ESSAYS | POINTS OF VIEW
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Reimagining Urban Environments: The Story of Two Workshops with Public Servants in Brazilian Cities
Cities are complex systems, simultaneously contributing to and facing multiple crises, all of which are being exacerbated by climate change. Extreme rainfall, deadly heatwaves, and growing public health risks demand a new vision: one that enables cities to cope, adapt, and build resilience while seeking to live in harmony with nature. In this context, Nature-based…
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Worldly Visions of a Healthy Living Environment
What constitutes a healthy living environment? What environment keeps us healthy looks different across the globe, as it depends on both cultural (e.g., uses, behaviours) and spatial (e.g., ecosystem, climate, infrastructure) factors. This motivated us to ask participants of The Nature Of Cities Festival 2024 to take a photograph and answer the question: what outdoor…
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What Remains?
A review of Ghost Ships and Mourning Doves, a multimedia art exhibition by Robin Lasser and Sydney Brown, on view October 1 ― December 13, 2025 at Chung 24 Gallery in San Francisco, United States. Opened in 2021, Chung 24 is a woman-owned art gallery in San Francisco’s vibrant Dogpatch/Potero neighborhood. The gallery supports artists…
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TNOC FESTIVAL 2026
The journey to greener,
more inclusive cities
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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
