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The current covid-19 crisis has exposed severe inequities in European urban areas while showing the fragility of an unsustainable growth-oriented economic system. In this page, the [https://wiki.urban-arena.eu/index.php?title=UrbanA_Community_of_Practice UrbanA's Community of Practice] has collected resources which intersect the covid-19 crisis with issues of justice, sustainability and urbanizations.   
The current covid-19 crisis has exposed severe inequities in European urban areas while showing the fragility of an unsustainable growth-oriented economic system. In this page, the [https://wiki.urban-arena.eu/index.php?title=UrbanA_Community_of_Practice UrbanA's Community of Practice] has collected resources which intersect the covid-19 crisis with issues of justice, sustainability and urbanizations.   


But from the darkness, we are seeing the best of the human spirit. We are seeing an explosion of community responses, at all levels. People are connecting, supporting each other, developing practical solidarity solutions to best respond to the crisis. From the very low-tek to super hi-tek, hanging a door off a lamp post in New Zealand as a community noticeboard, to hackers in maker spaces designing and building medical apparatus.  
But from the darkness, we are seeing the best of the human spirit. We are seeing an explosion of community responses, at all levels. People are connecting, supporting each other, developing practical solidarity solutions to best respond to the crisis. From the very low-tech to super hi-tech, hanging a door off a lamp post in New Zealand as a community noticeboard to hackers in maker spaces designing and building medical apparatus.  


This page is part of an ongoing, open-ended online collaborative database, which collects relevant approaches that can be used by city-makers to tackle unsustainability and injustice in cities. This page makes no claims of authoritative completeness and welcomes your suggestions.  
This page is part of an ongoing, open-ended online collaborative database, which collects relevant approaches that can be used by city-makers to tackle unsustainability and injustice in cities. This page makes no claims of authoritative completeness and welcomes your suggestions.  


== Summary ==
== Summary ==
The Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by a new virus. The disease causes respiratory illness (like the flu) with symptoms such as a cough, fever, and in more severe cases, difficulty breathing. The outbreak was first identified in Wuhan, Hubei, China, in December 2019, and was recognized as a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) on 11 March 2020.<ref>WHO Director-General's opening remarks at the media briefing on COVID-19 – 11 March 2020". World Health Organization. 11 March 2020. https://www.who.int/dg/speeches/detail/who-director-general-s-opening-remarks-at-the-media-briefing-on-covid-19---11-march-2020</ref> Since February 2020 the problem worsened in Europe and on March 13th the WHO declared Europe the new epicentre of the pandemic.<ref>Europe 'now epicentre of coronavirus pandemic'. BBC News. 13 March 2020. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-51876784</ref> Quickly states of emergency were declared and European cities, regions and countries began to go into lockdown. Especially hit was firstly Italy<ref>What towns in Italy are on lockdown because of coronavirus? Metro, 25 February 2020. https://metro.co.uk/2020/02/25/towns-italy-lockdown-coronavirus-12298246/</ref>, where its death toll was likened to a war,<ref>'This is like a war': view from Italy's coronavirus frontline. The Guardian, 17 Mar 2020. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/17/this-is-like-a-war-view-from-italys-coronavirus-frontline</ref> then Spain, <ref>Coronavirus: Spain declares state of emergency. Irish Times. March 14, 2020. https://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/europe/coronavirus-spain-declares-state-of-emergency-1.4203428</ref> where 514 people died on a single day from the virus.<ref>Coronavirus death toll in Spain overtakes China. The Guardian, 25 Mar 2020. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/25/coronavirus-death-toll-in-spain-overtakes-china-as-lockdowns-extend-across-globe</ref> Daily statistics of confirmed Cases and Deaths by Country, Territory, or Conveyance are available on Worldometer.<ref>Worldometer: Confirmed Cases and Deaths by Country, Territory, or Conveyance of the Coronavirus https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/#countries</ref> As the situation worsens, more communities are beginning to beginning to self organise, support each other, understand what can be done to alleviate the impact of the virus, thereby "flattening the curve"<ref>Covid-19 outbreak: what do health experts mean by 'flattening the curve'? The Guardian. 10 Mar 2020. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/10/covid-19-coronavirus-flattening-the-curve</ref>, so as emergency services are not pushed beyond their capacity and can best respond to those that need assistance. Arising from this new reality, [https://wiki.urban-arena.eu/index.php?title=Main_Page UrbanA] partners began to identify helpful resources to assist themselves and their wider [https://wiki.urban-arena.eu/index.php?title=UrbanA_Community_of_Practice UrbanA's Community of Practice]. Many solutions were identified in responses to George Monbiot<ref>Monbiot, George. Covid-19 is nature's wake-up call to complacent civilisation.  Wed 25 Mar 2020 https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/mar/25/covid-19-is-natures-wake-up-call-to-complacent-civilisation</ref>'s tweet<ref>George Monbiot: I'm looking for the best examples of citizens' initiatives on the Covid19 crisis https://twitter.com/GeorgeMonbiot/status/1243074115763875840</ref> from March 26th:
The Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by a new virus. The disease causes respiratory illness (like the flu) with symptoms such as a cough, fever, and in more severe cases, difficulty breathing. The outbreak was first identified in Wuhan, Hubei, China, in December 2019, and was recognized as a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) on 11 March 2020.<ref>WHO Director-General's opening remarks at the media briefing on COVID-19 – 11 March 2020". World Health Organization. 11 March 2020. https://www.who.int/dg/speeches/detail/who-director-general-s-opening-remarks-at-the-media-briefing-on-covid-19---11-march-2020</ref> Since February 2020 the problem worsened in Europe and on March 13th the WHO declared Europe the new epicentre of the pandemic.<ref>Europe 'now epicentre of coronavirus pandemic'. BBC News. 13 March 2020. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-51876784</ref> Quickly states of emergency were declared and European cities, regions and countries began to go into lockdown. Especially hit was firstly Italy<ref>What towns in Italy are on lockdown because of coronavirus? Metro, 25 February 2020. https://metro.co.uk/2020/02/25/towns-italy-lockdown-coronavirus-12298246/</ref>, where its death toll was likened to a war,<ref>'This is like a war': view from Italy's coronavirus frontline. The Guardian, 17 Mar 2020. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/17/this-is-like-a-war-view-from-italys-coronavirus-frontline</ref> then Spain, <ref>Coronavirus: Spain declares state of emergency. Irish Times. March 14, 2020. https://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/europe/coronavirus-spain-declares-state-of-emergency-1.4203428</ref> where 514 people died on a single day from the virus.<ref>Coronavirus death toll in Spain overtakes China. The Guardian, 25 Mar 2020. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/25/coronavirus-death-toll-in-spain-overtakes-china-as-lockdowns-extend-across-globe</ref> Daily statistics of confirmed Cases and Deaths by Country, Territory, or Conveyance are available on Worldometer.<ref>Worldometer: Confirmed Cases and Deaths by Country, Territory, or Conveyance of the Coronavirus https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/#countries</ref> As the situation worsens, more communities are beginning to self organise, support each other, understand what can be done to alleviate the impact of the virus, thereby "flattening the curve"<ref>Covid-19 outbreak: what do health experts mean by 'flattening the curve'? The Guardian. 10 Mar 2020. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/10/covid-19-coronavirus-flattening-the-curve</ref>, so as emergency services are not pushed beyond their capacity and can best respond to those that need assistance. Arising from this new reality, [https://wiki.urban-arena.eu/index.php?title=Main_Page UrbanA] partners began to identify helpful resources to assist themselves and their wider [https://wiki.urban-arena.eu/index.php?title=UrbanA_Community_of_Practice UrbanA's Community of Practice]. Many solutions were identified in responses to George Monbiot<ref>Monbiot, George. Covid-19 is nature's wake-up call to complacent civilisation.  Wed 25 Mar 2020 https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/mar/25/covid-19-is-natures-wake-up-call-to-complacent-civilisation</ref>'s tweet<ref>George Monbiot: I'm looking for the best examples of citizens' initiatives on the Covid19 crisis https://twitter.com/GeorgeMonbiot/status/1243074115763875840</ref> from March 26th:
  Advice please.
  Advice please.
  I'm looking for the best examples of citizens' initiatives on the Covid19 crisis, pre-empting government action, from around the world.  
  I'm looking for the best examples of citizens' initiatives on the Covid19 crisis, pre-empting government action, from around the world.  
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Many of the solutions are crowdsourced and rely on citizen participation to quickly grow. Without any prior experience, people can assist at whatever level they feel is appropriate. The Coronavirus Tech Handbook group are seeking translators.<ref>Coronavirus Tech Handbook - translation https://coronavirustechhandbook.com/translation</ref>
Many of the solutions are crowdsourced and rely on citizen participation to quickly grow. Without any prior experience, people can assist at whatever level they feel is appropriate. The Coronavirus Tech Handbook group are seeking translators.<ref>Coronavirus Tech Handbook - translation https://coronavirustechhandbook.com/translation</ref>


== Coping with the crisis ==
== Coping with the Crisis ==
=== COVID-19 Live updates ===
=== COVID-19 Live updates ===
* European cities respond to the coronavirus crisis / [https://covidnews.eurocities.eu/ EUROCITIES]
* European cities respond to the coronavirus crisis / [https://covidnews.eurocities.eu/ EUROCITIES]
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The UK Extinction Rebellion (XR) community<ref>Extinction Rebellion UK https://rebellion.earth/</ref> have been evolving and developing resources and tools to help navigate the climate and ecological emergency which are of deep relevance as we face this planetary health crisis. The handbook has been created to offer communities support in building resilience to the crises, staying connected with each other.
The UK Extinction Rebellion (XR) community<ref>Extinction Rebellion UK https://rebellion.earth/</ref> have been evolving and developing resources and tools to help navigate the climate and ecological emergency which are of deep relevance as we face this planetary health crisis. The handbook has been created to offer communities support in building resilience to the crises, staying connected with each other.


