representative, #safer, #livable, etc, through a public engagement platform.

But the manifesto, platform, social media, etc, are all just in one language - #English.

So...who does this really represent?

TinJar Dec 15

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... Lost an opportunity to address the #exclusionary #racist #singlefamilyzoning legacy and create #inclusive #community robustly defended from #wildfire - this is among the most #livable areas in the world. #LA #housing #justice #climate #adaptation #humanrights

‘It feels endless’: despite mi...

‘It feels endless’: despite misplaced fanfare about a model home, LA struggles to rebuild

As LA’s mayor touted a developer’s model home, residents of Altadena and Pacific Palisades wrangle for insurance payouts

The Guardian

TinJar Dec 15

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/14/los-angeles-wildfires-rebuilding

Would have been a wonderful opportunity to address the #exclusionary #racist #singlefamilyzoning legacy and create an awesome #inclusive #multifamilyhousing vibrant community that is robustly defended in case of #wildfire - this is among the most #livable areas in the world.

#LA #housing #justice #climate #adaptation #humanrights #democracy

‘It feels endless’: despite misplaced fanfare about a model home, LA struggles to rebuild

As LA’s mayor touted a developer’s model home, residents of Altadena and Pacific Palisades wrangle for insurance payouts

The Guardian

Tony McQuail Nov 8

Tony connecting the future with the past. He has been farming for 50 years using #regenerative farming practices. As a society we need to develop an ecological/regenerative #agriculture around and within our urban centres where food is grown with a minimum of energy inputs and a maximum of ecological design. We need to redesign our cities to be #walkable, #bikeable, #breathable and #livable . Where most of the energy to make the city function comes from the food we eat. #NDP #cdnpoli #organic

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Katharine O'Moore-Klopf, ELS Sep 22

But, @fortune @news-fortune, some of us #younger #Baby #Boomers who don’t have #high #incomes — because few people are paid #livable incomes anymore — haven’t yet paid off our #mortgages. We’re desperately hoping we can afford to keep living in our homes.

David Schmidt Sep 15, 2025

My personal preference where I'd live in Europe. – https://whereidlive.com

#Europe #livable #countries #map

Dr NKar Aug 24, 2025

Congratulations!
Top 10 countries in the 2025 Global Peace Index
1. Iceland
2. Ireland
3. New Zealand
4. Austria
5. Switzerland
6. Singapore
7. Portugal
8. Denmark
9. Slovenia
10. Finland

https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20250822-five-of-the-worlds-safest-countries-for-2025

#Peace #globalpeaceindex #countries #livable #travel

Steve Dustcircle 🌹Aug 15, 2025

Invisible Rooms:
What We Miss When We Talk About #MentalHealth

What happens when care preserves #life, but erases the conditions that made it #livable?

https://goodmenproject.com/featured-content/invisible-rooms-what-we-miss-when-we-talk-about-mental-health-kpkn/

Andreas Sternowski Jul 29, 2025

For a #sustainable and #peaceful world, we will have to reinvent our #civilization: the #economy, #democracy, the rules governing #media communication...
We will only succeed if we fundamentally #rethink our approach. This rethinking must begin with our goals: we must question the existing #goals of our civilization and find new, more #livable ones.

ETH Zurich Jul 3, 2025

Do dense cities mean more #heat? Not necessarily. ETH Zurich researcher Prof. Jan Carmeliet shows that smart #densification + strategic greening can make #urban areas more #livable — and #cooler. A new blog post explores how thoughtful planning can reduce heat stress in cities. Read more:

Does densification lead to mor...

Does densification lead to more heat stress in cities?

High temperatures and more frequent heatwaves are causing many people to doubt whether high-density urban planning is still sustainable. However, building physicist Jan Carmeliet argues that even dense cities can be cool if they are planned correctly.

ETH Zurich