In Part Two of this ride-along series video, we continue our adventures and explorations with Cornelia Dinca, founder of Sustainable Amsterdam. We start where we left off in Part One, at De Ceuvel, look at several sustainable housing developments, pop in to check out the NDSM reuse and redevelopment, and conclude this stage of our journeys at Houthaven. Truly fascinating approaches being applied to create more housing sustainably and affordably with easy access to active mobility and transit networks.
Watch Part One here: https://youtu.be/yl4JloqaCAA
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- Cornelia Dinca Sustainable Amsterdam: https://sustainableamsterdam.com/
- Amanda Popken McCullough w/ Popken Popups: https://www.popkenpopups.com/
- My BikeFlip Utrecht video: https://youtu.be/l93rSI2bxvk
- BikeFlip website: https://bikeflip.nl/
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- NDSM Amsterdam: https://www.iamsterdam.com/en/explore/neighbourhoods/ndsm
- NDSM website: https://www.ndsm.nl/en
- Houthaven: https://sustainableamsterdam.com/2017/09/houthaven-amsterdams-first-climate-neutral-district/
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Background:
Hi Everyone! My name is John Simmerman, and I’m a health promotion and public health professional with over 35 years of experience. Over the years, my area of concentration has evolved into a specialization in how the built environment influences human behavior related to active living and especially active mobility.
Since 2010, I've been exploring, documenting, and profiling established, emerging, and aspiring Active Towns wherever they might be while striving to produce high-quality multimedia content to help inspire the creation of more safe and inviting, environments that promote a "Culture of Activity" for "All Ages & Abilities."
The Active Towns Channel features my original video content and reflections, including a selection of podcast episodes and short films profiling the positive and inspiring efforts happening around the world as I am able to experience and document them.
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