City Repair: Planet Repair: Human Repair. Mark Lakeman on building regenerative cities to heal ourselves and the world.

How can we rebuild our cities to become place of community, connection and coherence? How can we build multi-generational tribes that thrive and support each other in the hearts of our urban areas? Mark Lakeman of the City Repair project explains the changes he has made - and continues to make. Mark Lakeman is the founder of the City Repair Project, as well as the founder and Design Director at communitecture, architecture & planning. Both organizations are Portland, Oregon-based world-changing initiatives that transform social, political, and physical infrastructure in order to embed permanent transformative effects. He has also been lead instructor for the Planet Repair Institute’s Urban Permaculture Design Course for a decade. Mark’s work has been published by El Mundo, Dwell, Architecture Magazine, New Village Journal, Sotokoto, The Utne Reader, Permaculture Activist and many more. With City Repair, in 2003 Mark was awarded the National Lewis Mumford Award, and his collaborative work has been featured at the Global Venice Biennale Exhibition. Additionally, in 2017, Mark’s work in City Repair was awarded “Social Design Circle” global recognition by the Curry Stone Design Prize.Here, he talks to Accidental Gods podcast about his life's extraordinary journey from city architect to city repair - and how the world might look in 2030 if we got it all right. Links: City Repair Project: https://cityrepair.orgBuilding Convergence: https://www.buildingconvergence.com/about/Creative Mornings: https://creativemornings.com/talks/mark-lakemanCommunitecture.net: www.communitecture.netVillage Building Convergence: www.villagebuildingconvergence.comMark Lakeman: www.marklakeman.netPlanet Repair: www.planetrepair.org

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