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  • Proportional representation is the most popular form of democracy for countries in the world today., electoral-reform.org.uk (Mar 20, 2023) — There are over 100 countries which use either a Proportional Representation or a mixed system across the world. Less than 50 use the First Past The Post system.
  • We like the sound of a "values-based urban living laboratory". It's flourishing in Romania, and is called "OurCluj", The Daily Alternative (Feb 18, 2023)

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  • Facing the dual threat of climate change and human disturbance, Mumbai – and the world – should listen to its fishing communities, The Conversation (Oct 19, 2022)
  • ‘It’s a beautiful thing’: how one Paris district rediscovered conviviality, The Guardian (Jul 14, 2022) — It started with an organised ‘bonjour’. Now the ‘republic of good neighbours’ say they want to reclaim the streets
  • The Grassroots to Global Reckoning – Part 2, undp.org/acceleratorlabs (Jul 14, 2022)
  • Paris's standing Citizens Assembly has real teeth, shaping policy and laws - and is part of a quiet revolution, The Daily Alternative (Jul 04, 2022)
  • A New Media Sensibility, Alternative Editorial (May 29, 2022)
  • Cities need to be redesigned for the climate crisis. Can they make us happy, too?, theguardian.com (Mar 28, 2022)
  • Local citizens’ assemblies in the UK: a second report card, constitution-unit.com (Mar 25, 2022)
  • Cities must listen to people to find solutions for climate impacts: stories from Cape Town, The Conversation (Feb 14, 2022)

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