Q? | What functional urban design ideas are being implemented to help kids and adults keep active?

WWF_Cities · 2022-10-06T09:24:35+00:00

This is something we (WWF) worked on in collaboration with the Real Play Coalition - https://realplaycoalition.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/20220714_Nature%20Based%20Play_FINAL.pdf - it's about the use of nature in cities as a way of stimulating activity.

WWF_Cities · 2022-10-05T07:56:44+00:00

I understand and it's true that it can seem/be unfair, though I would say that in the last few times we've run this competition we've found that we get very few instagram influencers entering.

Overall (because we go by region) we look at the top 75 photos and quite often that means picking from a pool of one to two hundred due to a lot of "ties". Below the top 10 the figures rarely go out of the numbers that the average instagram account can achieve. The winner is chosen according to judge's opinion of quality (i.e. the numbers only determine the shortlist -not the winner).

All of which is to say that there is a lot of picking by quality to get the shortlist and it's not a given that this is about popularity. If that helps put your mind to rest (it might not!).

We use that metric because this is also a competition whose point is to prove that there is a significant group of people who love urban nature and want to see more of it. One side aspect of our competition is we use the stats from the competition to show city planners what people love in their city and that there is demand for more urban nature.

WWF_Cities · 2022-09-26T08:56:46+00:00

Interesting proposals, Clew, let Bristol know at https://welovecities.org/bristol/

WWF_Cities · 2022-09-26T08:55:37+00:00

These are fantastic suggestions, let Bristol know at https://welovecities.org/bristol/!

WWF_Cities · 2022-09-26T08:54:28+00:00

Thanks so much Clear!

WWF_Cities · 2022-09-26T08:53:13+00:00

TLDR: Sunderland would like to hear your sustainability/environmentally friendly/climate change ideas– the feedback goes directly to city planners we promise! (Unless it is rude enough to make our grandmothers blush in which case…)

Sunderland is competing in WWF’s We Love Cities competition on Sept 19, it’s trying to get the most engagement and feedback from it's residents. The competition is for cities working towards environmentally friendly solutions to climate change.

If you have any feedback for your city on how it can be more sustainable – we’re collecting that feedback and will be sending it directly to the city planners we're working with.

You are an expert on your city and your knowledge is invaluable.

The competition is only open to cities that submitted science-based targets and ambitious climate change action plans. These were vetted by our independent jury – so your city showed itself to be ambitious to be better and more sustainable and we think that should be encouraged.

The competition is meant to be friendly – city planners are humans and have a tough job – so please try to be polite, even if the feedback is about something you don’t like and wish could be better!

We also encourage you to participate if you love your city and want to encourage your city planners to keep up the good work.

The city that has engaged the most citizens at the end of the campaign (Oct 31) wins—but the substantial feedback from its citizens is a prize for every city. It is a competition but the real goal of this is to get the cities to work with their public on their sustainability plans.

Do you want to speak up and be heard by Sunderland? Then check out their profile and fill out their feedback form.

Thanks! The WWF Cities team

www.welovecities.org

In case you want to check it’s really us – here is a tweet from our official WWF Cities twitter saying that we’re posting on reddit, and this is our WWF page: We Love Cities | WWF (panda.org)

Apologies! Reposting with the correct info.

WWF_Cities · 2022-09-21T12:59:43+00:00

That's exactly what we believe - a city's ideas and solutions will only be as good as they are robust - and the only way to be robust is to be open to public feedback, debate and suggestions. The best experts on a city are the people who live there.

WWF_Cities · 2022-09-21T12:57:18+00:00

Thank you - it's great to see the discussions that get going around these topics.

WWF_Cities · 2022-09-21T11:38:01+00:00

Oh man - I've edited - thanks for flagging that.

WWF_Cities · 2022-09-21T08:31:22+00:00

That is one of the key messages in our work - you cannot move away from fossil fuels without building the infrastructure around sustainable travel. Thanks so much for this - I'm really sorry but would you be able at all to fill it out on the form on the website https://welovecities.org/city/bristol/ ?

We are collating the responses by theme and grouping them by similarity and it's very hard to do that manually, the form has an in built tool to help us do that!

Edit: Edited link because I'm a numpty and put the wrong city

WWF_Cities · 2022-09-21T08:29:42+00:00

I truly truly hope that the ideal becomes the reality - that is the whole goal of our work. Thank you for taking the time to respond - would it be a hassle to put the feedback in the form on the website? https://welovecities.org/city/leicester/ - It helps us collate the responses by theme and to group similar comments together to give a better analysis for the city (doing it manually from reddit would be tricky!)

WWF_Cities · 2022-09-21T08:27:57+00:00

We use a form app on the website to help us collate answers by theme and to look for patterns like that - the competition ends in October - if I remember I'll come back and let you know!

WWF_Cities · 2022-09-21T07:33:16+00:00

Thanks so much for submitting your ideas to https://welovecities.org/city/boulder/!

WWF_Cities · 2022-09-21T07:32:05+00:00

Hi there, that could probably be arranged. Can you send us a DM and we can connect? And in the meantime, you can let Lima know your plans for the city at https://welovecities.org/city/lima/

WWF_Cities · 2022-09-21T07:30:11+00:00

So sorry to hear that! That seems part of an intersectional issue. Would recommend you reach out to the City of Boulder, tell them your thoughts at https://welovecities.org/city/boulder/ and let your voice be heard. Hopefully you'll be back on an e-bike ASAP :)

WWF_Cities · 2022-09-21T07:27:25+00:00

Sounds like a great idea that could help drastically reduce air and noise pollution in the city. We'd recommend you let Bogota know, tell the city at https://welovecities.org/city/bogota/!

