Community Development Bluesky Starter Packs

Community-Owned Infrastructure

People & organisations involved with community-owned energy, housing, food, transport and other key community infrastructure.

E J Hartley 💚

@idoneathunk.bsky.social

2 mentions

Aug 29, 2025

Social Capital Partners

Wealth concentration, ownership, economic inequality, financial security, tax policy, competition policy, social finance, economic policy, community wealth building, changing narratives, democratic resilience. Canada-based but good ideas come from everywhere. DM to be added!

Social Capital Partners🇨🇦

@scpartners.bsky.social

2 mentions

Aug 13, 2025

Active Towns Channel & Podcast Starter Pack

Over the past few years, I have had the honor and privilege to profile and interview many professionals and advocates working hard to create more people-oriented places around the globe. Many of them are also active on this platform, and thus, you may enjoy following along with their work and posts.

Active Towns

@activetowns.bsky.social

1 mentions

May 25, 2025

Pittsburgh PublicSource Journalist Starter Pack

PublicSource is Pittsburgh’s home for impactful journalism and community-driven storytelling. We champion transparency and accountability from those in power. Our fact-checked local news spans critical topics, including the environment, health, education, community development and local government.

Pittsburgh's Public Source

@publicsource.org

1 mentions

Apr 4, 2025

Blue Action Grantees

Blue Action's current and former grantees and subgrantees working on Marine Protected Areas and sustainable livelihood in coastal communities

Blue Action Fund

@blueactionfund.org

1 mentions

May 18, 2025

Energy & Climate Justice with Community Impact

People doing impact work in the climate adaptation energy and/or communities space. These are important people making things, doing research, or making policies to improve the climate adaptation capabilities and energy services in communities.

Destenie Nock, PhD

@destenie.bsky.social

4 mentions

Mar 21, 2025

Cooperatives

Cooperatives are member-owned and collectively managed businesses that foster democracy in our economy for a more inclusive and equitable society. Studies show that cooperatives are more resilient, survive longer, are more socially oriented, and foster happier workers than other forms of business.

The Cooperative Economy

@cooperatives.bsky.social

2 mentions

Feb 27, 2025

Blue Community Starter Pack: Water and Sanitation

Looking for a starter pack on the human right to water and sanitation? Here some people and accounts to follow. And please let us know if you are not listed, but should be here too! Or if you are listed here by mistake.

Blue Community .net

@bcch.bsky.social

1 mentions

Dec 30, 2024

Diverse Economies / Community Economies

Academics and practitioners studying and implementing initiatives in the Diverse / Community Economies perspectives - see www.communityeconomies.org

Richard Hull

@richardhull54.bsky.social

2 mentions

Feb 4, 2025

PlacemakingX's Placemaking Leader Starter Pack

Placemaking leaders are just starting to join Bluesky. Help us build the placemaking learning, advocacy, and action conversation and community here. Let us know of others joining!

PlacemakingX

@placemakingx.bsky.social

3 mentions

Feb 2, 2025

Urban Institute Starter Pack

The Urban Institute is a nonprofit research organization that provides data and evidence to help advance upward mobility and equity.

Urban Institute

@urbaninstitute.bsky.social

3 mentions

Jan 29, 2025

UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs

A collection of faculty, staff, researchers, and research units at the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs. Work spanning multiple research areas and geographies

Madeline Brozen

@mbrozen.bsky.social

1 mentions

Jan 27, 2025