I'm identifying lots of best practices for social change in Toronto that are easily found online and can be implemented here... in many cases, they are similar to cool things we do here. One idea I love is Guerilla Gardening [1] - Graffiti with Nature! "Without permit or license, we plant seeds and seedlings in all those neglected corners of public space. Join us as we vandalise the city with nature!" Another cool initiative that would work here is Human River Walk and Art Show [2]... "A weekend celebration on Toronto's biggest buried river: Garrison Creek!"... With everyone wearing blue, we will become a human river bringing the Garrison Creek back to life!... we have similar watershed issues to deal with here...
The Garrison Creek still flows beneath our city. As it rushes under homes, stores, roads and parks, we find signs of this lost river in tilting houses, dips in streets, buried bridges and a string of green valleys. Join us for the second annual Human River as we celebrate the Garrison's path with art, film and exploration.
These and other important social change campaigns are part of the Toronto Public Space Committee [3], which has a huge impact in that great city.
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[1] http://www.publicspace.ca/gardeners.htm
[2] http://www.publicspace.ca/humanriver.htm
[3] http://www.publicspace.ca/index.htm
[4] http://li326-157.members.linode.com/system/files/Guerilla-Gardening-graphic.gif
[5] http://li326-157.members.linode.com/dear-peter/dear-peter-lets-make-neo-the-worlds-aerosol-art-capital
[6] http://li326-157.members.linode.com/blog/jeff-buster/doan-brook-summer-wall-graffiti