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Informal wisdom: notes from Nairobi

After arriving at 2am in Nairobi and getting only a few hours of sleep on Monday, two days later, I was finally starting to feel normal…

Mar 30, 2023

Informal wisdom: notes from Nairobi

Mar 30, 2023

Food, art & a dose of optimism to redefine activism

“How do we bring joy to our community kitchens?” asked a young participant at the Urban Food Futures conference which kicked off yesterday…

Nov 18, 2022

Food, art & a dose of optimism to redefine activism

Nov 18, 2022

Building bridges across imperfect contexts: a view from Bogotá

Speaking to my mother about a visit I’m helping facilitate, she made a comment which hasn’t left me. She asked me what I was doing back in…

Oct 24, 2022

Building bridges across imperfect contexts: a view from Bogotá

Oct 24, 2022

The streets belong to us, when we are together

A few months ago, I was mugged while running on a Sunday morning in Cape Town. It happened in a place not considered as ‘dangerous’; but I…

Aug 19, 2022

The streets belong to us, when we are together

Aug 19, 2022

My never-ending compost story

Throwing away organic waste and mixing it with general rubbish is one of those things you are almost physically unable to do once you have…

May 3, 2021

My never-ending compost story

May 3, 2021

Big questions, small actions: a recipe for survival

Over the December break I read a book called ‘Socrates Express’ by Eric Weiner, it is a sort of life manual based on the teachings of a…

Feb 1, 2021

Big questions, small actions: a recipe for survival

Feb 1, 2021

“Best practice” is in the eye of the pedestrian

A group of transport academics and activists based in different parts of the Americas recently convened an online discussion about…

Dec 14, 2020

“Best practice” is in the eye of the pedestrian

Dec 14, 2020

Opening up streets during a pandemic

If anyone had told me that ‘open streets’ (temporary car-free streets) would be part of the discussion in how to tackle a global pandemic…

Jun 24, 2020

Opening up streets during a pandemic

Jun 24, 2020

On home and belonging: what I learnt in Colombia last year

I recently spent a year in Bogota, Colombia — the longest period of time in the country of my birth since leaving 23 years ago. Being back…

May 6, 2020

On home and belonging: what I learnt in Colombia last year

May 6, 2020

Keeping distance…but only physically

A couple of years ago I contracted a nasty type of flu during a trip, when I returned home my partner, having greater awareness than me…

Mar 29, 2020

Mar 29, 2020

Marcela Guerrero Casas

Marcela Guerrero Casas

I am passionate about cities, public space & community engagement. Born in Colombia, I have spent my adult life in the US & South Africa. Cape Town is home.

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