Curriculum: City Parks
In ‘Place-Based Education: Connecting Classrooms and Communities’, David Sobel writes that ‘Far too often field trips involve loading kids on buses and taking them to museums orContinue Reading
6 years at Pedestrian Space
Today, it is exactly 6 years since I established Pedestrian Space. At the time I was living in a city in central Sweden and decided to startContinue Reading
Study on Radom, Revitalization, and Preservation
I’ve got less than two months remaining living here in Radom before moving on, but the bond with the city has been forged. Earlier this year, IContinue Reading
Paper Published: Between neighborhood convenience and metropolitan opportunity: Residential narratives on the “15-minute City” lifestyle in Warsaw
A co-authored paper I wrote, linked to my dissertation research on walkability in Warsaw, with my supervisor, was published last month. ‘Between neighborhood convenience and metropolitan opportunity:Continue Reading
Curriculum: City in NATURE
I just learned today via province-level (‘voivodeships’- of which Poland has 16) place marketing that Szczecin, capital of the West Pomeranian Province (Zachodniopomorskie) has a total ofContinue Reading
Interviewed by University of Groningen ‘Human Geography & Planning’ Students
I had a really nice time last month being interviewed about the mission, activities, and story of Pedestrian Space as an NGO yesterday by 3 university studentsContinue Reading
Walpurgis Celebration (2019 vs 2021)
Remember the pandemic? It wasn’t so long ago…. I have found myself, over the past year, increasingly compelled to reflect on experiences of the pandemic and alsoContinue Reading
Toilet Equity in Transit
“Multi- and transdisciplinary research collaborations that integrate diverse disciplinary insights on best practices and barriers of public toilet provision in cities, and the relationship between public health, mobility, commuting,Continue Reading
Connections on Curriculum
I recently got a message from Pruthvi Shah, an urban and architectural designer specializing in climate-resilient public spaces. Originally from India, she is now based in Michigan, where sheContinue Reading
Mobility in Curriculum
This past February was ‘Mobility & Transportation’ month in my ‘English Time’ classrooms at the bilingual Polish-English school where I currently work with grades 1-3. We spentContinue Reading