When anti-runway campaigners squatted an old market garden near London's Heathrow, it caused quite a stir. From debate over whether the Transition Movement should leave politics at the door to a dawn raid on the eve of the Royal Wedding, there's been plenty of drama to follow.

But there's been a quieter, equally important version of this story—as witnessed by the neighbors who welcomed these squatters into their community—reclaiming abused and abandoned land and using it for the common good can have a powerful impact.

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