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The Nature of Cities @tnoc.bsky.social · 3h

#TNOCFestival 2026
📍 Cali, Colombia | October 2026

We’re thrilled to announce that the next edition of The Nature of Cities Festival will take place in Cali, Colombia, in October 2026 — the first ever in Latin America!

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Sara Meerow @sarameerow.bsky.social · 1d

New essay with @anoukfransen.bsky.social on the workshop we organized last spring in Detroit.

The Nature of Cities @tnoc.bsky.social · 1d

#TNOCessay
Detroit is not empty.
A participatory (counter) mapping workshop revealed the city’s networks of care, connection, and nature, challenging old narratives of “vacancy.”

How can mapping become a tool for empowerment and belonging, not exclusion?

Join the conversation 👇
🔗 buff.ly/wBlhCKH

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BIG-5 Project @big-5.bsky.social · 1d

📢 The future is NOW! 5 BIG-5 team members (Alba, Roos, Àlex, Svetlana, & Xueyuan) shared their urgent perspectives on climate, justice, and biodiversity in the latest #TNOCRoundtable by @tnoc.bsky.social

They speak a language of survival and re-invention.

Click to read below⬇️

The Nature of Cities @tnoc.bsky.social · 14d

🎤 Imagine this: you’re under 30. Someone hands you the mic. 🌍

What would YOU say about sustainability, climate change, and the biodiversity crisis?

👉 Read their voices here #TNOCROUNDTABLE www.thenatureofcities.com/TNOC/2025/09...

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The Nature of Cities @tnoc.bsky.social · 1d

#TNOCessay
Detroit is not empty.
A participatory (counter) mapping workshop revealed the city’s networks of care, connection, and nature, challenging old narratives of “vacancy.”

How can mapping become a tool for empowerment and belonging, not exclusion?

Join the conversation 👇
🔗 buff.ly/wBlhCKH

The Nature of Cities @tnoc.bsky.social · 5d

#TheNatureOfGraffiti
Along a canal in Saint Denis, Paris, France, across the Street Art Avenue, fish don't only find themselves in water, but swim along the sides of homes too.

Add your photo to the gallery:
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The Nature of Cities @tnoc.bsky.social · 9d

#TheNatureOfGraffiti
Along the streets of Medellín a special crow with a mechanical brain appears, reminding us of the intelligence of corvids and how graffiti can bring nature’s power and meaning into the city.

🌿 Have you spotted any nature graffiti? Share your photo 👉 buff.ly/yEt32qW

The Nature of Cities @tnoc.bsky.social · 9d

#TNOCEssay
Learning to Appreciate the Abundance (and Scarcity) of Water

In his essay, Tim Beatley draws us into Santa Fe’s ancient acequia tradition—water ditches governed by neighbors, cleaned by hands, and honored as a shared common.

Read the full essay → buff.ly/yXNuAtR

The Nature of Cities @tnoc.bsky.social · 11d

TNOC is heading to Cali, Colombia for #SemanaBioCali2025
2025 — 29 Sept to 5 Oct
At the Encuentro de Ciudades y Regiones por la Biodiversidad, David Maddox will close with a keynote:

✨ “1+1=3: Alchemies that Connect Science, Art, and Community”

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The Nature of Cities @tnoc.bsky.social · 14d

🎤 Imagine this: you’re under 30. Someone hands you the mic. 🌍

What would YOU say about sustainability, climate change, and the biodiversity crisis?

👉 Read their voices here #TNOCROUNDTABLE www.thenatureofcities.com/TNOC/2025/09...

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The Nature of Cities @tnoc.bsky.social · 15d

🌿 Big news! TNOC’s website just got an upgrade 🎉

✨ ASK: Art Science Knowledgebase — type a question, get instant answers from 1,200+ scientists, artists, activists & community leaders worldwide.

👉 Try it: thenatureofcities.com

#TheNatureOfCities

The Nature of Cities @tnoc.bsky.social · 20d

Join us for a day of dialogue on how public art can drive climate action and help us reimagine our cities!

📍 In person at Yale + online

Afternoon: A guided mural tour of New Haven (in-person only).

And, there is more!

Details & registration ➡️
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The Nature of Cities @tnoc.bsky.social · 21d

City Leaders Featured Once Again by the Convention on Wetlands
María Mejía—Bogotá

👉 Read the full #TNOCessay and join the conversation:
www.thenatureofcities.com/TNOC/2025/09...

