ABSTRACT
The City Spinning project, an experiment in urban horticulture and creating community networks that occurred in two Indian cities, is an example of a low cost, resource-light project that delinks consumption from ownership—a basic criteria for effective sustainable Product-Service Systems (PSS). The chapter discusses City Spinning from the point of view of the capabilities it supports. The framework of the capabilities approach intersects with the socio-ethical sustainability dimension, in its attempt to not only facilitate urban poor children's ability to meet their own nutritional needs, but also to achieve some measure of social equity, as the same marginalised group found itself in a position to interact with various members of the community. All children need safe spaces to play, socialise and develop competences associated with citizenship such as responsibility, collaboration and self-expression. In most Indian cities children's play areas are usually restricted to playgrounds and parks that have well-defined boundaries and fences.
