Tag Archives: public space

Exploring some of London’s most playful spaces and places

Posted on September 22, 2011 | 3 comments

Four girls in Spa FieldsWe only had ten or twelve people take part over the two days, but I’m still buzzing after last weekend’s Open House play space tours. Why?

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What prospects for this playful addition to my neighbourhood?

Posted on September 1, 2011 | 9 comments

Wood Street fountains 1Back in Walthamstow after some time away, we discover that today the Council has opened a refurbished square in our local shopping street. As you can see from the photo, it includes a row of fountains.

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The outdoor child should be an ‘indicator species’ for London

Posted on July 25, 2011 | 11 comments

pond dippingMy new draft report  Sowing the Seeds: Reconnecting children with nature calls for the outdoor child to be seen as an ‘indicator species’. The report, written for the London Sustainable Development Commission (the body that advises the Mayor of London on sustainability) argues that, just as with salmon or house sparrows, the presence of children out of doors should be seen as a measure of the quality of neighbourhoods, London Boroughs and the capital as a whole.

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