Wherever we live, the level of anxiety about the future is probably greater now than it was a year ago.  But let’s remember what PASCAL is: a global perspective on local possibilities.  I want to emphasize the word “possibilities”: These are limited by our imagination and creativity.  The populists want change too: they do not want poverty, but they want to undo globalization which has lifted people out of poverty; they do not want disease, but they want to block the efforts of governments and science to co-operate; they do not want ignorance but they do not question their assumptions. 

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This newsletter from the Project for Public Spaces connects people who share a passion for public spaces to ideas and issues, news, quotes, places, and events from the placemaking movement.

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During my visit earlier last year to the Iraqi Museum in Baghdad, at the Sumerian wing, I observed among the numerous historical items there, three clay tablets with cuneiform writing and drawings dating back to around 3000 BC. One tablet depicted the drawing of Geometric-Algebraic equations and shapes such as angled triangles, Euclid Theorem similar to it ; the second is a mathematical tablet and the Pythagorean Theorem resembles it; and the third tablet is of the heliocentric drawings of the solar system.

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We are inviting submissions for our Association for Academic Outreach (AFAO) Annual Conference.

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Happy New Year from UALL!

UALL Annual Conference 2019
Lifelong Learning and Innovation
Telford Innovation Campus, University of Wolverhampton 
10 - 12 April 2019

Registration for this event is now live.

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The Project for Public Spaces connects people who share a passion for public spaces. Here Phil Myrick, CEO, Project for Public Spaces, reviews 2018:

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