Voices of the Good Enough Transformation

The Good Enough Transformation (GET) is a global community of practice that brings together 9 cities from 4 continents - Mexico City, Lund, Bobo-Dioulasso, Aarhus, Nicosia, Kuching, Toronto, Casablanca and Paris. This panel will present and discuss a perspective on sustainable urbanization driven by local communities, grassroots culture, and the interaction between traditional knowledge systems, small creative economies, and accessible urban innovations.

GET members will share insights from ongoing action-research and testbeds that tap into nature-based agricultural heritage in Mexico City, vernacular architecture in Burkina Faso, community gardens in Cyprus, upcycling material explorations in Malaysia, and grassroots creative neighborhoods worldwide —engaging indigenous farmers, scientific researchers, cultural entrepreneurs, community leaders and periurban youth. The panel will lead to an open discussion on the future of cities from a local perspective through simple, affordable, and easy-to-implement green urban transformations from communities around the world coming together.

The panel will offer unique expertise from cultural civil society organizations, including

- The Global Centre for Climate Action, a research center at OCAD University that draws on creative vision, sustainable design, and artistic practice to imagine new approaches to sustainability.
- The Gardens of the Future, a grassroots, citizen-led organization based in a repurposed heritage space in Nicosia that engages communities in sustainable practices.
- Culturans, a Mexico-based NGO that uses art, culture, and social innovation to build sustainable communities and cities, empowering citizens to transform urban life.
- Le Plus Petit Cirque du Monde, a non-profit organization that develops and promotes placemaking initiatives in disadvantaged areas using the performing arts.
- Trans Europe Halles, a social incubator based in Sweden that has created a European network of grassroots arts and cultural centers from preserved and restored abandoned buildings.
- Tamadia, a grassroots performing arts company leading local community development, social, and environmental work in Bobo-Dioulasso.