=== Coping advice ===
=== Coping Advice ===
* How to Protect Yourself and Prepare for the Coronavirus / [https://www.nytimes.com/article/prepare-for-coronavirus.html New York Times]
* Feeling overwhelmed? Top tips for staying positive online during the coronavirus crisis / [https://edition.cnn.com/2020/03/19/world/coronavirus-stay-positive-online-scli-intl-wellness/index.html CNN]
 
==== Advice for Academics ====
* Twitter thread for Academic peeps  / [https://twitter.com/ProfAishaAhmad/status/1240284544667996163 Dr Aisha Ahmad]
* Twitter thread for Academic peeps  / [https://twitter.com/ProfAishaAhmad/status/1240284544667996163 Dr Aisha Ahmad]
# Play the long game. Your peers who are trying to work as normal right now are going to burn out fast. They're doomed. Make a plan with a longer vision.
# Play the long game. Your peers who are trying to work as normal right now are going to burn out fast. They're doomed. Make a plan with a longer vision.
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# This phenomenon should change how we understand the world. So let this distract you from your work. Because the world is supposed to be our work. May this crisis dismantle all our faulty assumptions and force us into new terrain.  
# This phenomenon should change how we understand the world. So let this distract you from your work. Because the world is supposed to be our work. May this crisis dismantle all our faulty assumptions and force us into new terrain.  
# And finally, we can check on our neighbours, reach out to isolated people, and volunteer or donate as we can. Because at the end of the day, our papers can wait.
# And finally, we can check on our neighbours, reach out to isolated people, and volunteer or donate as we can. Because at the end of the day, our papers can wait.
* How to Protect Yourself and Prepare for the Coronavirus / [https://www.nytimes.com/article/prepare-for-coronavirus.html New York Times]
 
* Feeling overwhelmed? Top tips for staying positive online during the coronavirus crisis / [https://edition.cnn.com/2020/03/19/world/coronavirus-stay-positive-online-scli-intl-wellness/index.html CNN]
* Academia in the Time of Covid-19: Our Chance to Develop an Ethics of Care / [http://www.bcnuej.org/2020/03/31/academia-in-the-time-of-covid-19-our-chance-to-develop-an-ethics-of-care/ Barcelona Lab for Urban Environmental Justice and Sustainability (BCN.UEJ)]
* Global Manifesto on Academic Praxis during and after Covid-19 / [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QXGxjVMzBBfCvdG2WoeqDwg-rCcJsEFN_Rxs373a5KA/edit?pli=1 Barcelona Lab for Urban Environmental Justice and Sustainability (BCN.UEJ)] [https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6650675170522525696 via UrbanA Community of Practice]
* Social Research for a COVID and Post-COVID World: An Initial Agenda / [https://medium.com/@deborahalupton/social-research-for-a-covid-and-post-covid-world-an-initial-agenda-796868f1fb0e Deborah Lupton, MEDIUM]
* "A few recommendations for the moment, a Coronavirus Care Package, as it were", from SocMedAnthro's Anthropology of Mental Health Interest Group / [http://amhig.medanthro.net/amhig-coronavirus-statement-this-is-not-fine-its-ok-if-youre-not-fine/ This is *Not Fine. It’s OK If You’re *Not Fine] [https://twitter.com/culanth/status/1243635654132666373 Tweet]
* "A few recommendations for the moment, a Coronavirus Care Package, as it were", from SocMedAnthro's Anthropology of Mental Health Interest Group / [http://amhig.medanthro.net/amhig-coronavirus-statement-this-is-not-fine-its-ok-if-youre-not-fine/ This is *Not Fine. It’s OK If You’re *Not Fine] [https://twitter.com/culanth/status/1243635654132666373 Tweet]


== Community responses ==
== Community Responses ==
* Resources for civil society in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic<ref>Resources for civil society in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. CIVICUS https://www.civicus.org/index.php/media-resources/news/blog/4345-resources-for-civil-society-in-the-midst-of-the-covid-19-pandemic</ref>. From CIVICUS, a global alliance of civil society organisations and activists dedicated to strengthening citizen action and civil society throughout the world.
* Resources for civil society in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic<ref>Resources for civil society in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. CIVICUS https://www.civicus.org/index.php/media-resources/news/blog/4345-resources-for-civil-society-in-the-midst-of-the-covid-19-pandemic</ref>. From CIVICUS, a global alliance of civil society organisations and activists dedicated to strengthening citizen action and civil society throughout the world.
  Defending civil society, democratic rights, and our fundamental freedoms can be challenging, let alone having to do it while under “lockdown” practicing social distancing in the midst of a global health crisis spreading rapidly across the world. In times like these, solidarity and social compassion play the most important role. To help connect and inform the alliance and civil society during this time, we will be collecting information, resources, and support to share.
  Defending civil society, democratic rights, and our fundamental freedoms can be challenging, let alone having to do it while under “lockdown” practicing social distancing in the midst of a global health crisis spreading rapidly across the world. In times like these, solidarity and social compassion play the most important role. To help connect and inform the alliance and civil society during this time, we will be collecting information, resources, and support to share.
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* Solidarity in times of corona in Belgium. VUB uses questionnaire to map how citizens are helping each other / [https://press.vub.ac.be/solidarity-in-times-of-corona-in-belgium# Vrije Universiteit Brussel]
* Solidarity in times of corona in Belgium. VUB uses questionnaire to map how citizens are helping each other / [https://press.vub.ac.be/solidarity-in-times-of-corona-in-belgium# Vrije Universiteit Brussel]


=== Databases and lists ===
=== Databases and Lists ===
* COVID-19 UK Mutual Aid groups: list / [https://freedomnews.org.uk/covid-19-uk-mutual-aid-groups-a-list/ Freedom News]
* COVID-19 UK Mutual Aid groups: list / [https://freedomnews.org.uk/covid-19-uk-mutual-aid-groups-a-list/ Freedom News]
* Directory of wonderful country initiatives in and around Dublin (Ireland) / [https://dublininquirer.com/projects/neighbours/ Dublin Inquirer]
* Directory of wonderful country initiatives in and around Dublin (Ireland) / [https://dublininquirer.com/projects/neighbours/ Dublin Inquirer]
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* SEADS Database of COVID-19 Technologies. Directory to identify existing tech projects, best #DIY designs and technology innovations during the #COVID19 pandemic. Manuals to make personal protective equipment (PPE) / [https://seads.network/covid19-tech SEADS COVID-19 Database]
* SEADS Database of COVID-19 Technologies. Directory to identify existing tech projects, best #DIY designs and technology innovations during the #COVID19 pandemic. Manuals to make personal protective equipment (PPE) / [https://seads.network/covid19-tech SEADS COVID-19 Database]
* Give Back (Ireland) - Directory of free products / services available during COVID-19 / [https://covid19.shanehastings.eu/giveback/ Give Back]
* Give Back (Ireland) - Directory of free products / services available during COVID-19 / [https://covid19.shanehastings.eu/giveback/ Give Back]
* Dutch online platform to connect people who can help with people in need / [https://gewoonmensendiemensenwillenhelpen.nl/ Gewoon Mensen]
* Coronavirus Third Sector Information Hub (Scotland) / [https://scvo.org/support/coronavirus/ The Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO)]
* Community responses to COVID-19 - resources (Scotland) / [Communities Channel Scotland http://www.communityscot.org.uk/news/article/covid-19-and-communities/]
* Foundation for Intentional Community - COVID-19 Resources  / [https://www.ic.org/covid-19-resources/ Foundation for Intentional Community (FIC)]
* Viral Solidarity. Open and collaborative wiki to map, connect and organize information channels, solidarity initiatives, innovation and social cooperation from local to global in response to the pandemic / [https://viralsolidarity.org/doku.php?id=wiki:for_english_speakers Viral Solidarity] [https://twitter.com/commonspolis/status/1245745903874572294 Tweet]


=== Community communications ===
=== Community Communications ===
* (Waipu, New Zealnad) Door stuck to a street sign where people can post messages of support, or request help or offer help / [https://twitter.com/SwitcherNZ/status/1243077012102606848 Rory (SwitcherNZ) on Twitter]
* (Waipu, New Zealnad) Door stuck to a street sign where people can post messages of support, or request help or offer help / [https://twitter.com/SwitcherNZ/status/1243077012102606848 Rory (SwitcherNZ) on Twitter]
* Ticks and crosses: Village’s novel way of tackling Covid-19 (Ballachulish, Highlands, Scotland, UK) / [https://news.stv.tv/feature/ticks-and-crosses-villages-novel-way-of-tackling-covid-19?top STV Scottish News]
* Ticks and crosses: Village’s novel way of tackling Covid-19 (Ballachulish, Highlands, Scotland, UK) / [https://news.stv.tv/feature/ticks-and-crosses-villages-novel-way-of-tackling-covid-19?top STV Scottish News]
* The Ilfracombe town crier, North Devon, UK / [https://vimeo.com/401595446 Ilfracombe town crier]


=== Deliveries ===
=== Deliveries ===
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* Localsupport.ie: Irish community volunteers ready to safely deliver food/meds to those in isolation / [https://localsupport.ie/ Local Support]
* Localsupport.ie: Irish community volunteers ready to safely deliver food/meds to those in isolation / [https://localsupport.ie/ Local Support]


=== Feeding ourselves ===
=== Feeding Ourselves ===
* Neighbours group purchasing (Bath, UK). Reaching out to local producers and organising weekly bulk orders for 50+ homes to minimise essential travel / [https://twitter.com/awjre/status/1242954988315344901 Adam Reynolds on Twitter]:
* Neighbours group purchasing (Bath, UK). Reaching out to local producers and organising weekly bulk orders for 50+ homes to minimise essential travel / [https://twitter.com/awjre/status/1242954988315344901 Adam Reynolds on Twitter]:
# Get neighbours on WhatsApp.  
# Get neighbours on WhatsApp.  
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# Order & distribute.
# Order & distribute.
* Feed the Heroes (Ireland). Raising money and sourcing suppliers to send food to the hardworking teams in the HSE (national health system) and hospitals around Ireland / [https://feedtheheroes.wordpress.com/ Feed The Heroes]
* Feed the Heroes (Ireland). Raising money and sourcing suppliers to send food to the hardworking teams in the HSE (national health system) and hospitals around Ireland / [https://feedtheheroes.wordpress.com/ Feed The Heroes]
* Open Food Network (OFN): Open source, not-for-profit, online platform, which allows food producers to sell directly through a virtual farmers market / [https://www.openfoodnetwork.org/ Open Food Network]
* Helpful Neighbours (Australia) Whether it’s picking up groceries, a friend needing a place to self isolate, or even a phone call / [https://www.helpfulneighbours.com.au/ Helpful Neighbours]
* Food Supply Anxiety Brings Back Victory Gardens / [https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/25/dining/victory-gardens-coronavirus.html New York Times]
* Co-op Gardens Commission - 2020 COVID19 Response / [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeHI-iao5LZBYlR1Ow280_tihjOBHXdAtG_L6sbi7mYaJX3aw/viewform Cooperative Garden Commissions]


=== Educating ===
=== Educating ===
* Teachers everywhere are doing things to support vulnerable children and families / [https://teachforall.org/news/keeping-communities-safe-and-learning Teach For All]
* Teachers everywhere are doing things to support vulnerable children and families / [https://teachforall.org/news/keeping-communities-safe-and-learning Teach For All]


