From the 8 80 Blog: Winter Is Here: How to Stay Safe Outdoors During the Cold Months of the Year
Although social isolation tends to increase for everyone during the winter, we are misdiagnosing the issue by blaming winter. The problem is much deeper than that. Public spaces and transportation systems that are already forces for exclusion and social isolation become even more problematic in winter.
In this article, a collaboration between 8 80 Cities and AARP Livable Communities, we share six suggestions on how to embrace this season.
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Speaking of Winter...
Public spaces belong to everyone and should be accessible and welcoming in all seasons. Innovative public space programming, design, and management can reduce social isolation and increase community connection. Let's embrace and celebrate winter together.
Join 8 80 Cities on January 21, from 12:30 pm – 2:30 pm EST to celebrate our Wintermission program, supported by RWJF and CAF America.
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Waterfront Wednesdays Ep. 25:
8 80 Cities
In this interview, Alice Brown, from Boston Harbour Now, interviews our founder and chair, Gil Penalosa to discuss methods of developing cities that work for everyone across demographics, transit modes and seasons. Boston Harbour Now is working to re-establish Boston as one of the world’s truly great coastal cities. The work they do is in partnership with public agencies, communities and private and non-profit partners.
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Remembering Jay Walljasper
Our friend and valued collaborator, Jay Walljasper, passed away this past December. We are very grateful to have known him and worked with him over the last 13 years. He had a prolific career as a writer on all things healthy neighbourhoods and public space. It was always a pleasure to talk to him and hear his musings, stories, and observations on cities and public space. In this photo, Jay is with our founder and chair, Gil Penalosa, and former ED, Emily Munroe
Read some of Jay's work in On the Commons.
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Public Spaces Do Help Fight Isolation
COVID-19 has made us shift our perceptions about how we live while at the same time exacerbating a crisis of isolation and loneliness. Julia Hotz, Solutions Journalism Network, via Apolitical, analyzes the effects of loneliness and how it affects society and people's health and wellbeing, and how to address the issue by taking advantage of public spaces in our cities.
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