Effective Local Action on Air Quality in London Conference

Last month’s conference brought together a great mix of people concerned about the issue of air quality. Presentations from speakers on the day can be found below and further details from the event will be published shortly.

Mapping for Change to host Air Pollution conference in April

Concerned communities, and organisations that work with them, including councils, academics, and public health bodies are invited to a conference being run by Mapping for Change on the 17th April at UCL.

A Look at Housing and New Ways of Working in Udine

Late January saw members of the MfC team travel to Udine to participate in a series of seminars under the Active Citizenship in Social Housing (ACts) project, funded by the Grundtvig Life Long Learning Programme.  Over the course of 3 days visits were made to communities in the area and a number of presentations covering a diverse range of perspectives were shared. Several interesting issues surrounding citizenship and social space were raised for discussion:

Mapping Thamesmead for Change @ the Leisure Centre

Looking back to some photos of  Thamesmead, we realized we did not post about the last Mapping Thamesmead for Change session, which happened on Friday 4th May.

This time, thanks to the Thamesmere Leisure Centre, which provided us with a space that afternoon and big thanks to Ms Averil Lekau, a Thamesmead resident who took us on a tour around some remarkable places, our day was very productive. Have a look to some of our pictures below.

Thamesmead International Women’s Day Event

Thanks to Trust Thamesmead and to the Business Academy Bexley, Mapping for Change had the chance to do a mapping session at the Thamesmead International Women’s Day event last Wednesday (25th April).

Mapping for Change will be at the Thamesmead International Women’s Day Event

Find out more about Mapping Thamesmead for Change visiting our Project’s page

Mapping4Change @ #LCCS2

Mapping4Change @ #LCCS2

2nd London Citizen Cyberscience Summit

Highbury Air Quality Results

Justice in the Green Community Event

Mapping for Change facilitated the Justice in the Green event last Saturday at the Homerton Library. Members of the community surrounding Hackney Marshes, local project partners and organisations interested in how changes in Hackney are affecting the use of the Marshes and surrounding green spaces  participated in the activities.

Presentation in the Substance ‘A New Ball Game’ Conference

Mapping for Change Director and co-founder, Muki Haklay, presented at the Susbstance co-op conference, ‘A New Ball Game’ on Friday, 4th March.