#UrbanWetlands #Cities4Nature #WetlandCity

The Nature of Cities @tnoc.bsky.social · 27d

#TNOCessay
Tranquil City’s Guidebook to City Greening: The mission to ensure urban greening research is accessible for all

How can we make urban greening truly inclusive and evidence-based?

👉 Read here and join the conversation: buff.ly/bMPAV8K

#UrbanGreening #NatureBasedSolutions #GreenCities

The Nature of Cities @tnoc.bsky.social · 29d

Monarch butterflies remind us that migration is part of life, for plants, animals, and people.

Artist Michele Brody’s invites you to share your own migration story, written on handmade milkweed paper, folded into origami butterflies, and added to a future art installation. buff.ly/1TNzS4i

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Sustainability @sustainableplanet.bsky.social · Sep 4

Research has shown that beneath every forest and wood there is a complex underground web of roots, fungi and bacteria helping to connect trees and plants to one another. This subterranean social network, nearly 500 million years old, has become known as the 'Wood Wide Web'. #web #woodwideweb #trees

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The Nature of Cities @tnoc.bsky.social · Sep 4

#TNOCRoundtablerevisit
TNOC contributors from around the world shared 90 must-read books on cities, nature, and urban life. How many have you read?

✨ What about you—do you have a book to recommend? Drop it in the comments, we’d love to hear what’s on your shelf.

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#ReadingList

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The Nature of Cities @tnoc.bsky.social · Sep 2

🌱 How many times has paradise—or a green space—been paved over to make way for a parking lot?

But what if we re-green these spaces instead?

Discover how this transformation unfolds in our #TNOC #NbSComic “That’s My Spot” by Alma Holm.

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#NetworkNature #UrbanGreening

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The Nature of Cities @tnoc.bsky.social · Aug 28

#TNOCEssayRevisit
In 2022, Cindy Thomashow’s essay “Moving toward Anti-Racism in the Environmental Field” reflected on the intersection of social justice and environmental issues.

Who have we excluded from the story? How do we become better at inclusion?

👉 Read it here: buff.ly/iZvwZwB

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Colombe Warin @colombewarin.bsky.social · Jun 27

I’ll be there!
#chooseEurope 🇪🇺
#chooseNature 🍀
#brussels

The Nature of Cities @tnoc.bsky.social · Jun 27

🌿 We at The Nature of Cities are proud to be part of the #NetworkNature consortium — and we’ll be at the Annual Event 2025 in Brussels!

📅 16 Sept | 📍 Brussels
🌍 Choose Nature. Choose Change.

🔗 Register and join us: bit.ly/3HKqXX7
ℹ️ Info: bit.ly/4jZ7yPw

#NatureBasedSolutions

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The Nature of Cities @tnoc.bsky.social · Aug 22

#TheNatureOfGraffiti
In the Mariposa neighborhood in Bogotá—murals of butterflies are everywhere.

🦋 This one shows them taking flight from her head, blending art, place, and nature.

Add your photo to the gallery: buff.ly/58bSNfl

Photo by David Maddox

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The Nature of Cities @tnoc.bsky.social · Aug 21

#ThrowbackThursday #tnocessayrevisit

The grass isn’t always greener on the other side of the fence… and lawns aren’t really “green” in a sustainability sense either.

So what explains their enduring popularity?

Read this #TNOCEssay by Alicja Wójcik:

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#urbangreenspaces

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The Nature of Cities @tnoc.bsky.social · Aug 19

🌱 Join us in Brussels for a full day of exchange, inspiration, and networking at the NetworkNature Annual Event 2025 | Choose Nature.

As a local partner of NetworkNature EU, we are glad to share this gathering, taking place on 16 September 2025,

🔗 Register here: bit.ly/nn25register

The Nature of Cities @tnoc.bsky.social · Aug 15

#TheNatureOfGraffiti
A mythical, magical tree graces one of the entrances of an independent neighborhood of Copenhagen. Imagination, whimsy, and wonder converge in a forest scene painted along city streets.

Have you seen any examples of nature graffiti? Share it here:

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The Nature of Cities @tnoc.bsky.social · Aug 13

#TNOCRoundtableRevisit
Biodiversity. Climate change. Nature-based solutions. Sustainability.
The science is vital — but it can also be heavy, sobering… Dare we say a bit boring?

What if whimsy had a place here?

📖 Read the roundtable here:
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The Nature of Cities @tnoc.bsky.social · Aug 11

#TNOCEssay The Summer Itself
Andreas Weber — Berlin

Once, summer meant flickers of green and sparks of crimson — burnet moths rising like tiny flames from wildflowers.

Read this beautiful essay and be moved by its sensibility, rich imagery, and lived experience →
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