Kevin Van Lierop
GOOD
London, ON, Canada
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Create a Map of Your City. Don't Make it Boring
I'm giving you all the task of creating a map of your city. Why? Because *everyone* loves maps. The catch? **It can't be boring.** While it needn't be *as* elaborate as this Zelda-inspired map of my home town (London, Canada) it should be fun. Map something like all of the trampoline... → Read More
Why Detroit is the New Brooklyn
Detroit is going to be the next "Brooklyn." Perhaps not all of Detroit. But certainly a portion of the city has the potential to become as rich and thriving as New York's trendiest borough. → Read More
Explore The Urban Jungle
Have you ever wondered what your city or neighbourhood would look like if we lives in a post-apocalyptic world? Have you ever wanted to be like Indiana Jones and go exploring? With this handy tool you can now do and imagine both. But remember, watch out for the snakes. → Read More
What Would You Do If You Weren't Afraid?
... fly a kite, use comic sans, hack the planet, sucker punch the bad guy. WWYDIYWA? → Read More
Awesome Member of the Week: Kevin Van Lierop, A Local and Global Citizen
GOOD is featuring interviews of devoted members each week on good.is. Kevin Van Lierop is a civic hacker and social entrepreneur. The last time I did good I have a hard time taking credit for the good things I do. Like many in the good.is community, I’m probably too humble and... → Read More
How cities can use smart technology and social media for improvement
Cities are playing with the idea of involving their citizens in the building and planning process, using sensors that expose and manage data to help improve services and save money. The culture of being always-on, carrying a smartphone wherever we go, makes real-time reporting and telling stories... → Read More
How Can Urban Interventions Improve Everyday Life in the City?
Geodes sculptures, installed in the city’s remaining architectural gaps and interstices, experience chance encounters with city dwellers, according to a basic street art premise. Introducing slivers or symbolic nature to the city, but also highlights residual, and often undiscovered, urban scope ... → Read More
Create an intervention that will make your city a better place.
What if hundreds of people united, each putting in place the changes they wish to see in their city, all on the same day? These acts, or interventions, have the potential to raise awareness of urban and social issues, inspire ideas, and motivate leaders to consider new approaches to old problems. → Read More
Plan Your Project More Effectively
Still communicating with your constituents the old fashioned way? Put timely, engaging information about your projects online in a matter of minutes. → Read More
Redefining the Public House
Taverns, cafes, and pharmacies were once the places where people gathered not only to socialize but to create social change, in their personal lives, communities and cities. Some people think we no longer get together to build stronger communities and catalyze change. What if we could use... → Read More
When companies turn into city planners
As we try to live with and combat both suburban and industrial sprawl, how can we re-visit more traditional planning when looking to the future? What role can companies play when it comes to planning better cities and how can we work with them as they build their own future to help us collecti... → Read More
Explore New York, New York from your living room.
Whether you appreciate photography or not, *Everybody Street* is a great way to explore New York City from the comfort of your own home. Seeing the city, its people and places though the eyes of a photographer will help you to develop a new perspective on how to view the city in which you liv... → Read More