#urban october

[worldcitiesday]

Turin; Italy.

The city of Turin is located in the region of Piedmont in the northwest of Italy and is home to 880,000 people. To overcome social, economic and environmental challenges, Turin initiated a transformation to become more sustainable and liveable. This is reflected in the current “2030 Action Plan for a Sustainable and Resilient Turin” which aligns with the city’s participation in the “Trees in Cities Challenge”. The pledge to plant 1,000 trees is implemented along with the development of a “Sustainable Urban Forest Management Plan” - one of the first plans of that kind in Italy – and the creation of a “Strategic Green Infrastructure Plan” to guide the management of, and investment in, green infrastructure. Together with a corporate sponsor, Turin planted 3,000 trees and overall 18,000 trees, considerably exceeding its pledge of 15,000.

#trees #towns #turin #italy #trees in cities #urban trees #tree planting pledges #urban forestry #green infrastructure #urban october

[worldhabitatday]

Organize special evenings set aside to screen films with themes on urban life.

Urban Nights is a collaboration effort between UN-Habitat, Slum Film Festival, Urban Bites, Udada Festival and the Nairobi City County Government.

In 2015 “Urban October” concluded with World Cities Day on 31 October under the motto 'Designed to Live Together'.

The United Nations, national and regional governments, learning institutions, non-governmental organisations as well as private individuals have lined up a series of events to mark this year’s World Habitat Day which is being commemorated today. Celebrated on the first Monday of October every year, the purpose of World Habitat Day is to reflect on the state of our towns and cities, and on the basic right of all to adequate shelter. It is also intended to remind the world that we all have the power and the responsibility to shape the future of our cities and towns. The main event for this year is being commemorated at the United Nations headquarters in New York where Orhan Pamuk, the 2006 Nobel Prize for Literature winner, will deliver the keynote address. The theme for this year’s event is ‘Public Spaces for All’ and it dovetails with the general theme of “Urban October” which was launched by UN-Habitat in 2014 to emphasize the world’s urban challenges and engage the international community towards the New Urban Agenda. This year’s “Urban October” will conclude with World Cities Day on 31 October under the motto ‘Designed to Live Together’. In New York, UN-Habitat, the Consortium for Sustainable Urbanization, the American Institute Architects New York, UN Women, the Institute of Global Homelessness, the United Cities and Local Governments and the Permanent Mission of Grenada to the United Nations are collaborating in holding a high-level discussion, which will cover key developments in the area of public space design. In the years leading to the HABITAT III Conference, and the post 2015 development agenda solutions will be sought for the challenges, in an era of ever increasing urbanization. This event will bring together high-level experts and representatives from national and local governments, non-governmental organizations, institutes, foundations and industry, who will present case studies from around the world on public spaces. For the first time ever and in a true reflection of United Nation’s rallying call of ‘Delivering as One’, this year’s World Habitat Day will see UN-Habitat joining hands with its sister agency, UN Women. This partnership is done under the aegis of HeForShe, which is a global UN Women initiative that aims to engage men and boys, one half of humanity, in removing the social and cultural barriers that prevent the other half of humanity from achieving their potential. This partnership examines and promotes the role for men and women alike in the active creation of gender-equal public spaces for all. In Nairobi, the day will be marked with the premier of ‘Urban Nights’ which are special evenings set aside to screen films with themes on urban life at the PAWA 254 Studios in Nairobi. Started by celebrated activist journalist Boniface Mwangi, PAWA 254 is an arts hub based in Nairobi that offers workshops, training, forums and events for all artists who are creating for social impact.

#Urban October #New Urban Agenda #urban night #Designed to Live Together

[lotusinjadewell]

Hanoi in October. Credit to Đức Nguyễn.

#vietnam #vietnamese #culture #travel destinations #travel #hanoi #october #urban landscape

[fadedfrost]

I have hundreds of these from the last six or so years. I’m not going to spam Tumblr with all of them, but I will be posting a few of my favorites over the next weeks as I back up my archive ad move onto new things (it’s time for a new season).

This one is October/Tybalt from @seananmcguire’s wonderful October Daye series.

#october daye #seanan mcguire #fadedfrostmoodboards #urban fantasy

[octobersociety]

#autumn #fall #october #urban life

[yuliia-ozen]

#ukraine #kyiv #kyiv ukraine #kyivphoto #urban #urban landscape #urban photography #urban aesthetic #city photography #autumn #fall #my photography #my photos #original content #original photography on tumblr #український tumblr #український тамблер #october

[ahsokatanos-lightsabertechnique]

Girl help, I blinked and now I have 22 urban fantasy novels checked out of the online library

#no but actually #i literally have 24 books checked out in the last week and 22 of them are ilona andrews or seanan mcguire #it's nothing but ilona andrews and seanan mcguire in there #GO READ ILONA ANDREWS AND SEANAN MCGUIRE #we stan the urban fantasy authors that write strong leading ladies and have diversity in their books #we DON'T stan urban fantasy authors that have a bunch of shirtless werewolves and vampires flexing at each other over a “tough” girl #and then “seduce” her with extra strength questionable consent while the plot trips and falls into a wood chipper in the distance #HAVING SAID THAT if that brings you joy #have your joy #enjoy those books #they just creep me out and I can't personally stand to read them #AND THAT'S WHY I LOVE ILONA ANDREWS AND SEANAN MCGUIRE #seanan mcguire #october daye #kate daniels #curran lennart #tybalt #quentin sollys #urban fantasy #books #library #ilona andrews

[thereisnoafter]

#carmen nuñez #woman photographer on tumblr #santa cruz de tenerife #canary islands #wall #urban decay #urban #iphone #october #2023

[rheadionne]

Check out my review of The Innocent Sleep by Seanan McGuire 

#seanan mcguire #the innocent sleep #book review #urban fantasy #october daye

[worldcitiesday]

Remarks by the UN-Habitat Chief on the High-level Opening of World Cities Day 2023.

