Malakas! Using ABCD for the Design of Sustainable Cities

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MALAKAS! is a 40-minute documentary film that tells the story of how three barangays (villages) in Cagayan de Oro City in the Philippines were engaged in a community participatory process to design their own systems of organic waste management in support of local food production. Both the film and the project it documents were orchestrated by Jeannette Tramhel and were made possible by a Graduate Research and Design ECOPOLIS Award from Canada's International Development Research Centre. The documentary can be viewed at the following link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEts_EhXPok

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Cagayan de Oro City

Philippines

Project posted by JTramhel

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Project Details

NAME: Malakas! Using ABCD for the Design of Sustainable Cities
PROJECT LEAD: Jeannette Tramhel
LOCATION: Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines
START DATE: March 29, 2008
CURRENT PHASE: Construction complete
PROJECT TYPE: Urban Planning

ADDITIONAL SUPPORT: Project team members and film crew listed in credits

BENEFICIARIES: 50 community members from each of three villages participated in the community design consultations and from among themselves selected 7-8 persons to take the week-long training/design charrette during which they would further develop the design concepts into site plans; these 23 individuals derived the greatest benefit (training and certification as Community EcoAids) and went on to spearhead project implementation; the 8-9 members of the Technical Working Group who facilitated consultations acquired skills in Asset Based Community Development which they would go on to apply in other participatory community planning projects.

NUMBER OF BENEFICIARIES: 150

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT: Participants learned the value and methods of integrating organic waste management with urban agriculture; benefits of "closing the nutrient loop;" maximizing use of urban public spaces for community, waste management and food production

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