Helsinki beyond dreams
Subtitle: actions towards a creative and sustainable hometown
By: Hella Hernberg (ed.)
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Urban Dream Management
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Helsinki
Language: eng
Number of pages: 189
ISBN-13: 9789529301720
Subjects: City planning; Sustainable urban development; City and town life
Description: "Discover how new social innovations and grass roots Initiatives can make cities more open, green and inspiring. Helsinki beyond dreams explores new perspectives on a city transition. Helsinki Beyond Dreams explores new perspectives on a city transition. The Finnish capital of Helsinki, recently cited as the world's most livable city, is bubbling with new ideas and creative endeavors. The Finnish capital of Helsinki, recently cited as the world's most livable city, is bubbling with new ideas and creative endeavors. Find out how the rediscovery of traditional "everyman's rights" is turning into an enchanting new narrative of community responsibility, participatory planning, urban farms and food carnivals. Find out how the rediscovery of traditional "everyman's rights" is turning into an enchanting new narrative of community responsibility, participatory planning, urban farms and food carnivals. Embedded in inspiring stories by urban activists, thinkers and artists, Helsinki Beyond Dreams presents ideas for better future cities that can be applied anywhere in the world." --Publisher description.
Notes: "Helsinki beyond dreams is part of the program of World Design Capital Helsinki 2012"--Colophon.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 188-189).
Table of contents: title: The city belongs to us : We Love Helsinki and positive civil disobedience  -- Timo Santala; title: Unfinished city : changing landscapes breathe with a new energy  -- Hella Hernberg; title: The battle against apathy : a short history of urban activism in Helsinki  -- Hella Hernberg; title: Hello from the future : imagining the possibilities for a better city  -- Ok Do & Bryan Boyer; title: Helsinki internationals : immigrant perspectives on Helsinki  -- Hella Hernberg; title: Home street home : the story of Punajuuri blockparty  -- Heta Kuchka; title: The city as I want to see it : commenting on the city through urban art  -- Elissa Eriksson; title: Tango around town : Vallilan tango heralds a rebirth for traditional dances  -- Antti Alavuotunki & Ilpo Kiiskinen; title: Tuomas is (still)here : growing up with graffiti  -- Tuomas Siitonen; title: Helsinki through a skateboarder's eye : window shopping for perfect surfing spots  -- Valtteri Väkevä; title: The city of children : children's visions in town planning  -- Hella Hernberg; title: Kalasatama temporary : the new playground for grassroots culture  -- Hella Hernberg; title: A pearl at the end of the orange line : neighborhood democracy and local affection in suburbia  -- Tommi Laitio; title: Independent shops make a comeback : a walk through the rejuvenation of an old workers' district  -- Hella Hernberg; title: Literary interventions : the story of the first museum of the near future  -- Ok Do; title: Opening doors to Helsinki's hidden places : old and new jewels rediscovered via Open House  -- Meri Louekari; title: The quest for bread : reawakening bread culture in Helsinki  -- Katharina Moebus; title: Notes from an urban farmer : greening the city's empty corners  -- Hella Hernberg; title: The day of independent restaurateurs : restaurant day : the DIY food carnival goes global  -- Ida Kukkapuro; title: Is it safe to eat these? : foraging and harvesting public trees and bushes in the city  -- Joel Rosenberg; title: Cooking under the sun : hot dishes from the solar kitchen, if you're lucky  -- Hella Hernberg; title: A tale of two hearts : Will Tallinn and Helsinki merge into a twin city?  -- Bryan Boyer; title: Lessons from the summer cottage : reinventing modest Finnish traditions  -- Hella Hernberg; title: A new horizon : testing manpower in the city and beyond  -- Timo Hyppönen; title: More than money : time banking and alternative economies  -- Hella Hernberg; title: The new life of things : lending is the future  -- Hella Hernberg; title: Helsinki beyond the economy? : can Helsinki take a lead in fostering immaterial values? -- Paavo Järvensivu.