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Cleaning the Beach Changes the Beachgoer: C7's 2024 Sponsorship of Route Institute
Across the second half of 2024, C7 sponsored eleven Route Institute cleanup actions from Rio de Janeiro to São Paulo — removing hundreds of kilograms of waste and, more importantly, changing how thousands of people see their relationship with it.
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Power tools in the Cities Engine
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Exploring the Cities Engine
ReadOverview
A first look at the Cities Engine
ReadHow it's made
How we built the Cities Engine
A look under the hood of the Cities Engine — the software that runs it, the data behind it, and the typology we use to make sense of 11,422 cities.
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A billion seconds is long enough to change a city.
C7 finds practical ideas already working at street level, gives them context, and helps them travel to the next city.
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The longest embrace starts with one open arm
What a day on the beach taught us about scale, trust, and collective action.
ReadCity intelligence
Seeing the system before choosing the intervention
Why city context matters as much as the solution itself.
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When trash becomes a public mirror
Turning a familiar material problem into a cultural invitation.
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Field story
G20 Whale Pop-up: A Powerful Statement of Environmental Unity at the Cities Summit
Attendees assembled 25 canvases into a life-size humpback whale—an act of collaboration reflecting the Oceans 20 call for shared environmental action.
ReadAugust 3, 2024 · Route Institute Cleanup