ESSAYS | POINTS OF VIEW
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Between Parks and Rubble: Childhood and Public Space in Damascus
“The older we grow, the more we miss our childhood and the playgrounds of our youth. And the more I walk through the streets of modern Damascus, the more I long for the old neighborhoods. I long for the past, for my purity, for the little girl who was two girls at once: one who…
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Repurposing and Renaturalising Graveyards: From silent landscapes to living urban commons
Urban landscapes are undergoing a subtle yet profound transformation as cities seek closer alignment between ecological vitality, cultural memory, and community well-being. Among the most compelling expressions of this shift is the movement to renaturalise and repurpose burial grounds. Long viewed as solemn spaces dedicated to remembrance and mourning, cemeteries are increasingly recognised as landscapes…
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Restoring Sense-Making to Young People (Cyborgs) in Our Techno-Social-Natural World
In late April 2025, I took my Introduction to Geography students outside on the campus front lawn. Working in pairs, students were tasked to do the following: (1) to record and describe in detail as many elements of the atmosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere and lithosphere that they could see and feel; (2) to describe what they…
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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.
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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.
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