What can we learn at frontiers where disciplines meet?
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4–12 min • anonymous • multilingual
Part of the EU project #NetworkNature.
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4–12 min • anonymous • multilingual
Part of the EU project #NetworkNature.
Please take part & share 💚 @biodiversa.eu @iclei.org
👉 thenatureofcities.typeform.com/to/iM8zPyV7
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.
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#NetworkNature
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
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
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
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
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
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
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?
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?
@iki-germany.bsky.social
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@iki-germany.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aaeh...
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...
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...
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
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
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
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
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...
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...
A coral essay by 7 voices across Glasgow, New York & Amsterdam.
Not about linear solutions — but trust, time, imagination, and working with complexity.
Read on The Nature of Cities buff.ly/Ja6QYKo
#TNOCessay
A coral essay by 7 voices across Glasgow, New York & Amsterdam.
Not about linear solutions — but trust, time, imagination, and working with complexity.
Read on The Nature of Cities buff.ly/Ja6QYKo
#TNOCessay
👉 Add your voice and help strengthen a truly global roadmap: buff.ly/dwQLfcv
👉 Add your voice and help strengthen a truly global roadmap: buff.ly/dwQLfcv
📍 Ljubljana | 24–27 March 2026
👉 Join the movement & register: buff.ly/7gfLLSl
#PeopleMakeCities #UrbanFuture #UF26 #TheNatureOfCities #CityChangers
📍 Ljubljana | 24–27 March 2026
👉 Join the movement & register: buff.ly/7gfLLSl
#PeopleMakeCities #UrbanFuture #UF26 #TheNatureOfCities #CityChangers
Carly Ziter reflects on returning to her hometown of Windsor and discovering how cities, even those shaped by industrial mythologies, can begin to repair, resist, and re-imagine their relationship with nature.
👉 Read the full essay and join the conversation: buff.ly/zaExP5D
Carly Ziter reflects on returning to her hometown of Windsor and discovering how cities, even those shaped by industrial mythologies, can begin to repair, resist, and re-imagine their relationship with nature.
👉 Read the full essay and join the conversation: buff.ly/zaExP5D
New essay from me in @tnoc.bsky.social, reflecting on a recent visit home, and the beauty and potential of an often-overlooked city.
www.thenatureofcities.com/TNOC/2026/01...
New essay from me in @tnoc.bsky.social, reflecting on a recent visit home, and the beauty and potential of an often-overlooked city.
www.thenatureofcities.com/TNOC/2026/01...
The The Nature of Cities Festival arrives in Latin America for the first time.
🌿 Theme: TRUEQUE — exchange of knowledge, creativity, trust & care for cities that care for life.
🤝 Sponsors & collaborators welcome
Join us
👉 tnoc-festival.com/wp/#HELP
The The Nature of Cities Festival arrives in Latin America for the first time.
🌿 Theme: TRUEQUE — exchange of knowledge, creativity, trust & care for cities that care for life.
🤝 Sponsors & collaborators welcome
Join us
👉 tnoc-festival.com/wp/#HELP
4–12 min • anonymous • multilingual
Part of the EU project #NetworkNature.
Please take part & share 💚 @biodiversa.eu @iclei.org
👉 thenatureofcities.typeform.com/to/iM8zPyV7
4–12 min • anonymous • multilingual
Part of the EU project #NetworkNature.
Please take part & share 💚 @biodiversa.eu @iclei.org
👉 thenatureofcities.typeform.com/to/iM8zPyV7
👉 Revisit the highlights from TNOC 2025:
🔗 www.thenatureofcities.com/TNOC/2026/01...
👉 Revisit the highlights from TNOC 2025:
🔗 www.thenatureofcities.com/TNOC/2026/01...
44 voices come together in this #TNOCRoundtable by The Nature of Cities to reflect on a question that connects us all
Start the year with this reading
Join the conversation & share what resonated
Tag someone who should read it
🔗https://bit.ly/4bjKGJK
44 voices come together in this #TNOCRoundtable by The Nature of Cities to reflect on a question that connects us all
Start the year with this reading
Join the conversation & share what resonated
Tag someone who should read it
🔗https://bit.ly/4bjKGJK
Cheetah — Cape Town, South Africa
Submitted by: Pippin Anderson
A cheetah painted on a city wall — fast, alert, and impossible to ignore.
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Cheetah — Cape Town, South Africa
Submitted by: Pippin Anderson
A cheetah painted on a city wall — fast, alert, and impossible to ignore.
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When Nature and Art Merge — Bangalore, India
🖋 by David Maddox
Photographed in Cubbon Park, one of Bangalore’s largest green lungs and historic public spaces.
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When Nature and Art Merge — Bangalore, India
🖋 by David Maddox
Photographed in Cubbon Park, one of Bangalore’s largest green lungs and historic public spaces.
🔗 buff.ly/O6PLLfv
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Your donation supports:
• Free essays, roundtables & exhibitions
• TNOC Festival
• Open, accessible urban knowledge
Support our work.https://buff.ly/kqTfIeA
Classical Flower — Athens, Greece
🖋 Submitted by Valerie Gwinner
There are many examples of graffiti and street art around the world that draw on images and ideas from nature.
Have you seen any?
📸 Upload yours to the gallery.
buff.ly/uL8BfGO
Classical Flower — Athens, Greece
🖋 Submitted by Valerie Gwinner
There are many examples of graffiti and street art around the world that draw on images and ideas from nature.
Have you seen any?
📸 Upload yours to the gallery.
buff.ly/uL8BfGO