=== Staying at home with kids and family ===
=== Staying at home with Kids and Family ===
* The 10 best family board games to play during coronavirus lockdown / [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/family/life/best-classic-board-games-play-family-cluedo-monopoly-coronavirus/ The Telegraph]  
* The 10 best family board games to play during coronavirus lockdown / [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/family/life/best-classic-board-games-play-family-cluedo-monopoly-coronavirus/ The Telegraph]  
* 7 top platforms to keep the kids occupied while you work from home / [https://hubbublabs.com/startup-academy/covid19-work-from-home-kids/ hubbublabs]
* 7 top platforms to keep the kids occupied while you work from home / [https://hubbublabs.com/startup-academy/covid19-work-from-home-kids/ hubbublabs]
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* Hundred thousand getting together for a virtual pub quiz on Facebook live / [https://www.facebook.com/events/649536262488918 Virtual Pub Quiz]  
* Hundred thousand getting together for a virtual pub quiz on Facebook live / [https://www.facebook.com/events/649536262488918 Virtual Pub Quiz]  
* Postponed Saint Patricks day in Ireland parade led to the brilliant #RTEVirtualParade home parades / [https://twitter.com/hashtag/RTEVirtualParade?src=hashtag_click Videos on twitter]
* Postponed Saint Patricks day in Ireland parade led to the brilliant #RTEVirtualParade home parades / [https://twitter.com/hashtag/RTEVirtualParade?src=hashtag_click Videos on twitter]
* John Creedon's #HooleyInTheKitchen - Irish radio: Another tough day on the planet, but you're invited to lift your spirits with the [https://twitter.com/hashtag/HooleyInTheKitchen?src=hashtag_click&f=live #HooleyInTheKitchen] / [https://twitter.com/johncreedon John Creedon Twitter]


=== Campaigns ===
=== Campaigns ===
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* Citizens Advice (UK) proposed a “crisis minimum income” of at least £180 a week so everyone has enough money “to protect their own health and the health of others” / [https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/ Citizens Advice]
* Citizens Advice (UK) proposed a “crisis minimum income” of at least £180 a week so everyone has enough money “to protect their own health and the health of others” / [https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/ Citizens Advice]
* Suspend Rents and relocate people evicted and / or those sleeping in the street (Portugal) #SuspenderAsRendas / [https://www.change.org/p/pela-suspens%C3%A3o-das-rendas-e-realojamento-das-pessoas-despejadas-e-ou-a-dormir-na-rua?signed=true Petition] [https://twitter.com/ColectivoHabita/status/1239189348358250496 Tweet]
* Suspend Rents and relocate people evicted and / or those sleeping in the street (Portugal) #SuspenderAsRendas / [https://www.change.org/p/pela-suspens%C3%A3o-das-rendas-e-realojamento-das-pessoas-despejadas-e-ou-a-dormir-na-rua?signed=true Petition] [https://twitter.com/ColectivoHabita/status/1239189348358250496 Tweet]
* Stop Evictions - The Netherlands [https://bit.ly/woonpetitie Petition]
* Stop Evictions - The Netherlands / [https://bit.ly/woonpetitie Petition]
* Uplift petition for a Universal Basic Income (Ireland) [https://my.uplift.ie/petitions/emergency-call-for-universal-basic-income Uplift]
* Uplift petition for a Universal Basic Income (Ireland) / [https://my.uplift.ie/petitions/emergency-call-for-universal-basic-income Uplift]


== Tek solutions ==
== Tech Solutions ==
=== Online events ===
=== Communicating online / remotely / blended arenas ===
A major consequence of the virus is that while people are under self isolation, groups are having to use online communication tools for conferences, music festivals, family calls, quizzes, choral singing...  For many, this is experimental territory, much learning by praxis. Urban Future identify various online tools<ref>Urban-Future: Our favourite online communication tools. 23. March 2020. http://www.urban-future.org/2020/03/23/our-favourite-online-communication-tools</ref>, ECOLISE's Nenad explains the details of "Blended Arenas"<ref>Maljković, Nenad. ECOLISE Remote-ready. For a blended event, BYOD. Nov 12, 2019. https://medium.com/urban-arenas-for-sustainable-and-just-cities/for-a-blended-event-byod-b71afa91eb5</ref> (which is a core of the [https://wiki.urban-arena.eu/index.php?title=Main_Page UrbanA] process) and DRIFT<ref>DRIFT (The Dutch Research Institute For Transitions): The art of connecting online: 7 social innovation insights https://drift.eur.nl/the-art-of-connecting-online-7-social-innovation-insights/</ref> share 7 social innovation insights insights for the art of connecting online (for online team meetings of 5-30 people):
A major consequence of the virus is that while people are under self isolation, groups are having to use online communication tools for conferences, music festivals, family calls, quizzes, choral singing...  For many, this is experimental territory, much learning by praxis. Urban Future identify various online tools<ref>Urban-Future: Our favourite online communication tools. 23. March 2020. http://www.urban-future.org/2020/03/23/our-favourite-online-communication-tools</ref>, ECOLISE's Nenad explains the details of "Blended Arenas"<ref>Maljković, Nenad. ECOLISE Remote-ready. For a blended event, BYOD. Nov 12, 2019. https://medium.com/urban-arenas-for-sustainable-and-just-cities/for-a-blended-event-byod-b71afa91eb5</ref> (which is a core of the UrbanA process) and DRIFT<ref>DRIFT (The Dutch Research Institute For Transitions): The art of connecting online: 7 social innovation insights https://drift.eur.nl/the-art-of-connecting-online-7-social-innovation-insights/</ref> share 7 social innovation insights insights for the art of connecting online (for online team meetings of 5-30 people):
# Be fully present.
# Be fully present.
# Treat it like a face to face meeting.
# Treat it like a face to face meeting.
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# Go offline.   
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Here is a list of upcoming and past online streamed events and conferences. After the stream, an archive is normally kept at the same link. Events ordered by date.
* How to Cultivate Meaningful Online Gatherings / [https://medium.com/converge-perspectives/meaningful-online-gatherings-2c87ac7738c4 David Ehrlichman / Converge — Perspectives]
 
==== Online events ====
Here is a list of upcoming and past online streamed events and conferences. After the stream, an archive is normally kept at the same link. Events ordered by date:


* 1st UrbanA online Community Conversation, 7 April 15h-16h30 CET. UrbanA Fellow João Dinis: Accelerating Urban Transition Division, Cascais Ambiente, Portugal / [https://twitter.com/arena_urban/status/1237090164297654273 UrbanA]
* 1st UrbanA online Community Conversation, 7 April 15h-16h30 CET. UrbanA Fellow João Dinis: Accelerating Urban Transition Division, Cascais Ambiente, Portugal / [https://twitter.com/arena_urban/status/1237090164297654273 UrbanA]
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* Fridays4future  #TalksForFuture #1: 27 March 2020, 14h GMT: Greta Thunberg, Naomi Klein + WHO climate change & health leader Diarmid Campbell-Lendrum / [https://www.facebook.com/FridaysForFuture.org/videos/630012731115620/ video] [https://twitter.com/Fridays4future/status/1242679443577020416 Tweet]
* Fridays4future  #TalksForFuture #1: 27 March 2020, 14h GMT: Greta Thunberg, Naomi Klein + WHO climate change & health leader Diarmid Campbell-Lendrum / [https://www.facebook.com/FridaysForFuture.org/videos/630012731115620/ video] [https://twitter.com/Fridays4future/status/1242679443577020416 Tweet]
* Coronavirus Capitalism — and How to Beat It. Naomi Klein, Astra Taylor, Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor. Thursday, March 26, 2020 21h GMT. / [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lxwLHRKaB0 video] [https://twitter.com/haymarketbooks/status/1242487196277510144 haymarket books][https://theintercept.com/2020/03/16/coronavirus-capitalism/ Related Article]
* Coronavirus Capitalism — and How to Beat It. Naomi Klein, Astra Taylor, Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor. Thursday, March 26, 2020 21h GMT. / [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lxwLHRKaB0 video] [https://twitter.com/haymarketbooks/status/1242487196277510144 haymarket books][https://theintercept.com/2020/03/16/coronavirus-capitalism/ Related Article]
* Ecovillages and the Coronavirus Pandemic: how communities are supporting each other in time of crisis. Global Ecovillage Network (20-22 Mar) / [https://www.facebook.com/GlobalEcovillageNetwork/videos/519610645656807/ Global Ecovillage Network on FB]
* #UrbanLunchTalks, Mar 20: Urban Dilemmas + Governance / [https://twitter.com/JPIUrbanEurope/status/1235519854116892673 JPIUrbanEurope]
* #UrbanLunchTalks, Mar 20: Urban Dilemmas + Governance / [https://twitter.com/JPIUrbanEurope/status/1235519854116892673 JPIUrbanEurope]
* Cooperative City special event: Collaborative and solidarity practices in European cities during COVID-19 outbreak. Friday 20.03.2020 at 17:00 CET / [https://www.facebook.com/cooperativecity.org/videos/202268507718677/ Video]
* Cooperative City special event: Collaborative and solidarity practices in European cities during COVID-19 outbreak. Friday 20.03.2020 at 17:00 CET / [https://www.facebook.com/cooperativecity.org/videos/202268507718677/ Video]
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* ESRI COVID19 Maps, resources, and insights, GIS solutions. / [https://www.esri.com/en-us/covid-19/overview ESRI]   
* ESRI COVID19 Maps, resources, and insights, GIS solutions. / [https://www.esri.com/en-us/covid-19/overview ESRI]   


=== Making things ===
=== Making Things ===
* OxVent: Could this prototype ventilator save thousands of lives? / [https://theface.com/life/oxvent-prototype-ventilator-health-nhs-covid-19 OxVent]
* OxVent: Could this prototype ventilator save thousands of lives? / [https://theface.com/life/oxvent-prototype-ventilator-health-nhs-covid-19 OxVent]
* Scientists in Bangladesh develop $3 virus testing kit / [https://www.arabnews.com/node/1644581/world Arab News]
* Scientists in Bangladesh develop $3 virus testing kit / [https://www.arabnews.com/node/1644581/world Arab News]
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* Online sewing community. Organising themselves to sew and deliver masks and scrubs to any healthworkers / [https://sewing.patternreview.com/review/pattern/163451 Pattern Review]
* Online sewing community. Organising themselves to sew and deliver masks and scrubs to any healthworkers / [https://sewing.patternreview.com/review/pattern/163451 Pattern Review]
* Covid-19 crisis shows governments must open eyes to our 3D future (Scotland) / [https://www.thenational.scot/news/18341411.covid-19-crisis-shows-governments-must-open-eyes-3d-future/ The National]
* Covid-19 crisis shows governments must open eyes to our 3D future (Scotland) / [https://www.thenational.scot/news/18341411.covid-19-crisis-shows-governments-must-open-eyes-3d-future/ The National]
* Pangloss Labs (Geneva, Switzerland/ Ferney-Voltaire, France): Local fablab lists of citizen's initiatives in the maker community / [https://panglosslabs.org/pangloss-labs-and-covid19/ Pangloss Labs]
*  Fashion designers step up to fill need for protective suits for COVID-19 frontliners / [https://www.cnnphilippines.com/news/2020/3/25/Fashion-designers-protective-gear-frontliners-COVID-19.html CNN Philippines]
* Just One Giant Lab (JOGL): OpenCovid19 Initiative: Program to collectively develop open-source and low-cost tools and methodologies that are safe and easy to use to fight the Covid19 Pandemic. Anyone can play a role! / [https://app.jogl.io/program/opencovid19#projects Just One Giant Lab (JOGL)]
* Covid-19 crisis shows governments must open eyes to our 3D future (Scotland). This week, a hospital and a school in Lochaber used a 3D printer to make protective visors & hinted at our post-Corona socio-economic model. It's called "cosmo-localism" / [https://www.thenational.scot/news/18341411.covid-19-crisis-shows-governments-must-open-eyes-3d-future/ The National]
* D.I.Y. Coronavirus Solutions Are Gaining Steam. From Ireland to Seattle, makers and engineers are creating open-source versions of much-needed medical equipment / [https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/31/science/coronavirus-masks-equipment-crowdsource.html New York Times]
* Medtronic shares ventilator design publicly to increase production / [https://www.irishtimes.com/business/health-pharma/medtronic-shares-ventilator-design-publicly-to-increase-production-1.4215766 Irish Times]
* American architects mobilise to make coronavirus face shields for hospital workers / [https://www.dezeen.com/2020/03/29/american-architects-coronavirus-face-shields-hospital-workers/ Dezeen]
* This village for the homeless just got a new addition: 3D-printed houses / [https://www.fastcompany.com/90469488/this-village-for-the-homeless-just-got-a-new-addition-3d-printed-houses Fast Company]
* Design: United Nations Releases Global Call to Creatives with an Open Brief to Create Content Addressing Key COVID-19 Health Messages / [https://www.adobomagazine.com/global-news/design-united-nations-releases-global-call-to-creatives-with-an-open-brief-to-create-content-addressing-key-covid-19-health-messages/ Adobo Magazine]


