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The Nature of Cities
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Art, Science, Action, Activism: Cities Re-imagined
What can we learn at frontiers where disciplines meet?

Non-profit organisation

www.thenatureofcities.com
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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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January 2, 2026 at 11:30 AM
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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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December 26, 2025 at 12:01 PM
TNOC brings together artists, scientists, practitioners & community leaders worldwide to make cities better for nature and all people.

Your donation supports:
• Free essays, roundtables & exhibitions
• TNOC Festival
• Open, accessible urban knowledge

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December 23, 2025 at 9:00 AM
#TheNatureOfGraffiti
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.
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December 19, 2025 at 12:01 PM
This is an invitation to humility and courage at once: to act without guarantees, to plant trees whose shade we may never sit under, to repair what we can, to refuse what harms, to build lasting relationships. buff.ly/5fGXsBA
December 17, 2025 at 9:45 AM
🌍 In October 2026, The Nature of Cities Festival invites the world to Cali, Colombia 🇨🇴
📅 5–10 Oct 2026

A global gathering rooted in exchange, care & reciprocity.
Built collectively — in the spirit of TRUEQUE.

🌱 Partner with us
💬 Book a call & explore collaboration
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#TNOCFestival
December 16, 2025 at 11:01 AM
🌍 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
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December 15, 2025 at 9:00 AM
What if restoring nature in cities means more than parks and resilience plans?
What if it means decolonizing how we think about land, nature, and power?

This #tnocessay traces NY colonial roots to ask a bigger question—how can cities learn again to live with nature, not against it?

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December 13, 2025 at 9:45 AM
TNOC Festival 2026 is here — and for the first time, it comes to Latin America.
🌎 Cali, Colombia | 5–10 October 2026

Join us for a series of meaningful encounters designed to spark trust, imagination, and collaboration.

👉 Explore the Festival: www.tnoc-festival.com
December 11, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Urban nature needs all of us.
Share your story of collaborative stewardship through the Open Call: Who takes care of the urban green?

Selected projects will join a global community, appear on a stewardship map, and may be considered for TNOC’s NbS exhibition under #NetworkNature
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December 10, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Dec 10 Webinar: Urban Biodiversity Management
Hosted by @the_IDB Cities Network.

TNatureOfCities will share the TNOC Festival experience — where science, art & community shape more biodiverse, just urban futures. Next edition: Cali 2026.

Join us
🗓 Dec 10 • 10–11:30am EST
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December 9, 2025 at 4:56 PM
#TNOCEssay
Collserola once framed Barcelona — now it’s a “green island” surrounded by the metropolis. A global paradox emerges: cities depend on forests, yet urban growth threatens them.

From California to Nairobi, the challenges are shared.

🌱 Read more: buff.ly/EmybCSr
December 8, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Reposted by The Nature of Cities
Global survey: Your perspective can directly shape the Roadmap for Citizen Action on #NbS — a guide that policymakers will use to understand what communities need to restore and protect nature.
Take the survey before 15 January.
➡️ thenatureofcities.typeform.com/to/iM8zPyV7
December 2, 2025 at 9:11 AM
#TNOCEssay
What if cities stopped seeing green spaces as a burden and started seeing them as an invitation to nurture life?

Read the full essay 👉
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#urbanecology #greeninfrastructure #cities #biodiversity #stewardship
December 3, 2025 at 4:56 PM
#throwback #TNOCEssay
Revisiting “The Elephant and the Ant” by María Aragão

As cities continue to grow, how can seeing the urban environment as an ecosystem — where balance matters — help us build more sustainable futures?

Dive into this TNOCEssay and join the discussion!
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December 2, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Global Survey on Citizen Action & Nature
The people who shape the future of nature aren’t only politicians, they’re citizens, neighbours, activists, educators, volunteers… you.

This is your chance to tell policymakers what your community really needs.

ake the survey before Jan 15: buff.ly/5EGFVUC
November 26, 2025 at 3:12 PM
#TNOCEssay
What happens when public servants walk rivers, dunes, and imagine their city in 2035?

Two NbS workshops in Curitiba & Florianópolis show how imagination + lived experience can spark real urban transformation.

How would YOU reimagine your city?

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#NbS #UrbanResilience
November 25, 2025 at 4:56 PM
#TheNatureOfGraffiti
Walking through the Mariposa neighborhood above Bogotá, at 9000 feet, one might also get to see the transformation of a butterfly. Painted along a walkway, one can see the metamorphosis of a butterfly through its lifecycle, adding vibrancy to the city.
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November 21, 2025 at 4:56 PM
#TNOCEssay
What happens when you ask people around the world to photograph the outdoor places that keep them healthy?
Read the essay and join the conversation: buff.ly/SEdE9TS
#UrbanNature #HealthyCities #Photovoice #NatureForHealth #TNOC
November 20, 2025 at 9:45 AM
#TNOCROUNDTABLERevisit
Some questions don’t age — they get more urgent.

Back in May 2017, TNOC asked:
To whom does a city’s nature belong?
Is it a commons, a public good… and who decides?

👉 Revisit the conversation:
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November 18, 2025 at 4:16 PM
#TNOCRoundtable
Murals are everywhere now— on schoolyards and salt boxes, buses and armories, waterfronts and wildlife refuges.

👉 How can murals be catalysts for climate and community action?

Read the full roundtable and join the conversation: buff.ly/XXJIUct

#TheNatureOfCities #Murals
November 12, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Science2Story 🌿📚
Can comics help mainstream biodiversity, NbS, and climate science? At NBS Comics, we say yes.

With @biodiversa.eu, we turned 21 research projects into 3 engaging, science-based stories—each with QR codes linking to the research behind the plot.

Explore the comics 👉 buff.ly/kpyq57L
November 10, 2025 at 10:37 AM
What Remains?
#TNOCEssay

Climate grief becomes memory and monument in Ghost Ships and Mourning Doves, the haunting exhibition by Robin Lasser and Sydney Brown at Chung 24 Gallery. What do we carry forward as the planet changes?

Read on The Nature of Cities.
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November 6, 2025 at 4:56 PM
#TNOCEssay
Canada’s Great Lakes Waterfront Trail links 170+ communities & First Nations along 2,250 miles of freshwater.
Now, 8 U.S. states are creating a companion trail — together forming a cross-border path of nature, people & shared waters.

Read: buff.ly/y0sFp2W
November 3, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Art as a Catalyst for Climate Action
We’re proud to see TNOC artists and our director, David Maddox, bringing forward the conversation on how art, science, and design can intersect to reimagine urban spaces and inspire climate action.

🎥 Watch the full recordings on Vimeo here: buff.ly/gG7i1tD
October 25, 2025 at 3:56 PM