#TNOCEssayRevisit
What if the “messy edges” of your city are actually its most alive spaces?
Back in 2018, Jay Valgora explored how forgotten urban corners became hubs for making, living, and community.
7 years later: Still happening?
What does a truly mixed city feel like to you?
bit.ly/4sBmtE1
#TNOCessay
Mini-Forests: Rewilding the contemporary schoolyard
Ana Pinheira & Daniel Ferreira — Guimarães
What if a child’s first forest grew in their schoolyard? 🌿
Read more:
www.thenatureofcities.com/TNOC/2026/04...
#NatureBasedSolutions #UrbanNature #Rewilding #EnvironmentalEducation
At #UrbanFuture, participants co-created ideas to make soil visible through comics, theatre, food & play.
At The Nature of Cities, we shared storytelling & #NBSComics for NetworkNature
People connect through experience, not info alone
👉 networknature.eu/networknatur...
#NbS #Storytelling #TNOC
#TNOCessay
Faith and the Sea by Vivek G, Bengaluru
A place where faith, fishing, and identity are inseparable—now facing the pressures of tourism, development, and environmental change.
👉 www.thenatureofcities.com/TNOC/2026/04...
#NatureBasedSolutions #ClimateJustice #CoastalCommunities
Data restricted. Scientists sidelined. Truth reshaped to fit power.
A new #TNOCRoundtable brings together global voices to ask what sustainability work looks like when the conditions for it are under attack.
Read the reflections: 🔗 www.thenatureofcities.com/TNOC/2026/03...
#Science #Democracy
#TNOCessay Framing the Future: Voices and Visions of Youth in Puerto Rico
17 students in San Juan didn’t just document their city—
they reimagined it.
📘 Digital book + 🖼️ community exhibit
🌱 Youth shaping urban futures
Read here🔗 www.thenatureofcities.com/TNOC/2026/03...
#YouthVoices
JOIN US in Ljubljana for the #UF26 session
"Why Is This Working!".
Get ready for quick thinking, strange ideas, and real inspiration on how art can help cities "talk" about climate when words fall short.
Room GRAZ, Ljubljana ⏰ March 26, 2026 | 16.00 – 17.30
🎟️ REGISTER
urban-future.org
Grateful to be part of this important conversation in Barcelona.
Looking forward to learning and exchanging with this inspiring group. 💚
#TNOC #DigitalEcologies #UrbanNature #MoreThanHumanCities
#TNOCEssay Street Tree Tarot is a Tool for Storytelling, Connection, and Reflection. By Matthew López-Jensen and Lindsay Campbell
And once you start noticing… the city starts asking something back.
Read here:
www.thenatureofcities.com/TNOC/2026/03...
#UrbanNature #StreetTrees
📢 BIG-5 is evolving! We are thrilled to announce the launch of SE3DS Lab 🌿💻.
Join the conversation at our kickoff event:
📍 Ateneu Barcelonès
📅 April 16th, 2026
🚀 Register now: forms.office.com/e/ZZZJT9EBwM
Stay tuned for more updates!
#SE3DSLab #Research #Barcelona
We’re happy to join GoingGreenGlobal 2026 in Ljubljana — a rich international program exploring how design can help shape more sustainable and inclusive futures.
Join us in this inspiring week-long program:
en.fd.si/goingreenglo...
#TNOC #GoingGreenGlobal #UrbanNature #MoreThanHumanCities
#TNOCessay
When Cities Fragment Care: Homeless youth, mental health, substance use, and the spaces between systems
by Manasi Kumar and Deborah Padgett
Read and join the conversation:
bit.ly/3NdBNIg
#Cities #UrbanJustice
Last day! Don't miss out!
#TNOCessay Learning Climate Lessons from My 5-Year-Old — Lindsay Campbell (New York City)
What can a five-year-old teach us about climate change?
Sometimes the most meaningful climate lessons begin with a child’s question.
Read the essay:
www.thenatureofcities.com/TNOC/2026/03...
