Take a street and build a community: Shani Graham at TEDxPerth
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- Опубліковано 26 січ 2014
- How well do you know your neighbours? Suburban life is often isolating and rarely a true community experience. This is not the case in Hulbert Street.
Shani Graham helped lead a sustainable-living revolution that ultimately resulted in strong neighbourly relationships, the fences pulled down and the establishment of a street festival. In this talk, she explains how it happened.
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In a post COVID-19 world, the need for these approaches within community are even more important, thank you for your inspiring talk.
I am so inspired by your talk! I want to try this on my street. Everyone is so disconnected and it is very depressing. You have so many good ideas, I feel like I have opened up a box of treasures. Thank you so much for sharing. I just love you!
I love this so much. I get frustrated by people who want to move to a place where neighbors are all in agreement or all like them, they never think about changing the place they currently live in. That's the real work. That's real change.
I just shared this video with my Japanese students for our unit on community-building. Thanks for sharing your story Shani!
Thanks for the living example of a way forward.
"Every city is concerned about health, children, safety, the land, the local economy and those on the margins. Government policies and social services are at their limits. The next wave of impact will come from citizens connected to their neighbors engaged in bringing their gifts and humanity to each other. This social capital is what keeps us healthy, what raises our children, holds us safe and keeps dollars circulating locally. Every health care worker, educator, police chief and economist that is paying attention knows this is true. That is why citizen engagement is on all their agendas." Peter Block
Great talk. I'm interested in mental health and believe communities like the one you created help to sustain good mental health. Great effort :)
Thank you Shani for the inspiration. We've just launched a community association on a council estate in the UK in South London - we're a very different community to yours on the face of it, but I think once we get going the differences won't be so obvious.
You made me laugh and cry. May your open invitation to us all help the Hulbert model spread.
This was one of my favorite Ted talks. It was hopeful and gave actionable ideas. Have a street party, sign people up for a meeting, brainstorm then make stuff happen. Great! Now I have a second obsession.
Thank you, Shani! I would like to come visit Hulbert Street soon. In the meantime, I share your talk. The pictures make the stories come to life! Great way to build a community.
Good for you Shani and the folk at Hulbert St. Inspiring!
This is fantastic! Thank you. I own David Holmgren's book Retrosuburbia that contains the "Aussie Street" parable and I love it but I think I might enjoy your version most. Thank you for sharing it!
We had a community meeting last night in Area E, ( Elphinstone ) concerning potential traffic overload on Pratt road because of the future development on Gospel Rock in Gibson. During the discussions, your name and this UA-cam video was mentioned. I enjoyed your presentation very much. Greetings from a 43 year resident of Gibsons, on the beautiful Sunshine Coast. Thank you
This is inspiring and heartwarming, thank you!!
And this got only 63,967 views when it is posted in 2014 makes me sad. Come on people share it like it and comment and spread this awesome video.
Shani is incredible!!
I love this talk!
Me too!
Superb delivery Shani, and brillinat challenge to permission.
I just shared this with my classmates. so amazing.
Love your talk Shani. Inspiring x
A great reminder of your achievements that brought tears of joy to me once again :) well done on all accounts, Adele x
This is amazing!!! So inspiring! Thank you! ☺️☺️☺️
cried my eyes out
LOVE THIS.
Brilliant Shani! Inspiring stuff to improve the human condition
Thank you!
What resources (books in particular) would you recommend for replicating this concept?
Please and thank you.
fabulous
Would love to hear/read from people who were inspired by this talk and made a change where they live, to build up community.
I have a T-shirt that says: 'Soundsystem for hire. For streetparties and festivals'
This is a great video, but I wonder how many people from Perth, western Australia have actually viewed it. Community online is good for some things such as learning, but it is not like a real community that is local and involves local people. The Internet is great as a learning tool, but is destroying local communities.
lol ok
peak oil...post oil future...ride your bike to the BLM riot...sounds like a perfect life
Peak oil has still has not happened, just like climate change.
“Climate change isn’t happening” says the guy who subscribes to Rudy Giuliani’s Channel. What a joke of a human being Lol and a straight up grifter and liar