Cecilia Herzog
Rio de Janeiro
Cecilia Polacow Herzog is an urban landscape planner, retired professor at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro. She is an activist, being one of the pioneers to advocate to apply science into real urban planning, projects, and interventions to increase biodiversity and ecosystem services in Brazilian cities. Cecilia has been dedicated to teaching, researching, and consulting on sustainable urbanization and nature in cities for the last 15 years. Her current research is on how nature-based solutions may be critical to connect people to nature and promote a shift in human values to enable the enhancement of regenerative cultures to face the current polycrisis.
More by this author at The Nature of Cities
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The goal is to mainstream Nature-based Solutions, by widening public acceptance and making it the standard and default practice of urban design. What will it take to get there?
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Nature-based Solutions Are Gaining Momentum in Brazilian Cities
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We have had trouble getting people’s attention about climate change. Some climate activists glued themself to a van Gogh painting (and others). Is this helpful?
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How can nature-based solutions (NBS) provide the basis for a nature-based economy?
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Covid has upended all the normal routines in our lives and work. How do you imagine you might be changed by it, both professionally, but also personally as you negotiate a new post-virus “normal”?
Africa, Awareness, Biodiversity, Climate change, Communities, Conservation, Covid-19, Culture, Disasters/Red zone, Economics, Ecosystem services, Europe, Experiencing Nature, Green Infrastructure, Health, Justice, Livability, North America, Parks, Participation/Democracy, Planning, Pollution, Resilience, South America, Sustainability, Wildlife People Interactions -
How is the concept of “stewardship” and “care for local environments” expressed around the world?
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The spirit of Dada welcomes you to TNOC Summit: What is the nature of the city of our dreams?
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Turning Rio Upside Down! The Baixo Rio Neighborhood Project
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Yes, in My Backyard!
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How can we make urban nature and its value more apparent, more “visible” to people?
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Accessing Urban Environmental Education Opportunities Via Green Infrastructure
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People Working for Nature in Cities: the Invisible Revolution
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A City That Is Blue, Green and Just All Over
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Landscape, Cities, and the Pope: a Shift for a Better Future?
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Education, Communication and Mobilization: Is Urban Ecology the Way Forward for Urban Planning and Design in Brazilian cities?
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What are the social justice implications of urban ecology, and how can we make sure that “green cities” are not synonymous with “gentrified” or “exclusive” cities?
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People Take Over Nature in Cities with their Own Hands
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It Is Time to Really “Green” the Marvelous City
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A Green Dream to Counter “Greenwashing” in Brazilian Cities
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Connecting the Wonderful Landscapes of Rio de Janeiro