{"id":49677,"date":"2014-09-15T13:00:29","date_gmt":"2014-09-15T17:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/?p=49677"},"modified":"2014-10-02T10:39:22","modified_gmt":"2014-10-02T14:39:22","slug":"10-brainers-reclaim-visual-environment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2014\/09\/15\/10-brainers-reclaim-visual-environment\/","title":{"rendered":"10 NO BRAINERS: Reclaim our Visual Environment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/105983954\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>10 No Brainers to Make Toronto More Awesome!<\/strong> is a project of the <a title=\"Centre for City Ecology\" href=\"http:\/\/cityecology.net\/\" target=\"_blank\">Centre for City Ecology<\/a> that highlights small, achievable actions at the City-level that would improve life in Toronto\u2019s neighbourhoods, right now. A series of 10 short videos will be released on Spacing Toronto from Sept. 15-19, highlighting 10 No Brainers contributed by a diverse cast of Torontonians. The project will wrap up with a\u00a0free Pop-Up Event where City Council candidates can pitch which No Brainer they\u2019d champion at City Hall and the public can join in the conversation: <a title=\"East End Pop Up\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.ca\/e\/10-no-brainers-pop-up-event-gerrard-east-tickets-13099457831\" target=\"_blank\">October 9\u00a0in the East End<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>For the second instalment of our <a title=\"10 No Brainers\" href=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2014\/09\/15\/10-brainers-say-yes-parklets\/\" target=\"_blank\">10 No Brainers series<\/a>, we have <a title=\"Dave Meslin\" href=\"http:\/\/meslin.wordpress.com\/about\/\" target=\"_blank\">Dave Meslin<\/a>, a community choreographer, public space advocate, and Spacing co-founder, speaking about how we can reclaim our public spaces.<\/p>\n<p>On commercial billboards in public space, Dave asks, &#8220;Why is someone else marking their territory the way a dog urinates on a lawn and says, &#8216;This is mine&#8217;? It&#8217;s an invasive species, commercial billboards.&#8221; His simple No Brainer pitches a three-step strategy to address the proliferation of advertising in public space and reassert our collective ownership of these spaces.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>10 No Brainers to Make Toronto More Awesome! is a project of the Centre for City Ecology that highlights small, achievable actions at the City-level that would improve life in Toronto\u2019s neighbourhoods, right now. 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