=== Hackathons, hacker solutions ===
=== Hackathons, Hacker Solutions ===
* The Corona Virus Hackathon, 18—19 April 2020 (Global) How do we make the world better after COVID-19? / [https://www.thecoronavirushackathon.com/ The Corona Virus Hackathon]
* The Corona Virus Hackathon, 18—19 April 2020 (Global) How do we make the world better after COVID-19? / [https://www.thecoronavirushackathon.com/ The Corona Virus Hackathon]
* Hackathon Virtual - Una respuesta al Covid-19. #VenceAlVirus (04-05 april - Beat the Virus). Comunidad de Madrid (Madrid Council) / [https://vencealvirus.org Madrid Council]
* HACK THE CRISIS: Virtual hackathon organised by volunteers from the Lithuanian government, corporates & startup community. (march 20-22 / [https://hackthecrisis.lt HACK THE CRISIS]
* HACK THE CRISIS: Virtual hackathon organised by volunteers from the Lithuanian government, corporates & startup community. (march 20-22 / [https://hackthecrisis.lt HACK THE CRISIS]
* Shield 48 (Latvia): decentralized network of partners who could provide face shields for those who are in need. From a Latvian 48h Hackathon / [https://shield48.eu/ Shield 48] [https://twitter.com/didzisdejus/status/1241855397432041472 Related Tweet]
* Shield 48 (Latvia): decentralized network of partners who could provide face shields for those who are in need. From a Latvian 48h Hackathon / [https://shield48.eu/ Shield 48] [https://twitter.com/didzisdejus/status/1241855397432041472 Related Tweet]
* Engineers gather to produce ‘battlefield’ ventilator in war on Covid-19. An intensive two-week Galway hackathon has produced a prototype design (Ireland) / [https://www.irishtimes.com/news/health/engineers-gather-to-produce-battlefield-ventilator-in-war-on-covid-19-1.4215049 Irish Times]
* O #vfablab também está a contribuir com o que pode para ajudar a proteger os nossos profissionais de saúde! Iscte University Lisbon Fablab creating medical ware / [https://www.facebook.com/Vfablab/posts/3458400897508710 VFABLAB on FB] 


== Blogs and Media analysis ==
== Blogs and Media analysis ==


=== Solidarity perspective ===
=== Solidarity Perspective ===
* Community-led responses to the pandemic / [https://medium.com/@ecolise/community-led-responses-to-coronavirus-covid19-pandemic-272b73da6212 Nara Petrovic, ECOLISE]
* Covid-19 Mutual Aid: how to help vulnerable people near you / [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/16/covid-19-mutual-aid-how-to-help-the-vulnerable-near-you The Guardian]
* Covid-19 Mutual Aid: how to help vulnerable people near you / [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/16/covid-19-mutual-aid-how-to-help-the-vulnerable-near-you The Guardian]
  I’m worried about vulnerable people in my community who may have to self-isolate or quarantine, especially those who do not have family nearby. How can I help them?
  I’m worried about vulnerable people in my community who may have to self-isolate or quarantine, especially those who do not have family nearby. How can I help them?
* Solidarity in a Time of Social Distancing / [https://www.commondreams.org/views/2020/03/21/solidarity-time-social-distancing Common Dreams]
* Solidarity in a Time of Social Distancing / [https://www.commondreams.org/views/2020/03/21/solidarity-time-social-distancing Common Dreams]
* A pandemic of solidarity? This is how people are supporting one another as coronavirus spreads / [https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/03/covid-19-coronavirus-solidarity-help-pandemic/ World Economic Forum]
* A pandemic of solidarity? This is how people are supporting one another as coronavirus spreads / [https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/03/covid-19-coronavirus-solidarity-help-pandemic/ World Economic Forum]
* Coronavirus and community activism / [https://theecologist.org/2020/mar/06/coronavirus-and-community-activism The Ecologist]
* Compassion, cooperation, courage, choice / [https://www.greenpeace.org/international/story/29490/covid-19-compassion-cooperation-courage-choice/ Greenpeace International]
* Compassion, cooperation, courage, choice / [https://www.greenpeace.org/international/story/29490/covid-19-compassion-cooperation-courage-choice/ Greenpeace International]
* Collective effort is the only way through this crisis. By Una Mullally / [https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/una-mullally-collective-effort-is-the-only-way-through-this-crisis-1.4203613 Irish Times]
* Collective effort is the only way through this crisis. By Una Mullally / [https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/una-mullally-collective-effort-is-the-only-way-through-this-crisis-1.4203613 Irish Times]
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* That discomfort you are feeling is grief / [https://hbr.org/2020/03/that-discomfort-youre-feeling-is-grief Harvard Business Review]
* That discomfort you are feeling is grief / [https://hbr.org/2020/03/that-discomfort-youre-feeling-is-grief Harvard Business Review]
* Developing Community Resilience During the COVID-19 Outbreak / [https://www.acesconnection.com/blog/developing-community-resilience-during-the-covid-19-outbreak ACEs Connection]
* Developing Community Resilience During the COVID-19 Outbreak / [https://www.acesconnection.com/blog/developing-community-resilience-during-the-covid-19-outbreak ACEs Connection]
* How isolation is bringing a Cornish community closer together / [https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/gallery/how-isolation-bringing-cornish-community-3971573 Cornwall Live]
* Irish doctors return from Australia - ‘You don’t run away from things like this’ / [https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/abroad/irish-doctors-return-from-australia-you-don-t-run-away-from-things-like-this-1.4213048 Irish Times]


=== Cities and covid-19 ===
=== Cities and Covid-19 ===
* COVID-19 Could Affect Cities for Years. Here Are 4 Ways They’re Coping Now / [https://thecityfix.com/blog/covid-19-affect-cities-years-4-ways-theyre-coping-now-schuyler-null-hillary-smith/ The City Fix. WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities]  
* COVID-19 Could Affect Cities for Years. Here Are 4 Ways They’re Coping Now / [https://thecityfix.com/blog/covid-19-affect-cities-years-4-ways-theyre-coping-now-schuyler-null-hillary-smith/ The City Fix. WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities]  
* Unequal cities bear the brunt of deadly disease outbreaks / [https://news.trust.org/item/20200217002430-yvuj7/ Thomson Reuters Foundation News]  
* Unequal cities bear the brunt of deadly disease outbreaks / [https://news.trust.org/item/20200217002430-yvuj7/ Thomson Reuters Foundation News]  
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* Cities, Climate & COVID-19 / [http://blogs.law.columbia.edu/climatechange/2020/03/26/cities-climate-covid-19/  Sabin Center for Climate Change Law. Columbia University]  
* Cities, Climate & COVID-19 / [http://blogs.law.columbia.edu/climatechange/2020/03/26/cities-climate-covid-19/  Sabin Center for Climate Change Law. Columbia University]  
* Gangs call curfews as coronavirus hits Rio favelas (Brazil) / [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-favelas-fea/gangs-call-curfews-as-coronavirus-hits-rio-favelas-idUSKBN21B3EV Reuters]
* Gangs call curfews as coronavirus hits Rio favelas (Brazil) / [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-favelas-fea/gangs-call-curfews-as-coronavirus-hits-rio-favelas-idUSKBN21B3EV Reuters]
* Greek authorities use COVID-19 lockdown to crack down on self-managed Vio.Me factory / [https://freedomnews.org.uk/greek-authorities-use-covid-19-lockdown-to-crack-down-on-self-managed-vio-me-factory/ Freedom News]
* The NIMBYs of the Coronavirus Crisis / [https://www.citylab.com/perspective/2020/03/coronavirus-fear-covid-19-testing-center-nimby-community/608929/ Citylab]
* Under Coronavirus, Nature Becomes an Essential Service / [https://www.citylab.com/environment/2020/04/coronavirus-nature-urban-parks-outdoor-space-health-anxiety/608860/ Citylab]


