Fernanda Marin

Mexican always on the move, from DF to London and Paris; from politics to photography and filmmaking. Fascinated by innovation and social campaigns. Now in Communications & Multimedia at OuiShare <3.

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Why we Need New Narratives and Strategies to Save the Environment

The fatalist-gloomy-future narrative around climate change hasn’t been compelling to mobilise enough individuals and communities for change. In response, new organisations are emerging with positive narratives and more complex strategies to tackle ‘the problem’ of our generation.

November 16, 2018

Urban Market

What Global Cities Are (not) Telling Us: The Politics of Immigration, Identity and Invisible Frontiers

Cities are still places where the poor and modest middle classes can actually live. They participate in the local economy, a partial one, but one where they create their opportunities.

September 12, 2018

Designing for a Better Society: How Tiny Houses can Have a Huge Impact

With IMBY we wanted to answer the question of how, starting from design and production methods, we could build a house that could foster social integration and civic engagement in a sustainable model. And this can only be done by empowering the people.

April 23, 2018

Cosmo-Localization: Can Thinking Globally and Producing Locally Really Save our Planet?

Fablabs, makerspaces, emerging global knowledge commons… These are but some of the outcomes of a growing movement that champions globally-sourced designs for local economic activity. Its core idea is simple: local ownership of the means to produce basic manufactures and services can change our economic paradigm, making our cities self-sufficient and help the planet.

February 6, 2018

Concrete Examples for Utopian Ideals: How the Sharing Cities Movement is Paving the Way

To prove that the sharing movement is alive and thriving, our dear friends from Shareable have been working on a very ambitious project: a collection of the most exciting and innovative cases of sharing and urban commons now underway around the world.

February 5, 2018