Urban Commons Futures

What is an urban common? What was Mousehold Heath like in the past? Is there are future for urban commons? Discover more about Mousehold Heath and the commons at the 'Wastes and Strays' exhibition - Frere Road Community Centre on Tuesday 7 June 11-7.00pm.

What is an urban common? What is common about Valley Gardens and The Level? Is there are future for urban commons? To discover more about urban commons join us at the Wastes and Strays exhibition - Thursday 2nd June at Brighton Indoor Market, 12noon to 6.00pm.

Encounter with animal inhabitants on an urban common. Natalie's tale of relaxing with the goats on The Downs, Bristol.

Goat Gully, Goat Therapy This is "Goat Gully, Goat Therapy" by urban commons futures on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

Treasures to keep - rope swings, rabbits, ice cream van, off-road cycle tracks, blackberries, football pitch, froggy production hotspot - Vinegar Pond, ruins, Muntjack Deer, sledging for the intrepid - Mousehold Heath for the future.

St James Hollow by Mousehold Heath, Norwich
- dug by local residents in the past for productive resources of chalk, gravel and flint.
- dug by local residents in the present for wellbeing resources of recreation, sport and health.

Over half the footfall on urban green spaces is taken in the company of four-legged friends. Join Jake, the golden retriever, on his excursions around Town Moor, Newcastle.

Walking with Jake This is "Walking with Jake" by urban commonsfutures on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

Up close - a host of small creatures spied on a sunny afternoon walk in Mousehold Heath. Can anyone help put names to these tiny faces?

A sign of love up on the tree
A rebel for life in a common of rebels
Act now because it's too late
Act now because it's too late
Locking humanity on climate collapse
Protest is not extreme
Protest is not extreme
In our level armies
sometimes rules are good
sometimes rules are not so good

Obeying or not obeying the rules?
Can't read the sign it's got graffiti on it but people do seem to put litter in the bin.
People are not keeping away from the platform
People are drinking
Skaters are skating outside the skate park
Are people damaging the tree by etching a heart on it?
What do you think about the rules?

Signs in public spaces can instruct us on what to do and what not to do. At In-Common Sites, young people have been recording the signs in Valley Gardens Brighton. Are visitors playing by the rules?

Mapping personal memories from 1990 to today - sledging in the snow, the Great North Run and daily walks with Jake the dog. What makes Newcastle's Town Moor special to you?