=== Gender, class, minorities perspective ===
=== Gender, Class, Minority Perspectives ===
* We're about to learn a terrible lesson from coronavirus: inequality kills / [https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/mar/14/coronavirus-outbreak-inequality-austerity-pandemic Owen Jones, Guardian UK]
* We're about to learn a terrible lesson from coronavirus: inequality kills / [https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/mar/14/coronavirus-outbreak-inequality-austerity-pandemic Owen Jones, Guardian UK]
* As Coronavirus Deepens Inequality, Inequality Worsens Its Spread / [https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/15/world/europe/coronavirus-inequality.html New York Times]
* As Coronavirus Deepens Inequality, Inequality Worsens Its Spread / [https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/15/world/europe/coronavirus-inequality.html New York Times]
* Amid Pandemic, Homeless New Yorkers Demand Refuge in Vacant Apartments, Hotels / [https://truthout.org/video/amid-pandemic-homeless-new-yorkers-demand-refuge-in-vacant-apartments-hotels/ Truthout / Amy Goodman on Democracy Now!]
* US jails will become death traps in the coronavirus pandemic / [https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/mar/30/jails-coronavirus-us-rikers-island The Guardian]
* Domestic violence victims facing higher risks amid coronavirus quarantine / [https://nypost.com/2020/03/28/domestic-violence-victims-facing-higher-risks-amid-coronavirus-quarantine/ New York Post]  
* Domestic violence victims facing higher risks amid coronavirus quarantine / [https://nypost.com/2020/03/28/domestic-violence-victims-facing-higher-risks-amid-coronavirus-quarantine/ New York Post]  
* Portugal to treat migrants as residents during coronavirus crisis / [https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-health-coronavirus-portugal/portugal-to-treat-migrants-as-residents-during-coronavirus-crisis-idUKKBN21F0MC Reuters]  
* Portugal to treat migrants as residents during coronavirus crisis / [https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-health-coronavirus-portugal/portugal-to-treat-migrants-as-residents-during-coronavirus-crisis-idUKKBN21F0MC Reuters]  
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* COVID-19 lockdown hits Berlin's unemployed, homeless and refugees / [https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/covid-19-lockdown-hits-berlin-unemployed-homeless-refugees-200326195143645.html Al Jazeera]  
* COVID-19 lockdown hits Berlin's unemployed, homeless and refugees / [https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/covid-19-lockdown-hits-berlin-unemployed-homeless-refugees-200326195143645.html Al Jazeera]  
* ‘White-Collar Quarantine’ Over Virus Spotlights Class Divide / [https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/27/business/economy/coronavirus-inequality.html New York Times]
* ‘White-Collar Quarantine’ Over Virus Spotlights Class Divide / [https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/27/business/economy/coronavirus-inequality.html New York Times]
* 'Coronavirus could wipe us out': indigenous South Americans blockade villages / [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/30/south-america-indigenous-groups-coronavirus-brazil-colombia The Guardian]
* Minneapolis Offers People Experiencing Homelessness a Simple Gift: A Safe Place for Their Stuff / [https://nextcity.org/daily/entry/minneapolis-people-experiencing-homelessness-simple-gift-safe-place-stuff Next City] 
* Poor and vulnerable hardest hit by pandemic in Spain / [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/01/poor-and-vulnerable-hardest-hit-by-pandemic-in-spain The Guardian]


=== Ecological perspective ===
=== Ecological Perspectives ===
* Phase Shift has arrived! The Pandemic as a catalyst for transformation. COVID 19 / cooperatively redesigning the human impact on Earth / [https://medium.com/age-of-awareness/phase-shift-has-arrived-who-declares-pandemic-83da330fdc5d Daniel Wahl]
* Phase Shift has arrived! The Pandemic as a catalyst for transformation. COVID 19 / cooperatively redesigning the human impact on Earth / [https://medium.com/age-of-awareness/phase-shift-has-arrived-who-declares-pandemic-83da330fdc5d Daniel Wahl]
* 5 Ways Coronavirus Could Help Humanity Survive the Ecological Crisis / [https://www.resilience.org/stories/2020-03-24/5-ways-coronavirus-could-help-humanity-survive-the-ecological-crisis/ Resilience.org]
* 5 Ways Coronavirus Could Help Humanity Survive the Ecological Crisis / [https://www.resilience.org/stories/2020-03-24/5-ways-coronavirus-could-help-humanity-survive-the-ecological-crisis/ Resilience.org]
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* Ecological Reflections on the Coronavirus. by Dr. Vandana Shiva / [https://medium.com/post-growth-institute/ecological-reflections-on-the-coronavirus-93d50bbfe9db Post Growth Institute]  
* Ecological Reflections on the Coronavirus. by Dr. Vandana Shiva / [https://medium.com/post-growth-institute/ecological-reflections-on-the-coronavirus-93d50bbfe9db Post Growth Institute]  
* The Coronavirus and the Climate Movement, By Bill McKibben / [https://www.newyorker.com/news/annals-of-a-warming-planet/the-coronavirus-and-the-climate-movement The New Yorker]  
* The Coronavirus and the Climate Movement, By Bill McKibben / [https://www.newyorker.com/news/annals-of-a-warming-planet/the-coronavirus-and-the-climate-movement The New Yorker]  
* Coronavirus, synchronous failure and the global phase-shift (Nafeez Ahmed) / [https://medium.com/insurge-intelligence/coronavirus-synchronous-failure-and-the-global-phase-shift-3f00d4552940 Medium INSURGE intelligence]
* Coronavirus: 'Nature is sending us a message’, says UN environment chief / [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/25/coronavirus-nature-is-sending-us-a-message-says-un-environment-chief  The Guardian]
* Coronavirus: 'Nature is sending us a message’, says UN environment chief / [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/25/coronavirus-nature-is-sending-us-a-message-says-un-environment-chief  The Guardian]
* 10 Steps for Rebalancing our World in Times of Crisis / [https://medium.com/post-growth-institute/10-steps-for-rebalancing-our-world-during-times-of-crisis-b7ce5e78a128 Post Growth Institute]  
* 10 Steps for Rebalancing our World in Times of Crisis / [https://medium.com/post-growth-institute/10-steps-for-rebalancing-our-world-during-times-of-crisis-b7ce5e78a128 Post Growth Institute]  
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* Can the coronavirus save the planet? The corona crisis signifies a civilization that is dying. But it also shows a 'pluriverse' of other worlds rising up / [https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/oureconomy/can-coronavirus-save-planet/ Open Democracy]
* Can the coronavirus save the planet? The corona crisis signifies a civilization that is dying. But it also shows a 'pluriverse' of other worlds rising up / [https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/oureconomy/can-coronavirus-save-planet/ Open Democracy]
* 'Tip of the iceberg': is our destruction of nature responsible for Covid-19? By John Vidal / [https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/mar/18/tip-of-the-iceberg-is-our-destruction-of-nature-responsible-for-covid-19-aoe The Guardian]
* 'Tip of the iceberg': is our destruction of nature responsible for Covid-19? By John Vidal / [https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/mar/18/tip-of-the-iceberg-is-our-destruction-of-nature-responsible-for-covid-19-aoe The Guardian]
* Beware far-right arguments disguised as environmentalism. Posters in the style of the activist group Extinction Rebellion (XR) have appeared in the UK declaring “Corona is the cure, humans are the disease” / [https://theconversation.com/beware-far-right-arguments-disguised-as-environmentalism-134830 The Conversation]
* COVID-19 crisis tells world what Indigenous Peoples have been saying for thousands of years / [https://www.nationalobserver.com/2020/03/24/news/covid-19-crisis-tells-world-what-indigenous-peoples-have-been-saying-thousands-years National Observer]
* Open Letter to Global Leaders – A Healthy Planet for Healthy People / [https://clubofrome.org/impact-hubs/climate-emergency/open-letter-to-global-leaders-a-healthy-planet-for-healthy-people/ The Club of Rome]


=== Economic perspective ===
=== Economic Perspectives ===
* A Green Reboot After the Pandemic (Hunter Lovins, Kate Raworth, Hans Joachim Schellnhuber, Sandrine Dixson-Declève) / [https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/covid19-green-deal-by-sandrine-dixson-decleve-et-al-2020-03 Project Syndicate]
* World will need new financial system after Covid-19. David McWilliams / [https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/world-will-need-new-financial-system-after-covid-19-1.4211363 Irish Times]
* A degrowth perspective on the coronavirus crisis / [https://www.degrowth.info/en/2020/03/a-degrowth-perspective-on-the-coronavirus-crisis/ Degrowth Network]
* A degrowth perspective on the coronavirus crisis / [https://www.degrowth.info/en/2020/03/a-degrowth-perspective-on-the-coronavirus-crisis/ Degrowth Network]
* Coronavirus puts degrowth on new, rapid trajectory / [https://greennews.ie/covid19-degrowth-new-scale/ Green News]
* Coronavirus puts degrowth on new, rapid trajectory / [https://greennews.ie/covid19-degrowth-new-scale/ Green News]
* The Real Pandemic Danger Is Social Collapse. Branko Milanovic / [https://countercurrents.org/2020/03/the-real-pandemic-danger-is-social-collapse Countercurrents]
* The Real Pandemic Danger Is Social Collapse. Branko Milanovic / [https://countercurrents.org/2020/03/the-real-pandemic-danger-is-social-collapse Countercurrents]
* World will need new financial system after Covid-19. David McWilliams / [https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/world-will-need-new-financial-system-after-covid-19-1.4211363 Irish Times]
* What Comes after the Pandemic? A Ten-Point Platform for Foundational Renewal (PDF) / [https://foundationaleconomycom.files.wordpress.com/2020/03/what-comes-after-the-pandemic-fe-manifesto-005.pdf The foundational economy collective]
* Coping with Covid19 – the Open Food Network and the New Digital Order(s) / [https://www.arc2020.eu/coping-with-covid19-open-food-network-and-new-digital-orders/ ARC 2020]  
* The Collapse of Civilization May Have Already Begun.  Nafeez Ahmed / [https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/8xwygg/the-collapse-of-civilization-may-have-already-begun Vice]
* The Collapse of Civilization May Have Already Begun.  Nafeez Ahmed / [https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/8xwygg/the-collapse-of-civilization-may-have-already-begun Vice]
* Universal basic income is the best way to help the self-employed. Owen Jones / [https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/mar/26/universal-basic-income-help-self-employed  The Guardian ]
* The Real Pandemic Danger Is Social Collapse / [https://countercurrents.org/2020/03/the-real-pandemic-danger-is-social-collapse Countercurrents]
* Universal basic income is the best way to help the self-employed. Owen Jones / [https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/mar/26/universal-basic-income-help-self-employed  The Guardian]
* On springtime, by Eric Holthaus / [https://thecorrespondent.com/371/on-springtime/49115443069-9d5e7199 The Correspondent]
* Tourism, Degrowth, and the COVID-19 Crisis / [https://politicalecologynetwork.org/2020/03/24/tourism-degrowth-and-the-covid-19-crisis/ Political Ecology Network]
* Tourism, Degrowth, and the COVID-19 Crisis / [https://politicalecologynetwork.org/2020/03/24/tourism-degrowth-and-the-covid-19-crisis/ Political Ecology Network]
* Non, le Coronavirus n’est pas notre Décroissance (French) / [http://www.projet-decroissance.net/?p=2637 Decroissance (Degrowth)]
* Non, le Coronavirus n’est pas notre Décroissance (French) / [http://www.projet-decroissance.net/?p=2637 Decroissance (Degrowth)]
* What will the world be like after coronavirus? Four possible futures / [https://theconversation.com/what-will-the-world-be-like-after-coronavirus-four-possible-futures-134085]
=== Political perspective ===
 
