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Reliving childhood while replacing incandescent bulbs with CFLs in a marginalized community of Bengaluru. Photo Hita Unnikrishnan

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David Maddox

Art, Science, Action: Green Cities Re-imagined

David Maddox

David Maddox New York

David loves urban spaces and nature. He loves creativity and collaboration. He loves theatre and music. In his life and work he has practiced in all of these as, in various moments, a scientist, a climate change researcher, a land steward, an ecological practitioner, composer, a playwright, a musician, an actor, and a theatre director.

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