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Doornbach: seeds we planted years ago bear fruit today!

Doornbach: seeds we planted years ago bear fruit today!

During 2014-2016 I coordinated the pilot project: “Design Strategies for enhancing service delivery in Solid Waste Management in Doornbach”. The project was a collaboration between the City’s Solid Waste Department, the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT), and residents of

Andrea Couvert June 14, 2022June 14, 2022 Activism Read more

Cissie Gool House – past-present-future

Cissie Gool House – past-present-future

Go inside the Cissie Gool House occupation of the old Woodstock Hospital in Cape Town undergoing a codesign process in this short film by Haroon Gunn-Salie. Produced by Human Rights Media Centre for International Coalition of Sites of Conscience. Featuring:

Andrea Couvert October 27, 2021October 27, 2021 Activism Read more

Collective discussion needed for a future Cape Town – Health and wellbeing

Collective discussion needed for a future Cape Town – Health and wellbeing

An open a discussion on the future of Cape Town cannot ignore the theme of healthcare. The consequences of which are not theoretical but practical, and in some cases mortally practical. Antonio Bonaldi, a doctor, public health expert and founder

Andrea Couvert June 24, 2020June 24, 2020 Article Read more

Collective discussion needed for a future Cape Town

Collective discussion needed for a future Cape Town

By Andrea Couvert Photo by SWISS IM&H on Unsplash During lockdown, we are experiencing many mixed chaotic feelings, from anxiety to the joy of seeing that even in crisis situations, people try to give their best and collaborate. I have

Andrea Couvert May 15, 2020July 3, 2020 Article Read more

Festival of Commons
7 – 8 March 2O2O

Festival of Commons <br/> 7 – 8 March 2O2O
Andrea Couvert March 9, 2020May 30, 2020 Activism Read more

Cape Town, towards a new By-Law on collaboration between citizens and the City

Cape Town, towards a new By-Law on collaboration between citizens and the City

By Andrea Couvert This article was originally publish by LABSUS Cape Town, 17 August 2017: eight civic organisations, including Woodstock Residents’ Association, of which I am a member, met to discuss if and how to prepare a proposal for a

Andrea Couvert January 19, 2020May 28, 2020 Article Read more

Cissie Gool House Commons Festival

Cissie Gool House Commons Festival

The organization of the festival took place within the Monitors group Training activity that is supported by the Woodstock Resident Association and from the Heinrich Böll Foundation – Cape Town office. The Monitoring group was recently established within the occupation.

Andrea Couvert December 17, 2019May 30, 2020 Activism Read more

Co-design workshop – Kids as seeds of change

Co-design workshop – Kids as seeds of change

“Kids as seeds of change” is a series of initiatives supporting the establishment of a Reggio Emilia inspired Early Childhood Education Centre in Samora Machel (Philippi), and is part of the Open Design Afrika festival. One of the initiatives will

Andrea Couvert October 26, 2019May 29, 2020 Activism Read more

Open Design – Cape Town as a Democratic Common

Open Design – Cape Town as a Democratic Common

We believe it important to recognize the City as a Commons. The principal function of the City is to be the common house of the people who live there, the place where social life is built, where the varying needs

Andrea Couvert October 19, 2019May 30, 2020 Activism Read more

Civic Action for Public Participation – Timeline

Civic Action for Public Participation – Timeline

17 August 2017
First meeting, eight Civic Associations in Cape Town met to explore the possibility of a 
Civic-led By-law on participation
Observatory Community Centre

 9 September 2017
Co-design workshop attended by 20 participants from 10 civic structures brainstormed broad principles for a

Andrea Couvert October 18, 2019May 29, 2020 Activism Read more
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