With the growing season upon us, the garden team needed to get the walled garden ready to plant. The polytunnel walls were recently refurbished by Havering Parks and made a perfect, protected space for garden seedlings to grow. Unfortunately, the area within the tunnels had been overrun with chest-high weeds […] more »
Basic Digital Skills Workshop
Small Works Victoria is working in collaboration with Net Worx, a Peabody-led project which enables residents of Peabody estates to become Digital Champions and tackle the monster challenges that many face in the fast-paced virtual world of computers and the internet. Net Worx is free of charge and strives to […] more »
Jumble Sale
After a freezing weekend, Monday came around quicker than usual and the realisation of organising a Jumble Sale set in. The big question looming over us all was would anyone attend? Would it be jumbled with enough clobber? And what if anything had been forgotten? The ingredients for the jumble […] more »
Tottenham residents show their creativity at Our Alleys Labs
We’re thrilled to report that CLEAR VILLAGE has just come off an incredibly successful series of Labs at the old Lloyds Pharmacy space on Tottenham High Rd. Now we’re sitting back and reflecting – along with our local community partners the Friends of Down Lane Park – on all the […] more »
Sparking up the discussion in community action
This week’s Coffee Afternoons Monday motto was “power to the people” and was hosted by SW1 Community Organiser, Chi Usanga. She led a discussion and listening exercises with the residents, aiming to encourage people to challenge themselves or in failing that challenge their competitive streak with a friendly game of […] more »
CLEAR VILLAGE to redesign alleys with Tottenham community
We are very excited to announce that Design Council/CABE and the Friends of Down Lane Park have selected CLEAR VILLAGE as the design partner for the Alley Links project in Tottenham, northeast London. Alley Links is part of the Design Your Neighbourhood programme that matches community groups with local design […] more »
Exploring Pop-up Urbanism Frontiers in Helsinki
POP-UP URBANISM FRONTIERS will take place at the Old Customs Warehouse (Tulli-ja pakkahuone), the hub of Helsinki Design Week, from 1:30 pm – 4:30 pm on Friday 14th September 2012. “In the World Design Capital year, Finland is buzzing with projects that reflect a new mega trend in urban regeneration that […] more »
2012 Welcome Note – by Thomas Ermacora
CLEAR VILLAGE founder and strategy director Thomas Ermacora gives his vision on CLEAR VILLAGE in 2012. “CLEAR VILLAGE is growing more and more roots in England and abroad. Our projects in Atina, Havering, Kiel and Helsingborg have generated interest from locals and municipalities to the point where we believe in […] more »
The Walled Garden featured in the Ecologist
Freelance journalist, researcher and editor Laura Sevier has written an insightful article in The Ecologist about The Walled Kitchen Garden. The open-aired Lab took place in Bedford’s Park, near Romford (Essex, UK), and aimed to restore a neglected, walled kitchen garden for the community’s Food Growing. Clear Village provided staged actions and design advice that […] more »