Gil Penalosa

Extreme poverty: living with less than USD$3 day.

Great: every day past 35 years 115,000 PEOPLE left extreme poverty behind.
1990: 2.3 Billion (2300 millions)
2025: 800 million
Declined by 1.5 Billion PEOPLE.
Yes, one person is one too many. #EndPoverty
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Sidewalks can be most important infra in cities. It's where people meet boy/girl friends, neighbors, sellers of coffee, fruits... Sense belonging!

Having worked in over 350 cities I find that quality of sidewalks are correlated with level of civility.
Make WALKING SAFE & joyful.

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WELLBEING
From measuring illness, mortality, healthCARE costs, to what improves well-being.
At neighborhood level:
• Parks within walk
• Daily walk & bike / time physical activity
• Hours of sleep
• Socializing
• Access to healthy food
• Others
What is measured is improved.

Live as if you were to die tomorrow.
Learn as if you were to live forever.
Gandhi
• Aging is LIVING.
• Let's have AAA playgrounds: All Ages & Abilities.
• Advantage of olders... no longer care what others think of what we do, wear, or say. Unfiltered.
• Age should NOT be a barrier.

Celebrating International Women's Day.
Women Changing Cities. Everyday. Grateful!

Live as if you were to die tomorrow.
Learn as if you were to live forever.
Gandhi
• Aging is LIVING.
• Let's have AAA playgrounds: All Ages & Abilities.
• Advantage of olders... no longer care what others think of what we do, wear, or say. Unfiltered.
• Age should NOT be a barrier.

WELLBEING
From measuring illness, mortality, healthCARE costs, to what improves well-being.
At neighborhood level:
• Parks within walk
• Daily walk & bike / time physical activity
• Hours of sleep
• Socializing
• Access to healthy food
• Others
What is measured is improved.

Good news, we need more:
SOLAR & WIND produced more electricity than fossil fuels in the European Union. 2025
By Hannah Ritchie bit.ly/3OUFK5e

Inspirational documentary: olders having fun in group activities.
Vancouver & Whistler, BC, Canada.
Toronto? 24 of 100 residents are over 60 y/o, but only 3 of 100 city rec. programs are for over 60. Why?
Mayor says 'my focus are children.' Why not both?
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The power of the right data:

• Measure positive health and wellbeing
• Data must consider all aspects of equity
• Measures that speak to more than one sector at a time
• Ensure data sparks forward momentum instead of just looking back
The Right Measurement Makes the Difference!
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The 3 musketeers fighting lies on creating equitable, sustainable & playful cities.

Straight Talk About The Joy Of Cities In An Age Of Disinformation, by Brent Toderian, Tom Flood, Grant Ennis.
At a time when common sense is truly the least common sense.
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BENEFITS of caring for GRANDCHILDREN:
• Increases:
Longevity, years & well-being
Cognitive function
Sense of purpose
Physical activity
Family bonds
Happiness
• Reduces:
Risk of depression
Loneliness
Cities should facilitate interactions.

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for Urban Transformation.

Projects fail for poor comm.
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I asked for actions to be done now: low cost, low risk, high visibility.

A woman said 'walking home I do not feel safe as the sidewalk is very dark. The street for cars is well lit.
If city just turned light 90 degrees, at zero cost, we'd have light on street AND SIDEWALK.'
Yes! Doable everywhere!

US Env. Protection Agency revoked of its own law.

CITIES must protect PUBLIC HEALTH.

"US Fed. Gov. declared that the air we breathe, the heat we endure, and the climate we have destabilized do not constitute a threat to human health sufficient to warrant federal action."
C-40 Center

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TURNING CONFLICT INTO TRUST:
Communication Strategies for Urban Transformation
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Too often projects fail because of poor communication.
Webinar #Cities4Everyone
Tues. March 10 at 11am EST / 4pm CET
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I asked for actions to be done now: low cost, low risk, high visibility.

A woman said 'walking home I do not feel safe as the sidewalk is very dark. The street for cars is well lit.
If city just turned light 90 degrees, at zero cost, we'd have light on street AND SIDEWALK.'
Yes! Doable everywhere!

SHAKIRA at Mexico City's wonderful Zocalo!!

She is great rep. of best of Colombia. Solidarity with Mexico.
Free concert at the heart of Mexico City, showing the world that violence does take place, but Mexicans are amazing, resilient, alive!
#Admiration #Gratefulness #LoveMexico

We know that we need to eat better, greener, sleep, socialize, physical activity, parks, nature, etc.

Good intentions are NOT enough.
Cities can make living older, healthier, happier, the easy choice. Policies, infrastructure, programs.
I work with cities, helping them do it. gpenalosa.ca

Vancouver says 'NO to Car Free Days in 2026'.
In plain words they are saying NO to people of all ages & backgrounds.
Some cities like crabs... moving back. Cars over people.

Age is an issue of mind over matter.
If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter.
Mark Twain

PUBLIC space: streets are biggest public space in world's cities.
Great streets: SAFE for all ages & abilities.
SideWALKS: benches, lights, business, trees, PEOPLE, multi-generation enjoyment.

All bikelanes must be good for an 8 year old and for an 80 year old; if not, do NOT even call them bikelanes.

Actually, everything you do in cities, parks, sidewalks, all, must be good for and 8 and an 80 year old
If good for 8 & 80 it'll be good for all ages, 0 - 100+.

Great news (we need some!):
EXTREME POVERTY (live US$3 per day) falling sharply!!
• Since 1990 China has lifted 940 million people out of extreme poverty!
• World not incl. China also v. good: 1990 1/3 in ext. pov.; today it's 1/10.

"In the end, our society will be defined not only by what we create, but WHAT WE REFUSE TO DESTROY"
John Sawhill

Do not forget:
With less than 20% of the public investment in the private SPA and move Science Center, province could have built a magnificent WATERFRONT PUBLIC PARK.

"In the end, our society will be defined not only by what we create, but WHAT WE REFUSE TO DESTROY"
John Sawhill

Do not forget:
With less than 20% of the public investment in the private SPA and move Science Center, province could have built a magnificent WATERFRONT PUBLIC PARK.

Great news (we need some!):
EXTREME POVERTY (live US$3 per day) falling sharply!!
• Since 1990 China has lifted 940 million people out of extreme poverty!
• World not incl. China also v. good: 1990 1/3 in ext. pov.; today it's 1/10.

Seems like it's not rocket science nor expensive to live longer AND WELL:
• Eat half
• Walk double
• Laugh triple
• Love without measure
Tibetan Proverb

Cities can contribute much to make this the easy option. Ex. SAFE & joyful walking, places to walk to, trees, benches, etc.

All bikelanes must be good for an 8 year old and for an 80 year old; if not, do NOT even call them bikelanes.

Actually, everything you do in cities, parks, sidewalks, all, must be good for and 8 and an 80 year old
If good for 8 & 80 it'll be good for all ages, 0 - 100+.