Camden’s ‘Think & Do’ Pop-Up is a community space to give people in Camden the chance to come together to develop ideas and projects tackling the climate and ecological crisis. The creation of a new civic space is a direct follow on from Camden’s Citizens’ Assembly on the Climate Crisis.
Think & Do runs pop-ups in different spaces across the Borough of Camden. Think & Do also runs projects.
Our Vision
Create a community ecosystem that is resilient and responsive to climate and social injustice. Find and implement creative solutions to challenges identified at a community level and respond to them collectively.
Our Mission
Think & Do will connect and activate the community through pop ups, events, exhibitions, webinars and projects designed, led and run by committed individuals. This will take place in partnership with Camden Council, residents, schools, businesses, and the whole community.
Think & Do came about from Camden citizen’s deep concern about climate change and their desire to get involved in co-creating solutions that tackle climate change and also help social inclusion and cohesion.
Camden has a long history of using citizens’ assembly and participatory approaches to get people involved in decision-making and be active citizens. In response to students strikes and protests by Extinction Rebellion in April 2019, the Council readily agreed to hold a Citizens’ Assembly as part of Camden’s “climate emergency” declaration.
Camden became the first council in the UK to hold a Citizens’ Assembly on Climate which met over July 2019 and received over 600 ideas for action. The final report and 17 recommendations of the Assembly were discussed at the Full Council meeting on 7th October 2019, when the Council unanimously agreed to take forward all these recommendations. The first ‘Think & Do’ pop up space was created to continue the civic collaboration among and between citizens so everyone could learn about the Assembly’s work and could bring forward additional imaginative ideas and projects. The Council found a premise on Kentish Town Rd it could quickly convert into the Think & Do space in October and convened a workshop on 14th October attended by nearly 100 people to help co-design the new space.
Think & Do is a non profit company limited by guarantee and is starting the process to achieve charitable status.
An outer strategy group meets quarterly to provide focus and guidance that is made up of residents from across Camden.
Different projects have working groups of volunteers and some part time paid staff.
We welcome all those who are keen to get involved to get in touch
Contact us via the contact form on this website. We need more volunteers to help us run the programme of activities.
Partners of Think & Do Camden
Camden Council
Climate Emergency Camden
Climate Emergency Camden is an alliance of 10 local organisations which successfully lobbied the Council to declare a Climate and Ecological Emergency.
InnerPlanet
InnerPlanet is a voluntary co-creation collective building a carbon empowerment technology through open-source collaboration, all to empower individuals and communities to change their behaviour for a more sustainable world.
Power Up North London
Power Up North London (PUNL) was set up in 2017 to deliver community owned and managed renewable energy. We are a Community Benefits Society which delivers renewable energy projects owned and managed by the community.
The Sustainers
The Sustainers are a formidable eco-system of secondary school students working to demand and deliver greater sustainability within schools.
Transition Kentish Town
Transition Kentish Town is a part of a movement of communities coming together to reimagine and rebuild our world, focused around sustainability and creating resilient, connected and happier communities.
Dartmouth Park Talks
Dartmouth Park Talks is a community led initiative set up to provide a space for dialogue and discussion around the themes that impact on us all today.
Camden Forest
Planting 2025 ‘story trees’ in private back gardens by 2025. Each tree has a guardian and a story which will be mapped online to create an interactive, ongoing picture of our Camden Forest.
Kentish Town Road Action
Kentish Town Road Action is an established pressure group of residents and business people working to make Kentish Town Road a more vibrant and attractive shopping and meeting centre by improving shopping, air quality, transport, pavements, lighting, design and parking.
NW5 Pickers
Windfall and foraged fruit picking as well as litter. Seasonal events such as apple pressing on our cast iron apple press.
Play Streets
Play Streets is long-running decentralised initiative allowing residents to close
streets for play; there are now 5 Play Streets in our immediate area, and more nearby.
Rewilding Camden
Rewilding Camden is a group of professional local landscapers and gardeners who have started a campaign to rewild our housing estates, and
ourselves!
Vegbox
Vegbox is a social enterprise which is starting to employ local folk and supplies bags of weekly local seasonal veg/fruit and recipes to over 200 households.
Camden Friends of the Earth
Camden Friends of the Earth campaigns for solutions to environmental problems – for action to create a better, greener Camden (and beyond!).