Change SF
Collaborative Community Development
Change SF is geared toward manifesting change as part of everyone's every day lives. To explore the possibility of a sustainable future in the city of San Francisco. Our objective is to utilize collective intelligence and collective action to create the future environment we envision.
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Created: Jan 09, 2009
Updated: Nov 15, 2009
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Architecture for Humanity Toronto :
Building a more Humane World through Responsible Design
About AFH Toronto:
Our website: www.architectureforhumanity.ca/
(Coming soon!)
We are the Toronto Chapter of AFH. As such, we are doing what we can here at home! We face a number of housing and community issues here in Canada.
Our current efforts and investigations include advocating for the availability of low-income housing as well as promoting environmentally and socially sustainable design. Urban and community issues are also very important to us.Focused on Toronto, we are trying to improve the life of citizens through a wholistic approach. The quality of lives of the marginalized and particularly aboriginal Canadians is important to u.
We are happy to support and facilitate a variety of local projects to add greater humanity to our world through architecture.
Please check out our "Message Board" and "Files" at http://afh.meetup.com/44/boards/ to see what's going on now.
Our Members:
Our members include a variety of professionals and students, many but not all from design-related fields.
All who share our mandate are welcome to join us.
About AFH International:
Their website: (http://www.architectu...)
Architecture for Humanity is a registered 501(c)(3) (U.S.) nonprofit organization founded in 1999 to promote architectural and design solutions to global, social and humanitarian crises.
Through competitions, workshops, educational forums, partnerships with aid organizations and other activities, Architecture for Humanity creates opportunities for architects and designers from around the world to help communities in need. We believe that where resources and expertise are scarce, innovative, sustainable and collaborative design can make a difference.
Architecture for Humanity's past initiatives include several international design competitions. For Example: Outreach: Design Ideas for Mobile Health Clinic to Combat HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa (2001-2004) and Transitional Housing for Kosovo's Returning Refugees (1999-2000).
In addition to implementing design initiatives and competitions, Architecture for Humanity aims to promote humanitarian and social design through advocacy and education programs. To that end, we have consulted with government bodies and relief organizations on a number of projects, including mine clearance programs and playground building in the Balkans; earthquake recovery assistance in Turkey and Iran; and refugee housing on the borders of Afghanistan. At the university level, architecture and design programs around the world have used our competitions and design criteria as a model for semester-long projects. Elementary and high school students have also benefited from our design initiatives through after-school workshops. Finally, we foster public appreciation for the many ways that architecture and design can improve lives.
This is the link to the main organisation, of which we are the Toronto, Canada chapter:
http://www.architectu...
Our up and coming new website address is
www.architectureforhumanity.ca/
