Are we all walking to school?
Following on from Viv’s recent post Its World Carfree day, I thought it was worth mentioning that this month is International Walk to School Month. Walk to School Month is run in the UK by national...
View ArticleMapping the big bangs
The ghostly costumes have been packed away for another year, so time to start preparing for the big bangs. As bonfire night draws closer, we have started to populate our OS OpenSpace application,...
View ArticleHelp people help each other in your neighbourhood
The title of the first theme of the Kent Connects Developing Solutions challenge. There are many opportunities for how the use of technology could improve your neighbourhood, whether it’s to help...
View ArticleMake it easier for you to report issues to your council
Following on from my post about the first theme of the Kent Connects Developing Solutions challenge, I thought I would have a look at the second theme – make it easier for you to report issues to your...
View ArticleIt's World Toilet Day
Following the theme of National Days Viv and I have been running, I am pleased to announce it’s World Toilet Day (WTD) on 19 November. The World Toilet Organization created WTD to raise global...
View ArticleSunlighting in Kent wins OS OpenData prize
Following on from the recent Kent Connects Developing Solutions Camp on 25 November, we are pleased to announce that ‘Sunlighting in Kent’ (created by the founders of The Sunshine Bank –...
View ArticleStill in need of a tree?
Not long to go until the big day and hopefully we all have got our Christmas trees, but for those still looking, here is an app that I created using Web-map builder (my first attempt at creating a live...
View ArticleThe world's biggest bird watch
Hello all and Happy New Year. Following on from last year’s theme of special days and weeks in Britain the Big School’s Bird Watch (a schools based version of the RSPB’s long-running Big Garden Watch)...
View Article17 days to transform neighbourhoods
It’s good to see the increasing number of ideas put forward for the latest GeoVation challenge - to help transform neighbourhoods in Britain together. I am still trying to find a killer solution to...
View ArticleWhere do want to transform your neighbourhood?
I thought it would be interesting to see where ideas for the ‘How can we transform neighbourhoods in Britain together?’ GeoVation Challenge came from, even though some of these may be trying solve...
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