=== Political Perspectives ===
* Capitalism Has its Limits. Judith Butler discuss the COVID-19 pandemic, and its escalating political and social effects in America. / [https://www.versobooks.com/blogs/4603-capitalism-has-its-limits Verso Books]  
* Capitalism Has its Limits. Judith Butler discuss the COVID-19 pandemic, and its escalating political and social effects in America. / [https://www.versobooks.com/blogs/4603-capitalism-has-its-limits Verso Books]  
* How coronavirus could destroy the Western multilateral order. By Paul Mason / [https://www.newstatesman.com/world/north-america/2020/03/how-coronavirus-could-destroy-western-multilateral-order New Statesman]
* How coronavirus could destroy the Western multilateral order. By Paul Mason / [https://www.newstatesman.com/world/north-america/2020/03/how-coronavirus-could-destroy-western-multilateral-order New Statesman]
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* Coronavirus Capitalism — and How to Beat It. Naomi Klein / [https://theintercept.com/2020/03/16/coronavirus-capitalism/ The Intercept]
* Coronavirus Capitalism — and How to Beat It. Naomi Klein / [https://theintercept.com/2020/03/16/coronavirus-capitalism/ The Intercept]
* From mutual aid to dual power in the state of emergency / [https://roarmag.org/essays/from-mutual-aid-to-dual-power-in-the-state-of-emergency/ ROAR magazine]
* From mutual aid to dual power in the state of emergency / [https://roarmag.org/essays/from-mutual-aid-to-dual-power-in-the-state-of-emergency/ ROAR magazine]
* Our politics isn’t designed to protect the public from Covid-19 (George Monbiot) / [https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/mar/18/politics-public-covid-19-tobacco-johnson The Guardian]
* The Coronavirus Crisis Is a Monster Fueled by Capitalism. By Mike Davis / [http://inthesetimes.com/article/22394/coronavirus-crisis-capitalism-covid-19-monster-mike-davis In These Times]
* The Coronavirus Crisis Is a Monster Fueled by Capitalism. By Mike Davis / [http://inthesetimes.com/article/22394/coronavirus-crisis-capitalism-covid-19-monster-mike-davis In These Times]
* We Won’t Go Back to Normal, Because Normal Was the Problem: The Thirteenth Newsletter (2020) / [https://www.thetricontinental.org/newsletterissue/newsletter-13-2020-new-world-order/ Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research]
* We Won’t Go Back to Normal, Because Normal Was the Problem: The Thirteenth Newsletter (2020) / [https://www.thetricontinental.org/newsletterissue/newsletter-13-2020-new-world-order/ Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research]
* We cannot surrender reason to the virus. By Byung-Chul Han / [https://write.as/0hwmokmqr13vm2fw.md write.as]
* Against Agamben: Is a Democratic Biopolitics Possible? / [https://www.viewpointmag.com/2020/03/20/against-agamben-democratic-biopolitics/ Viewpoint Magazine]
* Against Agamben: Is a Democratic Biopolitics Possible? / [https://www.viewpointmag.com/2020/03/20/against-agamben-democratic-biopolitics/ Viewpoint Magazine]
* ‘We can’t go back to normal’: how will coronavirus change the world? / [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/31/how-will-the-world-emerge-from-the-coronavirus-crisis The Guardian]
* The Political Use of Parasites / [https://undisciplinedenvironments.org/2020/03/21/the-political-use-of-parasites/ Undisciplined Environments]   
* The Political Use of Parasites / [https://undisciplinedenvironments.org/2020/03/21/the-political-use-of-parasites/ Undisciplined Environments]   
* Coronavirus beyond Coronavirus: thresholds, biopolitics and emergencies / [http://www.ecopoliticavenezuela.org/2020/03/24/coronavirus-beyond-coronavirus-thresholds-biopolitics-and-emergencies/ Eco Politica Venezuela]
* Coronavirus beyond Coronavirus: thresholds, biopolitics and emergencies / [http://www.ecopoliticavenezuela.org/2020/03/24/coronavirus-beyond-coronavirus-thresholds-biopolitics-and-emergencies/ Eco Politica Venezuela]
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# Alain Badiou - Sobre a situação epidêmica
# Alain Badiou - Sobre a situação epidêmica
# Slavoj Žižek - Um golpe como “Kill Bill” no capitalismo
# Slavoj Žižek - Um golpe como “Kill Bill” no capitalismo
* The Rise and Fall of Biopolitics: A Response to Bruno Latour / [https://critinq.wordpress.com/2020/03/29/the-rise-and-fall-of-biopolitics-a-response-to-bruno-latour/?blogsub=confirming#blog_subscription-2]


== Podcasts ==
== Podcasts ==
* David McWilliams (Irish economist): Beyond money - Why livelihoods matter most. Capitalism as we know it has been suspended. The most important thing now is to minimize unemployment and see beyond the crisis. Unemployment isn’t just economical, it’s psychological and emotional. We have an economic vaccine, we explain what it is and how it can be used. But we need to move fast. Take care, stay apart, stay safe and be strong / [https://open.spotify.com/episode/4m876A26VXsBpqmOoNJa9D David McWilliams] [https://twitter.com/davidmcw/status/1242350630917812225 Tweet]
* David McWilliams (Irish economist): Beyond money - Why livelihoods matter most. Capitalism as we know it has been suspended. The most important thing now is to minimize unemployment and see beyond the crisis. Unemployment isn’t just economical, it’s psychological and emotional. We have an economic vaccine, we explain what it is and how it can be used. But we need to move fast. Take care, stay apart, stay safe and be strong / [https://open.spotify.com/episode/4m876A26VXsBpqmOoNJa9D David McWilliams] [https://twitter.com/davidmcw/status/1242350630917812225 Tweet]
* COVID19 - Mental health tips. (Irish radio) Drivetime, Friday 27 March / [http://rte.ie/r.html?rii=9_21742003_83_27-03-2020_ RTÉ Radio]
* COVID19 - Mental health tips. (Irish radio) Drivetime, Friday 27 March / [http://rte.ie/r.html?rii=9_21742003_83_27-03-2020_ RTÉ Radio]
* Coronavirus: How will it change us? Could the coronavirus outbreak provide humanity with new perspectives? Talking populism, capitalism, climate crisis and human connection with Maitreesh Ghatak, Winnie Byanyima, Ritula Shah & Kate Raworth on BBC  Worldservice / [https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3csydfg BBC, The Real Story]
* Engineering to save lives from Corona Virus. Mick Clifford speaks to John Wallace who is apart of the Covid Response Team that are attempting to design and build a “battlefield ventilator” in a matter of weeks (Ireland) / [https://soundcloud.com/mickcliffordpodcast/engineering-to-save-lives-from-corona-virus Soundcloud] [https://twitter.com/irishexaminer/status/1242425722850942977 Related Tweet] 
* Anti-Capitalist Politics in the time of Covid-19 / [http://anticapitalistchronicles.libsyn.com/anti-capitalist-politics-in-the-time-of-covid-19 David Harvey's Anti-Capitalist Chronicles]
* Anti-Capitalist Politics in the time of Covid-19 / [http://anticapitalistchronicles.libsyn.com/anti-capitalist-politics-in-the-time-of-covid-19 David Harvey's Anti-Capitalist Chronicles]
* The Corona Diaries! Audio reflections on life in the of a global pandemic. Mohira in Bishkek, about everyday life in Kyrgyzstan's capital / [https://allegralaboratory.net/the-corona-diaries/ The Corona Diaries] [https://twitter.com/ianmickcook/status/1243247626037989387 Tweet]  
* The Corona Diaries! Audio reflections on life in the of a global pandemic. Mohira in Bishkek, about everyday life in Kyrgyzstan's capital / [https://allegralaboratory.net/the-corona-diaries/ The Corona Diaries] [https://twitter.com/ianmickcook/status/1243247626037989387 Tweet]  
* Rádio Gabriela - Pandemónio Live - Emissão 0 (Portuguese) / [https://www.mixcloud.com/peter-schmiedin/r%C3%A1dio-gabriela-pandem%C3%B3nio-live-emiss%C3%A3o-0/ Rádio Gabriela] [https://twitter.com/ColectivoHabita/status/1243140262873841665 Tweet]
* Rádio Gabriela - Pandemónio Live - Emissão 0 (Portuguese) / [https://www.mixcloud.com/peter-schmiedin/r%C3%A1dio-gabriela-pandem%C3%B3nio-live-emiss%C3%A3o-0/ Rádio Gabriela] [https://twitter.com/ColectivoHabita/status/1243140262873841665 Tweet]
The Corona Diaries 4: March 28 Panagiota Kotsila in Barcelona / [https://soundcloud.com/allegra_lab/the-corona-diaries-4-march-28-panagiota-kotsila Podcast Soundcloud] [https://twitter.com/ianmickcook/status/1244187635737858048 Ian Cook Tweet]


== Videos ==
== Videos ==

Latest revision as of 13:55, 22 February 2021

The current covid-19 crisis has exposed severe inequities in European urban areas while showing the fragility of an unsustainable growth-oriented economic system. In this page, the UrbanA's Community of Practice has collected resources which intersect the covid-19 crisis with issues of justice, sustainability and urbanizations.

But from the darkness, we are seeing the best of the human spirit. We are seeing an explosion of community responses, at all levels. People are connecting, supporting each other, developing practical solidarity solutions to best respond to the crisis. From the very low-tech to super hi-tech, hanging a door off a lamp post in New Zealand as a community noticeboard to hackers in maker spaces designing and building medical apparatus.

This page is part of an ongoing, open-ended online collaborative database, which collects relevant approaches that can be used by city-makers to tackle unsustainability and injustice in cities. This page makes no claims of authoritative completeness and welcomes your suggestions.

Summary

The Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by a new virus. The disease causes respiratory illness (like the flu) with symptoms such as a cough, fever, and in more severe cases, difficulty breathing. The outbreak was first identified in Wuhan, Hubei, China, in December 2019, and was recognized as a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) on 11 March 2020.[1] Since February 2020 the problem worsened in Europe and on March 13th the WHO declared Europe the new epicentre of the pandemic.[2] Quickly states of emergency were declared and European cities, regions and countries began to go into lockdown. Especially hit was firstly Italy[3], where its death toll was likened to a war,[4] then Spain, [5] where 514 people died on a single day from the virus.[6] Daily statistics of confirmed Cases and Deaths by Country, Territory, or Conveyance are available on Worldometer.[7] As the situation worsens, more communities are beginning to self organise, support each other, understand what can be done to alleviate the impact of the virus, thereby "flattening the curve"[8], so as emergency services are not pushed beyond their capacity and can best respond to those that need assistance. Arising from this new reality, UrbanA partners began to identify helpful resources to assist themselves and their wider UrbanA's Community of Practice. Many solutions were identified in responses to George Monbiot[9]'s tweet[10] from March 26th:

Advice please.
I'm looking for the best examples of citizens' initiatives on the Covid19 crisis, pre-empting government action, from around the world. 
In other words, people working together to contain the  pandemic and support each other through it.  
Thank you in advance.

