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PLACES WHERE PLAY SUPPORTS CLIMATE ACTION - Minouche Besters


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The case for why it is important to make the connection to places for play and the climate. 

 A conversation on how placemakers can be at the forefront of climate adaptive practice through tapping into their strong sense of community and localised sense of where the opportunities are. 

Our Guest :

Minouche Besters is partner and urbanist at the STIPO team for Urban Development.  Her work focuses on creating better places by among others developing inclusion, strengthening the social fabric, organising the commons, working towards the energy transition and involving digital technologies.

Project Description:

Placemakers are the best in activating the community. And they know how to be creative in finding smart solutions. Even when there doesn’t seem much space or streets are small or money is tight. We have a major crisis to fix together, and Minouche hopes that all placemakers out here will share their best examples so we can have solutions together and get our streets and parks playful and climate proof!

Placemakers are using: 

  • Streets for open play
  • Climate action to connect people and with people
  • Butterfly gardens for nature play 
  • Tiles OUT .. plants IN also called Tegelwippen 
  • Water puddles for climate resiliency and a splash of fun
  • Bring existing climate activists closer to people on the ground

  • Link to her work: https://stipo.nl/projects/?lang=en

    Link to Dutch Championship Tegelwippen: https://nk-tegelwippen.nl

    PLACES WHERE PLAY HEALS PEOPLE

    PLACES WHERE PLAY SUPPORTS CLIMATE ACTION

    PLACES WHERE PLAY UNITES US ALL

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    The Real Play City Challenge awards inspiring cities and urban practitioners that have successfully used placemaking to create environments that give people time, space and opportunities to play. The Real Play City Challenge is an international competition led by the Real PlayCoalition (Arup, Ingka Group [IKEA], The LEGO Foundation, National Geographic, and UNICEF) and PlacemakingX (represented by STIPO and Huasipichanga).

    Register Here:  https://www.realplaycitychallenge.org/2022edition 

    Apply Here:  https://www.realplaycitychallenge.org/apply


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