#TNOCessay Urban Mini-forests Can Reinvent How Cities Grow, Learn, and Respond to Climate Stress
Rafael Ribeiro & Sheila Ceccon — São Paulo
What if climate resilience started with tiny forests in schoolyards and vacant lots?
www.thenatureofcities.com/TNOC/2026/02...
#UrbanNature #MiniForests #NbS
#TNOCEssay From living in nature → to living as nature.
A call to step outside, learn with First Nations, and create new urban rituals of care for the more-than-human city. 🌱
Read: www.thenatureofcities.com/TNOC/2026/02...
#UrbanBiodiversity #MoreThanHumanCities
From alleyway games to play among ruins, this powerful essay reflects on childhood, memory, and the right to safe public space in a city rebuilding itself.
When children can play freely again, a city begins to heal.
Read more: bit.ly/4aN5S98
#TNOCessay #ChildFriendlyCities #PublicSpace #Damascus
@margauxboeraeve.bsky.social
🌿 We’re running a short global survey listening to how civil society organisations work with nature in their communities.
4–12 min • anonymous • multilingual
Part of the EU project #NetworkNature.
Please take part & share 💚 @biodiversa.eu @iclei.org
👉 thenatureofcities.typeform.com/to/iM8zPyV7
🐝✨ A #NBSComic has just landed!
At Sweet-Spot, flower strips are blooming and pollinators buzzing. Reports say the ecosystem is thriving… but is it really?
To Bee or Not to Bee explores the promise — and pitfalls — of NbS like flower strips.
📖 nbscomics.com/2026/02/17/t...
#NetworkNature
You can still participate in this survey! Interesting questions about how we connect with nature and the challenges we face.
🌍 Reminder: Global Survey on Citizen Action for Nature
The last major survey on nature-based solutions was in 2015 — and only in Europe.
This new global survey updates the picture with today’s realities and community voices worldwide.
🗺️ Add your voice by Jan 15
👉 buff.ly/NLzQTxG
🌿🐾 What if wildlife were stakeholders in urban planning?
A new #TNOCroundtable explores cities as shared habitats — and what changes when we design with, not just around, nature.
Join the conversation:
🔗 www.thenatureofcities.com/TNOC/2026/02...
#UrbanNature #MoreThanHumanCities #Biodiversity
#TNOCessay
What if cemeteries could also support biodiversity and community wellbeing?
May East explores how burial grounds are being reimagined as living urban commons.
👉 www.thenatureofcities.com/TNOC/2026/02...
Have you visited a place like this?
🚲 Sparking #ActiveMobility in the Philippines! In Quezon City and Pasig City, the IKI-funded #SPARKproject shows how short-term street pilots can boost walking and cycling, cut emissions, and build strong community ownership.
@iki-germany.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aaeh...
If you care about nature in urban areas, you'll want to read this new roundtable at @tnoc.bsky.social on how we can "give wildlife a place as stakeholders in decisions about urban planning", which has essays from 22 contributors (incl me) from 18 cities around the world! Come join the conversation.
🌱 Open Call | We support & invite you to share your story
At TNOC, we support and invite initiatives caring for parks, community gardens, riverbanks & green corridors to join the What’s That Green? Governance Lab.
🗓️ Deadline: 14 Feb
👉 whatisthatgreen.com/open-call-wh...
Nature lover?
Community builder?
Educator, activist, neighbour, volunteer?
Curious how nature can help solve real problems?
✨ This survey is for you.
Your voice helps shape a Citizen Action Roadmap for Nature
👉 thenatureofcities.typeform.com/to/iM8zPyV7
Tag someone who should join @iclei.org
🌍 We’re heading to #UrbanFuture 2026 in Ljubljana!
Bold ideas, real action, better cities.
Check out the programme 👉 urban-future.org/event/uf26-l...
We’ll be there — join us! 🚀
#UF26 #CityChangers #BetterCities
New #TNOCessay
Laura Shillington asks: what happens when students trust AI more than their own senses?
A sharp, honest reflection on education, GenAI, curiosity & being human in a techno-social-natural world. 🌱📱
www.thenatureofcities.com/TNOC/2026/01...
