The right to the city | Dimitri Roussopoulos | TEDxPatras

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Music Credits:
Music by : Monsieur Minimal
Track : Trip hope
Taken from the Album : Minimal to Maximal
Animation Video Credits:
DIPGAL
Dimitri Roussopoulos - Social Ecologist - Author
Author, editor and publisher, Dimitri Roussopoulos has a large body of works covering a wide range of subjects, from the international war-system, the crisis of ecology to local democracy. Having published some 15 books, and scores of essays in a number of languages he is widely known as a speaker on issues related to urbanisation, social housing, community development, and urban ecology.
He was president of the Taskforce on Municipal Democracy for the City of Montreal, for over 10 years and pioneered the international recognized “Montreal Charter of Rights and Responsibilities” and is currently vice-president of the Institute of Policy Alternatives of Montreal (IPAM) and chair of the Transnational Institute of Social Ecology (Athens).
This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at ted.com/tedx

[@demonaxdemonax7942]

Please more, more of Dimitri Roussopoulos on TED talks. What articulation. The people present were very luckiy, and to interact at a personal level.

[@angelabalabonov1899]

Great presentation by a great ecologist.