Many of the solutions are crowdsourced and rely on citizen participation to quickly grow. Without any prior experience, people can assist at whatever level they feel is appropriate. The Coronavirus Tech Handbook group are seeking translators.[11]

Coping with the Crisis

COVID-19 Live updates

  • European cities respond to the coronavirus crisis / EUROCITIES
  • Available for everyone, funded by readers / The Guardian

Handbooks

  • Coronavirus Tech Handbook[12]

A crowdsourced library for technologists, civic organizations, public and private institutions, researchers, educators and specialists of all kinds to collaborate on an agile and sophisticated response to the coronavirus outbreak and sequential impacts. It is a rapidly evolving resource with thousands of active expert contributors. In 8 languages.

  • #AloneTogether Handbook: Regenerative Resources in a Time of Coronavirus[13]

The UK Extinction Rebellion (XR) community[14] have been evolving and developing resources and tools to help navigate the climate and ecological emergency which are of deep relevance as we face this planetary health crisis. The handbook has been created to offer communities support in building resilience to the crises, staying connected with each other.

Coping Advice

  • How to Protect Yourself and Prepare for the Coronavirus / New York Times
  • Feeling overwhelmed? Top tips for staying positive online during the coronavirus crisis / CNN

Advice for Academics

  1. Play the long game. Your peers who are trying to work as normal right now are going to burn out fast. They're doomed. Make a plan with a longer vision.
  2. Your top priority is to stabilize and control your immediate home environment. Ensure your pantry has sensible supplies. Clean your house. Make a coordinated family plan. Feeling secure about your own emergency preparedness will free up mental space.
  3. Any work that can be simplified, minimized, and flushed: FLUSH IT. Don't design a fancy new online course. It will suck & you will burn out. Choose the simplest solution for you & your students, with min admin. Focus on getting students feeling empowered & engaged.
  4. Give yourself a proper mental adjustment window. The first few days in a disaster zone are always a write-off. But if you give yourself that essential window, your body and mind WILL adjust to the new normal. Without that mental shift, you'll fall on your face.
  5. AFTER you experience the mental shift, build a schedule. Make a routine. Put it on a weekly calendar with time blocks. Wake up early. Put the most important parts first: food, family, fitness. Priority 1 is a stable home. Then add windows for achievable work goals.
  6. Cooperate with your brain. For me, I need to ease into heavy-duty academic writing. So I do admin in the morning, and then dip my toe into papers and book projects around noon. Tick off accomplishments, no matter how small. Trust and support your mental shift.
  7. It's unreasonable to demand your body & brain do the same things under higher stress conditions. Some people can write in a war zone. I cannot. I wait until I get back. But I can do other really useful things under high stress conditions. Support your continuing mental shift.
  8. This phenomenon should change how we understand the world. So let this distract you from your work. Because the world is supposed to be our work. May this crisis dismantle all our faulty assumptions and force us into new terrain.
  9. And finally, we can check on our neighbours, reach out to isolated people, and volunteer or donate as we can. Because at the end of the day, our papers can wait.

Community Responses

  • Resources for civil society in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic[15]. From CIVICUS, a global alliance of civil society organisations and activists dedicated to strengthening citizen action and civil society throughout the world.
Defending civil society, democratic rights, and our fundamental freedoms can be challenging, let alone having to do it while under “lockdown” practicing social distancing in the midst of a global health crisis spreading rapidly across the world. In times like these, solidarity and social compassion play the most important role. To help connect and inform the alliance and civil society during this time, we will be collecting information, resources, and support to share.
  • City of Barcelona has organised a space for sharing local neighborhood cultural, educational, or care-based initiatives, and make confinement more bearable. / decidim.barcelona
  • ITF Public Transport updates: Working people in public transport, through their unions, have been taking action to keep passengers and workers safe, and to keep networks running for everyone / International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) Updates
  • Wemunity.org: Open source project exploring how immunized citizens can be utilized strategically in response to viral epidemics / Wemunity.org
  • Belgrade Anti-Corona Zone, volunteers offer virtual coffee meetups, crisis counselling, yoga, etc / Belgrade Anti-Corona Zone
  • Solidarity in times of corona in Belgium. VUB uses questionnaire to map how citizens are helping each other / Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Databases and Lists

  • COVID-19 UK Mutual Aid groups: list / Freedom News
  • Directory of wonderful country initiatives in and around Dublin (Ireland) / Dublin Inquirer
  • Help With Covid: Projects looking for volunteers. New or established projects helping with the COVID-19 crisis that need help / Help With Covid
  • Kitajaga: “One stop shop” (Malaysia). Malaysians Helping Malaysians Fight Covid19. Citizen initiatives to help vulnerable communities, frontliners and civil society / Kitajaga
  • Cities for Global Health. Platform co-led by Metropolis and the Euro-Latin-American Alliance of Cooperation among Cities, AL-LAs, developed by UCLG and supported by UN-Habitat / Cities for Global Health
  • COVID-19 Resources for Providers / Coalition for the homeless
  • SEADS Database of COVID-19 Technologies. Directory to identify existing tech projects, best #DIY designs and technology innovations during the #COVID19 pandemic. Manuals to make personal protective equipment (PPE) / SEADS COVID-19 Database
  • Give Back (Ireland) - Directory of free products / services available during COVID-19 / Give Back
  • Dutch online platform to connect people who can help with people in need / Gewoon Mensen
  • Coronavirus Third Sector Information Hub (Scotland) / The Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO)
  • Community responses to COVID-19 - resources (Scotland) / [Communities Channel Scotland http://www.communityscot.org.uk/news/article/covid-19-and-communities/]
  • Foundation for Intentional Community - COVID-19 Resources / Foundation for Intentional Community (FIC)
  • Viral Solidarity. Open and collaborative wiki to map, connect and organize information channels, solidarity initiatives, innovation and social cooperation from local to global in response to the pandemic / Viral Solidarity Tweet

Community Communications

  • (Waipu, New Zealnad) Door stuck to a street sign where people can post messages of support, or request help or offer help / Rory (SwitcherNZ) on Twitter
  • Ticks and crosses: Village’s novel way of tackling Covid-19 (Ballachulish, Highlands, Scotland, UK) / STV Scottish News
  • The Ilfracombe town crier, North Devon, UK / Ilfracombe town crier

Deliveries

Feeding Ourselves

  • Neighbours group purchasing (Bath, UK). Reaching out to local producers and organising weekly bulk orders for 50+ homes to minimise essential travel / Adam Reynolds on Twitter:
  1. Get neighbours on WhatsApp.
  2. Have one house happy to sort house deliveries and handle money.
  3. Reach out to wholesalers/producers for delivered price.
  4. Copy this spreadsheet and fill in item prices & share in group. Googe Docs example
  5. Order & distribute.
  • Feed the Heroes (Ireland). Raising money and sourcing suppliers to send food to the hardworking teams in the HSE (national health system) and hospitals around Ireland / Feed The Heroes
  • Open Food Network (OFN): Open source, not-for-profit, online platform, which allows food producers to sell directly through a virtual farmers market / Open Food Network
  • Helpful Neighbours (Australia) Whether it’s picking up groceries, a friend needing a place to self isolate, or even a phone call / Helpful Neighbours
  • Food Supply Anxiety Brings Back Victory Gardens / New York Times
  • Co-op Gardens Commission - 2020 COVID19 Response / Cooperative Garden Commissions

Educating

  • Teachers everywhere are doing things to support vulnerable children and families / Teach For All

Staying at home with Kids and Family

Campaigns

  • Emergency basic income for the EU. Petition / Universal Basic Income Europe
  • Principles for a just recovery from covid-19. Petition (Global) / 350.org and more
  • The Debt Collective (US) leverages collective power by offering debtors a shared platform for direct action / The Debt Collective
  • Generation Rent (UK) is calling for a temporary halt to all section 21 “no fault” evictions and section 8 evictions for rent arrears. It wants the five-week wait for housing benefit removed, and for rents to be frozen for a year / Source Generation Rent
  • The Leap (US). To advance systemic change in the face of the intersecting crises of climate change, racism & inequality. Founded by Naomi Klein and Avi Lewis / The Leap
  • Citizens Advice (UK) proposed a “crisis minimum income” of at least £180 a week so everyone has enough money “to protect their own health and the health of others” / Citizens Advice
  • Suspend Rents and relocate people evicted and / or those sleeping in the street (Portugal) #SuspenderAsRendas / Petition Tweet
  • Stop Evictions - The Netherlands / Petition
  • Uplift petition for a Universal Basic Income (Ireland) / Uplift

Tech Solutions

Communicating online / remotely / blended arenas

A major consequence of the virus is that while people are under self isolation, groups are having to use online communication tools for conferences, music festivals, family calls, quizzes, choral singing... For many, this is experimental territory, much learning by praxis. Urban Future identify various online tools[16], ECOLISE's Nenad explains the details of "Blended Arenas"[17] (which is a core of the UrbanA process) and DRIFT[18] share 7 social innovation insights insights for the art of connecting online (for online team meetings of 5-30 people):

  1. Be fully present.
  2. Treat it like a face to face meeting.
  3. Check-in & check-out.
  4. Share responsibilities.
  5. Share your screen/ slides/ notes.
  6. Be flexible and trust human creativity.
  7. Go offline.

Online events

Here is a list of upcoming and past online streamed events and conferences. After the stream, an archive is normally kept at the same link. Events ordered by date:

  • 1st UrbanA online Community Conversation, 7 April 15h-16h30 CET. UrbanA Fellow João Dinis: Accelerating Urban Transition Division, Cascais Ambiente, Portugal / UrbanA
  • VIRAL OPEN SPACE. Online Social Forum on the Corona Crisis. Let's make solidarity more contagious than the virus! 29-30 March 2020 / VIRAL OPEN SPACE
  • Covid-19 Special Online Workshop: Regenerative Community Design – Responding to the Planetary Emergency. 27-29 March / Global Ecovillage Network
  • Fridays4future #TalksForFuture #1: 27 March 2020, 14h GMT: Greta Thunberg, Naomi Klein + WHO climate change & health leader Diarmid Campbell-Lendrum / video Tweet
  • Coronavirus Capitalism — and How to Beat It. Naomi Klein, Astra Taylor, Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor. Thursday, March 26, 2020 21h GMT. / video haymarket booksRelated Article
  • Ecovillages and the Coronavirus Pandemic: how communities are supporting each other in time of crisis. Global Ecovillage Network (20-22 Mar) / Global Ecovillage Network on FB
  • #UrbanLunchTalks, Mar 20: Urban Dilemmas + Governance / JPIUrbanEurope
  • Cooperative City special event: Collaborative and solidarity practices in European cities during COVID-19 outbreak. Friday 20.03.2020 at 17:00 CET / Video

Mapping Tools

  • COVID-19 Mutual Aid UK. Map of local groups / Mutual Aid UK
  • Flatten The Curve: Maps all citizen initiatives in Spain / Flatten The Curve
  • Crowdfight COVID-19: initiative from the scientific community to put all available resources at the service of the fight against COVID-19 / Crowdfight COVID-19
  • Safecast Testing Map. Citizens network based in SF and Japan (building on Fukushima experience) / Safecast Testing Map
  • Taiwan’s app to track local mask supplies amid coronavirus pandemic / South China Morning Post
  • ESRI COVID19 Maps, resources, and insights, GIS solutions. / ESRI