Opening remarks by Maimunah Mohd Sharif, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), on the High-level opening of World Cities Day 2023 (31st of October).

#urban october #31 october #World Cities Day #UN-Habitat #Instambul #Youtube

[worldhabitatday]

UN-Habitat Executive Director Maimunah Mohd Sharif on World Habitat Day 2022, October 3rd.

The COVID pandemic, recent conflicts and the climate emergency have reversed years of progress in our fight against poverty. Today we are witnessing the emergence of newly poor people – those of us who have fallen into poverty due to the FOUR Cs: Covid, Conflict and Climate Crises. The UN-Habitat’s World Cities Report estimates that up to 163 million newly poor people now live in cities and urban areas. They have lost their income, lack decent housing and cannot access basic services.

UN-Habitat Executive Director Maimunah Mohd Sharif on World Habitat Day 2022, October 3rd.

#World Habitat Day #UN-Habitat #Urban october #3 october #mind the gap #Leave no one behind #Leave no place behind #roundtable #panel discussions

[publishinggoblin]

TAKE ME TO THE DARK

Take Me to the Dark: 3 Games of the Strange by Publishing Goblin — Kickstarter

In early October, TAKE ME TO THE DARK: 3 Games of the Strange is coming to Kickstarter! Click the link above to signup and be notified of the campaign's launch!

Take Me to the Dark: 3 Games of the Strange by Publishing Goblin — Kickstarter

Three card-run TTRPGs that take little to no preparation to sit down and play, not even for the person(s) running the story. $25 a piece, or $60 for all three games in a bundle.

ZOETROPE: Death Didn't Take is the second edition of time travel madness! Play time agents trying to stop (or cause) time anomalies in a ridiculous game. Build the timeline on the table with your action cards, so when you rewind (or fast forward) time, you know exactly what did or didn't happen.

SECRET HALLS is 1993 Chicago urban fantasy at its best. You are mages tasked with keeping the peace between other mythological beings, while trying to keep the mortals blissfully unaware of the supernal dream hiding in the dark alleys of their city.

WHAT WE POSSESS is a game of vignettes of the living, paired with the onlooking hunger of the dead. Figure out why your ghosts are haunting this space before their energy fails and they fall to the Whispers that keep them locked here.

#kickstarter #take me to the dark #ttrpgs #ttrpg #rpg #indie rpg #indie ttrpg #secret halls #urban fantasy #zoetrope #time travel #what we possess #ghost #ghost story #haunting #october #halloween #scary games #scary stories #strange

[cait-sith]

October 2023, Day 19: Ghost/Haunted

An unwelcome rot invades the house. A certain house ghost is rather displeased with the mess it's making.

#art #artists on tumblr #inktober #my art #daily drawing #october prompts #jorm scribs #october23 #setting: dh #oc: theo #ghosts #nisse #ghost #urban fantasy #not technically a ghost according to DH rules but the closest thing it has since there is no afterlife. #A big mass of sentient rot nibbling at the foundations of a house

[owlbear33]

I love the InCryptid series by Seanan McGuire, I love these books so much, but I never see anyone talk about them (at least on Tumblr, barely any fanfic on AO3 also)

It's Urban fantasy, fairly kitchen sink, about a family of Monster Hunters turned Monster Conservationists (Cryptozoologists, Cryptobotannists, Crypto Social Workers), it's got fun world-building, it's Chocked full of found family, so much found family, and Y'all should read them

so if that sounds like fun, or you like Urban Fantasy, or you like Seanans other works (October Daye, Wayward Childen, etc) please give them a look

#owlbear grumbling #book recs #incryptid #seanan mcguire #urban fantasy #would it be rude to tag seanans other series? #october daye #wayward children #no I just really really love these books #Seanan if you see this post thankyou for writing them #ooh oh there's also a spinoff series called Ghost roads #about a hitchhiker ghost trying to stop the murderous immortal asshole that killed her #also very good #just generally this is a recomendation for Seanans works #everything I've read by her has been amazing

[nicholask-la]

From October, 2023

#long exposure #street photography #New York #new york city #urban landscape #ricoh gr iii #original photography on tumblr #october 2023

[toyastales]

New York City

#new york central #new york city #new york by night #new york i love you #new york islanders #city of dreams #gotham #toya's tales #toyastales #toyas tales #art #new york #cityscape #city #urban commuting #bridge #traffic #october #fall #autumn #city vibes #city view #nice view #views #photography #photo #urban landscape #urban life #urban photography #urban