[P2P-F] Fwd: Homegrown Cities project

[Michel Bauwens]

thanks for supporting the project below!!

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From: Matias // URBZ <matias at urbz.net>
Date: Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 7:47 PM
Subject: Homegrown Cities project
To: michel at p2pfoundation.net, Nikos Salingaros <salingar at gmail.com>
Cc: rahul srivastava <rahul at urbanology.org>, arnould at urbz.net


   Dear Michel and Nikos,

We hope this mail finds you well. We are reaching out to you today because
we just launched a crowd-funded project and need your help spreading the
word, through your email list and social networks.

We are proposing a new model for "slum rehabilitation" in Mumbai. The idea
is to build on, and enhance existing construction practices in
slum-notified areas. In contrast with wholesale redevelopment projects,
which dominate the field, we believe that the "solution" is much closer to
the "problem" than policy-makers and urban planners seem to imagine.

We want to demonstrate that it is possible to collaborate with local
masons, craftsmen and residents, and add value to their work, by opening
venues with collaboration with architects, engineers and material
producers. Our starting point is a pilot project in a slum-notified area in
Mumbai.

We will build a fantastic small house and sell it at the price of any other
houses in the neighbourhood. And then we will get the ball rolling,
repeating the scheme in the initial area and others. The long-term goal is
to create housing cooperatives that bring together the people who have
benefited from the scheme. These will become agents in the development and
improvement of neighbourhood-wide infrastructure and amenities.

We have written about the project on
urbz.net<http://urbz.net/the-homegrown-cities-project/>,
created a support page on
facebook<https://www.facebook.com/HomegrownCities>and opened a
crowd-funding
page on indiegogo <http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/homegrown-cities>. We
also have a twitter account <https://twitter.com/HomegrownCities>.

Would it be possible for you to mention this project to your colleagues and
followers? We would also be grateful for you to relay the message on fb and
twitter.

Many thanks in advance for your support!

Looking forward to hearing from you.

Warmly,

Matias, Rahul, Aaron & the Homegrown Cities team

***Homegrown Cities***
Donate <http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/homegrown-cities>
Like<https://www.facebook.com/HomegrownCities>
Follow <https://twitter.com/HomegrownCities>
About<http://urbz.net/the-homegrown-cities-project/>
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