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  • Sustainability for people under 30. What’s your take on sustainability, climate change, and the biodiversity crisis?

    Sustainability for people under 30. What’s your take on sustainability, climate change, and the biodiversity crisis?

    With:

    Kjella Acosta

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    Molly Anderson

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    Emma Andrade

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    Emmalee Barnett

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    Danielle Bongiovanni

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    Alex Rivera Campo

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    Sally Carpenter

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    Julia Millan Ceballos

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    Raychel Ceciro

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    Allie Celauro

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    Claire Crosby

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    Roy Fox

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    Lila Glanville

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    Anusha Muralidhar

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    Alba Ortiz Naumann

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    Emily Bohobo N’Dombaxe

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    Angel Guiñazu

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    Svetlana Khromova

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    David Maddox

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    Roos Mouthaan

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    Nasna Mohamedali

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    Liseth Carolina Ramirez Canon

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    Nils Schröer

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    Ella Sobol

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    Samuel Thuo

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    Caio Menezes Oliveira

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    Igor Menezes Oliveira

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    Jenifer Keyci Soares

  • Nature-Based Solutions in Education: If the benefits are clear, why isn’t it mainstream?

    Nature-Based Solutions in Education: If the benefits are clear, why isn’t it mainstream?

    With:

    Chris Fremantle

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    Gillian Dick

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    Robin Lasser

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    Sally Anderson

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    Gerd Lupp

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    Isabel Ruiz-Mallén

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    Francesc Baró

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    Benginur Baştabak

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    Christina Galani

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    Bongiwe Simka

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    Dara Lee

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    Etive Currie

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    Lidón Sanchis Salvador

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    Mike Jones

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    Montse Hernández

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    Simon Bénateau

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    Richard Johnson

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    Curt Gervich

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    Elif Gödekmerdan

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    Mário Estevens

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    Ella Kearney

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    Kelly Baldwin Heid

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    Kalyn Potter

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    Marufa Sultana

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    Colleen Murphy-Dunning

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    Marianne Krasny

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    Diana Lemian

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    Nasim Farahani Zayas

  • The Kinship with Rivers: How to cultivate reciprocal relationships with rivers?

    The Kinship with Rivers: How to cultivate reciprocal relationships with rivers?

    With:

    Carmen Bouyer

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    Elliott Maltby

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    Sareh Moosavi

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    Mary O’Brien

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    Jessica Taggart Rose

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    Andreas Weber

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    Marie Saint Bris

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    Margaux Balloffet

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    Clemencia Echeverri

MORE VIEWS | FROM THE ARCHIVE

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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AROUND THE WORLD

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

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.