towns and cities international
What if?
What if towns and cities had a purpose beyond housing, feeding and an opportunities to earn a living? What if towns and cities had a mission that empowers and unearths potentials? What if we build communities instead of accumulations of houses? What if towns and cities had a focus? Something to aim for? Something to contribute? What if a town or city was alive and thriving?
Welcome to the easy town website for towns and cities international, an easy town project to rethink and inspire towns and cities around the globe, and a demonstration that rethinking towns and cities is a promising option to address the messes humanity is in.
By now, whenever I come across an issue that needs addressing, I create a town which is specifically built to offer solutions and ongoing research, a town which deals with the issue and allows its people to heal and thrive.
notes for towns and cities international, 2025
About the author
I wish I had know thirty years ago, how much I love to compose towns, communities, cities.
I’m not saying, I couldn’t still go back to university, it’s just that with the easy town books, where I create this energising town experiment, I’ll still be busy with imaginary towns for quite a few years to come. And I love every bit of this explorative, creative work which gives me hope that if we go to the roots of what makes our towns and cities sick, learn from it and then set our to mindfully compose towns in which our species finds an environment fitting for its many needs, if we take the time for this, we can reshape much of the mess we created.
While my writing keeps me busy, I’d be more than happy to be available for mayors, town planners, architects, environmentalists and anyone who works on creating visions for a future of our people and our planet.
What do I have to offer? A mind that has yet to find its match when it comes to imagination and ideas of how to get to the roots of problems, and ideas of how to get out of a mess. And I invite you to test me.
A good place to get an overview of all the things I’m up to is my website: www.charlie-alice-raya.org. Presently, it still has some gaps, but it will steadily fill up over the next months.
You can also find more content on my Bluesky accounts:
Contact
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