ESSAYS | POINTS OF VIEW
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Mini-Forests: Rewilding the contemporary schoolyard
Many contemporary schoolyards are dominated by hard surfaces, sparse grass, and isolated ornamental trees, offering few opportunities for children to experience nature [1]. This disconnection at a formative stage limits ecological literacy and detaches young learners from the living systems around them. In Guimarães, European Green Capital 2026, the municipal environmental education programme PEGADAS, active…
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Faith and the Sea: Balancing progress and tradition in Indian fishing communities
How does a coastal town of temples, rich with sacred heritage, deal with the challenges posed by urbanization, modernity, and tourism? Rameswaram, a small-ish south Indian island town covering around 53 sq km, is situated in the Ramanathapuram district of Tamil Nadu―with a population of 44,856 persons as per the 2011 census. It is known…
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Framing the Future: Voices and Visions of Youth in Puerto Rico
As cities expand, urban inequalities become more pronounced. In many cases, cities fall short of serving the needs of residents. Youth have unique experiences of these shortcomings as they occupy and rely on urban spaces they had little to no say in creating. However, they will soon be the inheritors and stewards of these spaces,…
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ROUNDTABLES | GLOBAL DISCUSSIONS
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Rising autocracy around the globe is strangling science and crippling public dialogue around knowledge and action in sustainability. What now?
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PROJECTS | ART, SCIENCE & ACTION, TOGETHER
TNOC FESTIVAL 2026
The journey to greener,
more inclusive cities
continues…
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.
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 imagine comics about how people and nature might thrive together. Nature-based Solutions (NBS) Comics empowers creators to combine science and storytelling.
STORIES OF TNOC: VOLUME 2
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.
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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.
REVERBERATIONS EXHIBITION
Close your eyes. What do you hear?
An exhibition exploring the elements through art, science, and sound, with over 30 contributors from various disciplines in a multimedia experience. Produced by the USDA Forest Service and The Nature of Cities.
THE JUST CITY ESSAYS