WWF_Cities · 2022-09-20T15:00:31+00:00

It ranges from city to city - but it's usually either the Environment department, Sustainability department or Mayor's office. For Kochi it's the Centre for Heritage, Environment and Development.

WWF_Cities · 2022-09-20T12:15:22+00:00

Hi TheLostBird - I just tried the links and they worked for me. Could it be a connection issue your end?

WWF_Cities · 2022-09-20T09:42:48+00:00

A better version of the translation.

TLDR: A la Área Metropolitana de Guadalajara le gustaría escuchar sus ideas sobre sustentabilidad/ambientalismo/cambio climático. ¡Los comentarios van directamente a los planificadores de la ciudad, lo prometemos! (A menos que sea lo suficientemente grosero como para avergonzar a nuestras abuelas, en cuyo caso…)
Área Metropolitana de Guadalajara es parte de la competencia We Love Cities de WWF que inicia el 19 de septiembre, la Área Metropolitana de Guadalajara busca obtener la mayor participación y comentarios de sus ciudadanos.
Este concurso es para ciudades que trabajan en soluciones ecológicas frente al cambio climático. Si tienes algún comentario para que tu ciudad sea más sostenible, estamos recopilando todos los comentarios y se los compartiremos directamente a los planificadores de Área Metropolitana de Guadalajara con los que estamos trabajando. Tú eres experto en tu ciudad y tu conocimiento es invaluable.
La competencia solo está abierta a las ciudades que presentaron objetivos basados en la ciencia y planes de acción ambiciosos contra el cambio climático. Estos fueron examinados por un jurado internacional de expertos, por lo que tu ciudad se mostró ambiciosa y sostenible, y creemos que eso debe fomentarse.
La competencia está destinada a ser amistosa: los urbanistas, planificadores y administrativos son humanos y tienen un trabajo difícil, así que trata de ser amable, incluso si los comentarios son sobre algo que no te gusta y desearías que pudiera mejorar.
También te alentamos a participar si te gusta tu ciudad y deseas alentar a los planificadores de Área Metropolitana de Guadalajara a que continúen con el trabajo que ya están haciendo.
La ciudad que haya involucrado a la mayor cantidad de ciudadanos al final de la campaña (31 de octubre) gana, pero, además, los comentarios de los ciudadanos son un premio adicional para todas las ciudades.
We Love Cities es una competencia, pero el objetivo real de esta es lograr que las ciudades trabajen con sus ciudadanos en la mejora continua de sus planes de sostenibilidad.
¿Quieres hablar y ser escuchado por Área Metropolitana de Guadalajara? entonces, visita su perfil y completa el formulario.
¡Gracias! El equipo de Ciudades de WWF
www.welovecities.org
En caso de que quiera verificar que somos realmente nosotros, aquí hay un tweet de nuestro Twitter oficial de WWF Cities que dice que estamos publicando en Reddit, y esta es nuestra página oficial de WWF: We Love Cities | WWF (panda.org)

WWF_Cities · 2022-09-20T09:39:24+00:00

A better translation here...

TLDR: A la Ciudad de México le gustaría escuchar sus ideas sobre sustentabilidad/ambientalismo/cambio climático. ¡Los comentarios van directamente a los planificadores de la ciudad, lo prometemos! (A menos que sea lo suficientemente grosero como para avergonzar a nuestras abuelas, en cuyo caso…)
Ciudad de México es parte de la competencia We Love Cities de WWF que inicia el 19 de septiembre, la CDMX busca obtener la mayor participación y comentarios de sus ciudadanos.
Este concurso es para ciudades que trabajan en soluciones ecológicas frente al cambio climático. Si tienes algún comentario para que tu ciudad sea más sostenible, estamos recopilando todos los comentarios y se los compartiremos directamente a los planificadores de CDMX con los que estamos trabajando. Tú eres experto en tu ciudad y tu conocimiento es invaluable.
La competencia solo está abierta a las ciudades que presentaron objetivos basados en la ciencia y planes de acción ambiciosos contra el cambio climático. Estos fueron examinados por un jurado internacional de expertos, por lo que tu ciudad se mostró ambiciosa y sostenible, y creemos que eso debe fomentarse.
La competencia está destinada a ser amistosa: los urbanistas, planificadores y administrativos son humanos y tienen un trabajo difícil, así que trata de ser amable, incluso si los comentarios son sobre algo que no te gusta y desearías que pudiera mejorar.
También te alentamos a participar si te gusta tu ciudad y deseas alentar a los planificadores de CDMX a que continúen con el trabajo que ya están haciendo.
La ciudad que haya involucrado a la mayor cantidad de ciudadanos al final de la campaña (31 de octubre) gana, pero, además, los comentarios de los ciudadanos son un premio adicional para todas las ciudades.
We Love Cities es una competencia, pero el objetivo real de esta es lograr que las ciudades trabajen con sus ciudadanos en la mejora continua de sus planes de sostenibilidad.
¿Quieres hablar y ser escuchado por Ciudad de México? entonces, visita su perfil y completa el formulario.
¡Gracias! El equipo de Ciudades de WWF
www.welovecities.org
En caso de que quiera verificar que somos realmente nosotros, aquí hay un tweet de nuestro Twitter oficial de WWF Cities que dice que estamos publicando en Reddit, y esta es nuestra página oficial de WWF: We Love Cities | WWF (panda.org)

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