ESSAYS | POINTS OF VIEW
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“For our Gardens make us strong!”: Sounding Greenspace Across NYC’s Lower East Side Community Gardens
“Revolutionary movements do not spread by contamination but by resonance. Something that is constituted here resonates with the shock wave emitted by something constituted over there.” The Coming…
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Art That Moves Cities: How Creativity Revives Place and Spirit
I stood on a hillside in the Comuna 13 neighborhood of Medellín, Colombia, where color burst from walls and rhythm pulsed through alleys. Once infamous for violence, this…
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Teaching Environmental Politics During the Trump Presidency
When I was offered a full-time, tenure-track position in environmental politics just out of graduate school, I was elated. My research on disaster response, environmental stewardship, and community…
TNOC’S MISSION
Cities and communities that are better for nature and all people, through transdisciplinary dialogue and collaboration.
We combine art, science, and practice in innovative and publicly available engagements for knowledge-driven, imaginative, and just green city making.
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PROJECTS | ART, SCIENCE & ACTION, TOGETHER
TNOC FESTIVAL
The Distance
Between Dreams
and Reality
is Action
The Nature of Cities Festival, is an event that uniquely blends elements of a conference, art exhibition, and retreat, all centered on urban nature.
NBS COMICS: NATURE TO SAVE THE WORLD
26 Visions for Urban Equity, Inclusion and Opportunity
Now a global project with over ONE MILLION readers, we invite comic creators from all over the world to combine science and storytelling with nature-based solutions (NBS).
STORIES OF TNOC: VOLUME 2
new Collection of Flash Fiction
Cheeky monkeys, vertical farms, climate change, and tree tribunals. Our latest collection features 49 short stories from 20 countries that radically re-imagine city life.
SPROUT POETRY JOURNAL
ISSUE 4: CARE
This latest issue includes works that interrogate the modes of engaging with others in (urban and natural) space that can speak to the interrelated dimensions of care.
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MORE TNOC PROJECTS | ART, SCIENCE & SOCIAL JUSTICE
THE NATURE OF GRAFFITI
This is the nature of graffiti. It facilitates speech. It speaks to us. It stakes claims and makes statements. It tells stories.
The Nature of Cities hosts a public gallery about the graffiti and street art that motivates us in public places.
the roots of cool
As the world warms up, how are you thinking about the role that trees and shade can play in making your city or region livable?
Read and listen to the stories in this global collaboration between The Nature of cities & Descanso Gardens.
THE JUST CITY ESSAYS
26 Visions for Urban Equity, Inclusion and Opportunity
Produced by The Nature of Cities, together with The J. Max Bond Center, and Next City, we ask what would a just city look like, and what could be strategies to get there?
network nature+
A resource for the Nature-based Solutions (NbS) community
Creating opportunities for local, regional and international cooperation to maximize the impact and spread of Nature-based Solutions.