Healing Cities
The Healing Cities Working Group is a coalition of urban planning and health professionals whose intention is to expand education, share ideas, and bring diverse groups together to Improve the communities we live in.
The Group is sponsored in part by HB Lanarc, with Mark Holland, Joaquin Karakas, and Keltie Craig as key innovators, contributors, and concept developers. Nicole Moen of Animate Community serves as an Integrated Health Consultant and a project leader for the Healing Cities Group. Lindsay Clark focused her Masters capstone research on Healing Cities and works as a holistic sustainability planner.
Links to articles about Healing Cities:
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How the places we live make us sick, and how they could heal us instead
grist.org, November 4, 2010 -
Sustainable places: where the healing can begin
sustainablecitiescollective.com, November 3, 2010 -
Can Cities Help You Forget Your Troubles, C’mon Get Happy?
placeshakers.wordpress.com, October 27, 2010 - Vancouver Embarks on a Healing Cities Project
vector1media.com, October 20, 2010. - Ask More of the Livable city - Ask about the healing city
The Vancouver Sun, October 16, 2010
- Healing Cities
planningpool.com, October 7, 2010