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Dissertation on the investment in Cultural Capital of Manchester.

When Richard Reynolds began planting flowers secretly at night outside his tower block in South London he had no idea he was part of a growing global movement committed to combating the forces of neglect, land shortage and apathy towards public spaces. But his blog GuerrillaGardening.org attracted other guerrillas from around the world to share their experiences of the horticultural front line with him and become a focal point for guerrilla gardeners everywhere. On Guerrilla Gardening is a lively colourful treatise about why people illicitly cultivate land and how to do it. From discretely beautifying corners of Montreal to striving for green communal space in Berlin and sustainable food production in San Francisco, from small gestures of fun in Zurich to bold political statements in Brazil, cultivating land beyond your boundary is a battle many different people are fighting. Unearthed along the way are the movement’s notable historic advances by seventeenth century English radicals, a nineteenth century American entrepreneur and artists in 1970s New York. Reynolds has researched the subject with guerrilla gardeners from thirty different countries and compiles their advice on what to grow, how to cope with adverse environmental conditions, how to seed bomb effectively and to use propaganda to win support.On Guerrilla Gardening gives entertaining inspiration, practical reference and no excuses for not getting out there and gardening.  

On Guerrilla Gardening: A Handbook for Gardening Without Boundaries

On Guerrilla Gardening 'I am a guerrilla gardener, one of hundreds around the world, who illicitly cultivate public space under the cover of darkness ' Full description

On Guerrilla Gardening: A Handbook for Gardening without Boundaries

Growing Stuff Growing Stuff: An Alternative Guide to Gardening is a vibrant and quirky guide for anyone wishing to transform their minimal outdoor space. Full description

Growing Stuff: An Alternative Guide to Gardening

75 essays written by cult writers and journalists from both sides of the Atlantic, Hg2 Life gives you the inside track on everything you should know and your parents wished you didn't...

Hedonist's Guide to Life

We live in an oil-dependent world, and have got to this level of dependency in a very short space of time, using vast reserves of oil in the process without planning for when the supply is not so plentiful. Most people don't want to think about what happens when the oil runs out (or becomes prohibitively expensive), but The Transition Handbook shows how the inevitable and profound changes ahead can have a positive effect. They can lead to the rebirth of local communities, which will generate their own fuel, food and housing. They can encourage the development of local currencies, to keep money in the local area. They can unleash a local 'skilling-up', so that people have more control over their lives. The Transition Handbook is the manual which will guide communities to begin this 'energy descent' journey. The argument that 'small is inevitable' is upbeat and positive, as well as utterly convincing. Please note, the printed edition of The Transition Handbook is currently out of stock, but it is available as an ebook. The Transition Companion by Rob Hopkins was published in October 2012.

The Transition Handbook: From Oil Dependency to Local Resilience (Transition Guides)

Operative Landscapes: Building Communities Through Public Space

Hacking the City: Interventionen in öffentlichen und kommunikativen Räumen

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Trespass Made in collaboration with featured artists, "Trespass" examines the rise and global reach of graffiti and urban art, tracing key figures, events, and movements of self-expression in the city's social space, and the history of urban reclamation, protest, and illicit performance.

Trespass: A History of Uncommissioned Urban Art

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One of the world's leading guerrilla gardeners with over a decade of commitment to transforming neglected public space and encouraging widespread participation through his book On Guerrilla Gardening (2008), and international lectures to professional and enthusiast audiences. Guerrilla gardening is Richard's passion. Professionally he has worked as a communications strategist since 1998 and works for several London agencies on a diverse range of consumer products and services. This provides an underpinning to his work advocating guerrilla gardening.

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