Green Light Project Shines On (& Catches Mayor’s Attention)
Visited with Ronell, Avril, and Miriam at Ronell’s house and learned that the Green Light Project is still going strong. The Green Light Project was begun by community members working with a WPI student team in 2011, one of the CTPC’s most open-ended projects, as the basic starting point was, […]
Flamingo Crescent Rising
Backstory: We worked in Flamingo Crescent in 2013, students supporting the community leadership group of Elizabeth, Markie, Ulrike and Auntie Marie and ISN and CORC in advancing plans for reblocking and other community improvements. Returned to Flamingo on Friday with Sizwe (CORC) to find the place a beehive […]
How cold is it (in Cape Town in winter)?
Cold. All night chilled, too cold to shiver cold. Seeping in whether in damp or wet or still night air. Still night. July, June before and August after. The averages (highs and lows) and the sunny days that can stretch for a week warming concrete and people through their still-on […]
Welcome — First Post
OK — as promised (threatened?) to students, colleagues and myself, I’m going to try to create a CTPC blog that will accomplish a number of goals: Help me develop a writing practice for thinking through and sharing with others in “closer to real time” ideas that emerge from the incredible […]