About Us
Placemaking.Education is a collaboration between Doing Co and PlacemakingX.
Over 5,000 people from 122 countries have taken a course or downloaded a resource since it launched in 2022. Our purpose is to:
- Gather and curate the most important placemaking concepts, suggestions and lessons learned into one place to make it easier and faster for people to learn about placemaking
- Refine, democratise and deepen the knowledge base
- Promote the inclusive, collaborative and people-centred spirit and intent of placemaking as it was first conceptualised
- Focus particularly on the WHO, WHY and HOW of placemaking
- Accelerate the growth of the placemaking movement
We are People and Planet First-verified as a non-profit social enterprise, working to help address social or environmental problems.
Placemaking is a significant part of our courses, but a variety of other approaches have also influenced and are mixed into them, including:
- Creative Bureaucracy
- Systems Thinking
- Active Citizenship
- Urbanism
- Design Thinking
- Strategic Doing
- Asset-Based Community Development
- Place Management
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Community Organising
Doing Co unlocks the potential of people and places.
As a non-profit social enterprise, we make it easier for local people to shape the places they live by improving how communities and institutions work together. It’s about doing better, together.
When people are given opportunities to influence the places they live, work and belong - even in small ways - something powerful happens. They build confidence, develop new skills, develop relationships and discover a deeper sense of connection and purpose. Participation doesn't just improve places, it strengthens people.
Our work bridges the gaps in between governments, communities and industry. We connect people making it happen into a movement of positive doers.
Find out more at www.doingco.org.
PlacemakingX is a global network of leaders who together accelerate placemaking as a way to create healthy, inclusive, and beloved communities.
Our vision is to make the spaces we live into places we love. Create a thriving, equitable, and sustainable world through the convergence of values, passion, and action around our public spaces.
We are a network of placemaking thought leaders, public space activists, regional network leaders, and professionals from all over the world.
We have diverse experiences and backgrounds but share a common purpose. PlacemakingX is currently formed by 100+ leaders and 1,300+ advocates from 80+ countries around the world.
Find out more at www.placemakingx.org
We're for people and places!
Doing Co and PlacemakingX are both non-profit social enterprises. All funds raised via the Placemaking.Education platform go back into delivering our visions and purposes.
Help us to promote the placemaking movement!