The Importance of Place Exploring informal learning for community leadership through auto-ethnography.
The Localist A weekly newsletter celebrating the people & experiences that make London, Ontario home đź’Ś!
On Appreciating the Land which Surrounds Us Thoughts on how a global pandemic can build community and connect us to the places we live.
Keep London Boring A tongue-in-cheek plea sparking conversations around gentrification, entrepreneurship, and local politics.
Three Things I’ve Learned in My Local Coffee Shop Coffee shops have a lot to teach us about our neighborhoods and the people we share them with. Here are three of them.
Three Neighborly Goals for 2020 These simple resolutions can have a major impact on your town or city this year.
My Hometown Sucks, Place, and Shared Sameness Seems where we’re from matters more than we care to admit.
In Defense of Public Spaces Public spaces are often shortchanged in government budgets. Yet they provide outsized benefits compared to how little our communities usually invest in them. Public spaces should be celebrated and protected. Here are four reasons why.
How to Become More Attached to Your City Want to feel a deeper attachment to the neighborhood you call home? Here are six action items guaranteed to connect you with neighbors and inspire creative ways to leverage your resources for the common good.
Three Shifts Toward Neighborliness Reclaiming the art of neighboring may be the closest thing we have to a solution for the social isolation, the political polarization, and the superficial relationships that plague our neighborhoods. To make our communities stronger and more connected, here are three shifts we all need to make.
Sunfest Bingo Helping Londoners get the most out of one of the city’s most famous annual festivals.
Micro-Neighborliness: A Celebration of the Small Micro-neighborliness (n.): the small, patient, and practical ways that we pivot toward our localities and the people that we share them with. While we do not always hear these stories, the tangible effect that these small acts can have on our places is reason enough to celebrate them.
Authentic Experiences What if we made more of an attempt to seek out the uniqueness of a given place?
Block Party in a Box Everything you need to put on a successful block party, without breaking a sweat.
100 Ways 100 Ways was a sign-based installation that instigated a community-wide conversation in London, Canada.