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When knowledge disappears, so does our ability to act.

🚨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: 🔗 https://www.thenatureofcities.com/TNOC/2026/03/31/rising-autocracy-around-the-globe-is-strangling-science-and-crippling-public-dialogue-around-knowledge-and-action-in-sustainability-what-now/

#Science #Democracy #Sustainability #PublicDialogue #Autocracy #TNOC #ClimateAction #KnowledgeIsPower

The Nature of Cities Mar 18

What if every street tree was a story waiting to be read?

A tarot deck as urban lens: noticing care, damage, creativity, and the quiet relationships that hold cities together. Matthew López-Jensen & Lindsay Campbell show us that nothing in the city has to change — only how you look at it.

And once you start noticing… the city starts asking something back.

👉 Read the full essay: https://www.thenatureofcities.com/TNOC/2026/03/17/street-tree-tarot-is-a-tool-for-storytelling-connection-and-reflection/

#UrbanNature #StreetTrees #TNOCessay #Storytelling #CityAsText #UrbanEcology

The Nature of Cities Mar 16

We’re happy to join Going Green Global 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:
https://en.fd.si/goingreenglobal-2026-traditional-international-design-week-at-faculty-of-design.html

#TNOC #GoingGreenGlobal #MoreThanHumanCities #Ljubljana

The Nature of Cities Mar 11

#TNOCessay Cities promise opportunity and connection. But for many young people experiencing homelessness, urban life means navigating fragmented systems of care, moving between shelters, clinics, and services that rarely connect.

What would it mean to design cities where care systems truly connect?

Read the essay and join the conversation:

https://bit.ly/3NdBNIg