Making Things

  • OxVent: Could this prototype ventilator save thousands of lives? / OxVent
  • Scientists in Bangladesh develop $3 virus testing kit / Arab News
  • Uruguay: Mechanical artificial respirator that can be quickly manufactured with Uruguayan electronics and supplies / Montevideo Portal (in Spanish) Related Tweet
  • Pantibar's door (Ireland's Queen places washing station on outside of closed bar door) / PantiBliss
  • Online sewing community. Organising themselves to sew and deliver masks and scrubs to any healthworkers / Pattern Review
  • Covid-19 crisis shows governments must open eyes to our 3D future (Scotland) / The National
  • Pangloss Labs (Geneva, Switzerland/ Ferney-Voltaire, France): Local fablab lists of citizen's initiatives in the maker community / Pangloss Labs
  • Fashion designers step up to fill need for protective suits for COVID-19 frontliners / CNN Philippines
  • Just One Giant Lab (JOGL): OpenCovid19 Initiative: Program to collectively develop open-source and low-cost tools and methodologies that are safe and easy to use to fight the Covid19 Pandemic. Anyone can play a role! / Just One Giant Lab (JOGL)
  • Covid-19 crisis shows governments must open eyes to our 3D future (Scotland). This week, a hospital and a school in Lochaber used a 3D printer to make protective visors & hinted at our post-Corona socio-economic model. It's called "cosmo-localism" / The National
  • D.I.Y. Coronavirus Solutions Are Gaining Steam. From Ireland to Seattle, makers and engineers are creating open-source versions of much-needed medical equipment / New York Times
  • Medtronic shares ventilator design publicly to increase production / Irish Times
  • American architects mobilise to make coronavirus face shields for hospital workers / Dezeen
  • This village for the homeless just got a new addition: 3D-printed houses / Fast Company
  • Design: United Nations Releases Global Call to Creatives with an Open Brief to Create Content Addressing Key COVID-19 Health Messages / Adobo Magazine

Hackathons, Hacker Solutions

  • The Corona Virus Hackathon, 18—19 April 2020 (Global) How do we make the world better after COVID-19? / The Corona Virus Hackathon
  • Hackathon Virtual - Una respuesta al Covid-19. #VenceAlVirus (04-05 april - Beat the Virus). Comunidad de Madrid (Madrid Council) / Madrid Council
  • HACK THE CRISIS: Virtual hackathon organised by volunteers from the Lithuanian government, corporates & startup community. (march 20-22 / HACK THE CRISIS
  • Shield 48 (Latvia): decentralized network of partners who could provide face shields for those who are in need. From a Latvian 48h Hackathon / Shield 48 Related Tweet
  • Engineers gather to produce ‘battlefield’ ventilator in war on Covid-19. An intensive two-week Galway hackathon has produced a prototype design (Ireland) / Irish Times
  • O #vfablab também está a contribuir com o que pode para ajudar a proteger os nossos profissionais de saúde! Iscte University Lisbon Fablab creating medical ware / VFABLAB on FB

Blogs and Media analysis

Solidarity Perspective

I’m worried about vulnerable people in my community who may have to self-isolate or quarantine, especially those who do not have family nearby. How can I help them?

Cities and Covid-19

Gender, Class, Minority Perspectives

  • We're about to learn a terrible lesson from coronavirus: inequality kills / Owen Jones, Guardian UK
  • As Coronavirus Deepens Inequality, Inequality Worsens Its Spread / New York Times
  • Amid Pandemic, Homeless New Yorkers Demand Refuge in Vacant Apartments, Hotels / Truthout / Amy Goodman on Democracy Now!
  • US jails will become death traps in the coronavirus pandemic / The Guardian
  • Domestic violence victims facing higher risks amid coronavirus quarantine / New York Post
  • Portugal to treat migrants as residents during coronavirus crisis / Reuters
  • This is how cities are helping homeless people self-isolate / World Economic Forum
  • COVID-19 lockdown hits Berlin's unemployed, homeless and refugees / Al Jazeera
  • ‘White-Collar Quarantine’ Over Virus Spotlights Class Divide / New York Times
  • 'Coronavirus could wipe us out': indigenous South Americans blockade villages / The Guardian
  • Minneapolis Offers People Experiencing Homelessness a Simple Gift: A Safe Place for Their Stuff / Next City
  • Poor and vulnerable hardest hit by pandemic in Spain / The Guardian

Ecological Perspectives

  • Phase Shift has arrived! The Pandemic as a catalyst for transformation. COVID 19 / cooperatively redesigning the human impact on Earth / Daniel Wahl
  • 5 Ways Coronavirus Could Help Humanity Survive the Ecological Crisis / Resilience.org
  • Coronavirus and the crisis of the Anthropocene. Ashish Kothari / The Ecologist
  • Ecological Reflections on the Coronavirus. by Dr. Vandana Shiva / Post Growth Institute
  • The Coronavirus and the Climate Movement, By Bill McKibben / The New Yorker
  • Coronavirus, synchronous failure and the global phase-shift (Nafeez Ahmed) / Medium INSURGE intelligence
  • Coronavirus: 'Nature is sending us a message’, says UN environment chief / The Guardian
  • 10 Steps for Rebalancing our World in Times of Crisis / Post Growth Institute
  • Coronavirus and the Need for a Social Ecology, by E.G. Smith / Institute for Social Ecology
  • How the EU’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic could make our society more resilient / Greenpeace European Unit
  • Can the coronavirus save the planet? The corona crisis signifies a civilization that is dying. But it also shows a 'pluriverse' of other worlds rising up / Open Democracy
  • 'Tip of the iceberg': is our destruction of nature responsible for Covid-19? By John Vidal / The Guardian
  • Beware far-right arguments disguised as environmentalism. Posters in the style of the activist group Extinction Rebellion (XR) have appeared in the UK declaring “Corona is the cure, humans are the disease” / The Conversation
  • COVID-19 crisis tells world what Indigenous Peoples have been saying for thousands of years / National Observer
  • Open Letter to Global Leaders – A Healthy Planet for Healthy People / The Club of Rome

Economic Perspectives

  • A Green Reboot After the Pandemic (Hunter Lovins, Kate Raworth, Hans Joachim Schellnhuber, Sandrine Dixson-Declève) / Project Syndicate
  • World will need new financial system after Covid-19. David McWilliams / Irish Times
  • A degrowth perspective on the coronavirus crisis / Degrowth Network
  • Coronavirus puts degrowth on new, rapid trajectory / Green News
  • The Real Pandemic Danger Is Social Collapse. Branko Milanovic / Countercurrents
  • What Comes after the Pandemic? A Ten-Point Platform for Foundational Renewal (PDF) / The foundational economy collective
  • Coping with Covid19 – the Open Food Network and the New Digital Order(s) / ARC 2020
  • The Collapse of Civilization May Have Already Begun. Nafeez Ahmed / Vice
  • The Real Pandemic Danger Is Social Collapse / Countercurrents
  • Universal basic income is the best way to help the self-employed. Owen Jones / The Guardian
  • On springtime, by Eric Holthaus / The Correspondent
  • Tourism, Degrowth, and the COVID-19 Crisis / Political Ecology Network
  • Non, le Coronavirus n’est pas notre Décroissance (French) / Decroissance (Degrowth)
  • What will the world be like after coronavirus? Four possible futures / [1]

Political Perspectives

  • Capitalism Has its Limits. Judith Butler discuss the COVID-19 pandemic, and its escalating political and social effects in America. / Verso Books
  • How coronavirus could destroy the Western multilateral order. By Paul Mason / New Statesman
  • Yuval Noah Harari: the world after coronavirus / Financial Times
  • Coronavirus Capitalism — and How to Beat It. Naomi Klein / The Intercept
  • From mutual aid to dual power in the state of emergency / ROAR magazine
  • Our politics isn’t designed to protect the public from Covid-19 (George Monbiot) / The Guardian
  • The Coronavirus Crisis Is a Monster Fueled by Capitalism. By Mike Davis / In These Times
  • We Won’t Go Back to Normal, Because Normal Was the Problem: The Thirteenth Newsletter (2020) / Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research
  • We cannot surrender reason to the virus. By Byung-Chul Han / write.as
  • Against Agamben: Is a Democratic Biopolitics Possible? / Viewpoint Magazine
  • ‘We can’t go back to normal’: how will coronavirus change the world? / The Guardian
  • The Political Use of Parasites / Undisciplined Environments
  • Coronavirus beyond Coronavirus: thresholds, biopolitics and emergencies / Eco Politica Venezuela
  • Coronavírus e a luta de classes (PDF in Portuguese)[19]:
  1. Mike Davis - A crise do coronavírus é um monstro alimentado pelo capitalismo
  2. David Harvey - Política anticapitalista em tempos de COVID-19
  3. Alain Bihr - França: pela socialização do aparato de saúde
  4. Raúl Zibechi - Coronavírus: a militarização das crises
  5. Alain Badiou - Sobre a situação epidêmica
  6. Slavoj Žižek - Um golpe como “Kill Bill” no capitalismo
  • The Rise and Fall of Biopolitics: A Response to Bruno Latour / [2]

Podcasts

  • David McWilliams (Irish economist): Beyond money - Why livelihoods matter most. Capitalism as we know it has been suspended. The most important thing now is to minimize unemployment and see beyond the crisis. Unemployment isn’t just economical, it’s psychological and emotional. We have an economic vaccine, we explain what it is and how it can be used. But we need to move fast. Take care, stay apart, stay safe and be strong / David McWilliams Tweet
  • COVID19 - Mental health tips. (Irish radio) Drivetime, Friday 27 March / RTÉ Radio
  • Coronavirus: How will it change us? Could the coronavirus outbreak provide humanity with new perspectives? Talking populism, capitalism, climate crisis and human connection with Maitreesh Ghatak, Winnie Byanyima, Ritula Shah & Kate Raworth on BBC Worldservice / BBC, The Real Story
  • Engineering to save lives from Corona Virus. Mick Clifford speaks to John Wallace who is apart of the Covid Response Team that are attempting to design and build a “battlefield ventilator” in a matter of weeks (Ireland) / Soundcloud Related Tweet
  • Anti-Capitalist Politics in the time of Covid-19 / David Harvey's Anti-Capitalist Chronicles
  • The Corona Diaries! Audio reflections on life in the of a global pandemic. Mohira in Bishkek, about everyday life in Kyrgyzstan's capital / The Corona Diaries Tweet
  • Rádio Gabriela - Pandemónio Live - Emissão 0 (Portuguese) / Rádio Gabriela Tweet

The Corona Diaries 4: March 28 Panagiota Kotsila in Barcelona / Podcast Soundcloud Ian Cook Tweet

Videos

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