Low Carbon Action in Ordinary Cities // ERC project led by @VaneBailo looking into actions taken by smaller cities around the world to combat climate change
Joined March 2019
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24 Mar 2022
Recent articles suggest that adaptations to climate change in cities often disadvantage vulnerable communities
@VaneBailo, Linda Westman & @huang_ping1987 ask what it means to look for reparative innovation for climate change adaptation
A visual essay in a🧵
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24 Mar 2025
Recycling is about more than waste - it’s about people. 🌍
Explore the lives of waste pickers in Brazil through striking art and sound collages. As we celebrate the Great British Spring Clean, let’s rethink our impact on waste.
🎥 Watch here: bit.ly/4hEgnxc
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12 Dec 2024
What planet boundaries mean for cities and infrastructures
The final @loactproject conference entitled “What planet boundaries mean for cities and infrastructures” was hosted at the Ca' Foscari University of Venice
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26 Sep 2024
Join Professor Vanesa Castán Broto and sound artist James Rogers to hear about the process in developing their Futurcade exhibition which reflects the encounter between arts, sociology and popular education.
#FOTM24
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26 Sep 2024
TODAY!
Join our @VaneBailo and sound artist @sleepsang as they present the research and creative process behind [CATA] Living & working in a changing climate: waste pickers' experience, on at the Millennium Gallery as part of #Futurecade #FOTM2024 cc @Urban_Inst
26 Sep 2024
We've got a packed programme at the Spiegeltent today! Come along and sit in on some interesting talks!
#FOTM2024
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26 Sep 2024
We've got a packed programme at the Spiegeltent today! Come along and sit in on some interesting talks!
#FOTM2024
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25 Sep 2024
Have you explored Festival of the Mind 2024 yet? We love to see people discovering our stunning exhibits and the research behind them.
We're here until the 29th, so venture to Milennium Gallery and Persistence Works and stop by our Spiegeltent!
#FOTM2024
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26 Sep 2024
"Community Energy and Sustainable Energy Transitions - experiences from Ethiopia, Malawi and Mozambique" edited by @VaneBailo
Reminder this is an Open Access book...
link.springer.com/content/pd…
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25 Sep 2024
[CATA] Living & working in a changing climate: waste pickers' experience
Join @VaneBailo and @sleepsang as they present the research and creative process behind this at the Spiegeltent on 26 Sept, 2pm
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23 Sep 2024
[CATA] Living & working in a changing climate: waste pickers' experience
Come and check the work of Verônica Alkmim França (in prints) and @sleepsang (in a soundpiece) shown as part of #Futurecade at the Millennium Gallery #FOTM2024
5 Sep 2024
[CATA] Living & working in a changing climate: waste pickers' experience
We're excited to take part in #FOTM2024 with a print and sound exhibition featuring the work of @soniawiego & @sleepsang
@VaneBailo will present the research behind this at the Spiegeltent on 26 Sept, 2pm
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12 Sep 2024
Living & working in a changing climate: waste pickers' experience
A print sound exhibition featuring the work of @soniawiego & @sleepsang @VaneBailo at the Festival of the Mind, Spiegeltent on 26 Sept, 2pm
Info: festivalofthemind.sheffield.…
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5 Sep 2024
[CATA] Living & working in a changing climate: waste pickers' experience
We're excited to take part in #FOTM2024 with a print and sound exhibition featuring the work of @soniawiego & @sleepsang
@VaneBailo will present the research behind this at the Spiegeltent on 26 Sept, 2pm
ALT Artwork on Living & working in a changing climate: waste pickers' experience
28 Aug 2024
📢The wait is over - we’re back!
With over 40 FREE events, #FOTM2024 will see @sheffielduni researchers work with local creatives to bring our pioneering research to life through immersive exhibitions, films, performances & more.
🗓️Sept 19 - 29
Explore👉bit.ly/4dH45CR
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12 Jun 2024
New (Open Acceess) Book
The @CesetProject team led by @VaneBailo has published their edited volume
"Community Energy and Sustainable Energy Transitions: Experiences from Ethiopia, Malawi, and Mozambique"
link.springer.com/book/10.10…
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21 May 2024
OA volume edited by our @VaneBailo from @CesetProject out now! "Community Energy and Sustainable Energy Transitions: Experiences from Ethiopia, Malawi, and Mozambique" - chapters from the entire project team including @VaneBailo and @hita_auk. Read here: link.springer.com/book/10.10…
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17 Apr 2024
@VaneBailo presenting at the launch of the CATA exhibition in Sheffield!
“Waste pickers are doctors of the urban environment and it’s important to understand how they experience climate change” @loactproject
Read more:
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4 Apr 2024
Living & working in a changing climate: waste pickers' experience
Join us for this exhibition curated by @soniawiego in an event chaired by @dorotheakleine with a talk by @VaneBailo on climate action & research
🗓️ Wed 17th Apr, 3–5.30pm
📍 in Sheffield
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1 Apr 2024
Amid conflict, climate change and the rising cost of living, collective action is crucial.
WIEGO will continue to support the global movement of workers in informal employment to challenge systemic injustice in the changing world of work.
👉 Learn more: bit.ly/3T6ciay
ALT Available now. Challenging Systems in the Changing World of Work. Annual Report 2022/2023.
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⛰️ How can science-policy dialogues strengthen adaptation & #sustainabledevelopment in the #Andes?
📃 Learn more in this summary of the meeting between the Andean Mountain Initiative & the #Andes socio-environmental monitoring networks. @at_altitude
bit.ly/3IX6k7p
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4 Apr 2024
Friends of ACC in Sheffield, @rikesitas will be presenting at @Urban_Inst's Cultural Heritage and Just City seminar on 09 April, drawing on her work in Cape Town. Sign up below to join this crucial dialogue on how cultural heritage can be mobilised to realise just urban futures.
22 Mar 2024
Really looking forward to welcoming @rikesitas from @UrbanAfricaACC to @Urban_Inst in April. A week of dialoguing, plotting and planning around cultural heritage, urban justice, young people and digital futures awaits
Sign up for a seminar on Tuesday 9th April, 1500-1700 below.
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28 Mar 2024
🗓️ REMINDER
Come & join us on April 17th for the free talk and exhibition 'Living & working in a changing climate: waste pickers' experience' 👇
8 Mar 2024
Living & working in a changing climate: waste pickers' experience
We're excited for this exhibition curated by @soniawiego in an event chaired by @dorotheakleine with a talk by @VaneBailo on climate action & research
🗓️Wed 17th Apr, 3–5.30pm
sheffield.ac.uk/urban-instit…
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