Urban Green Spaces
Are urban green spaces the key to sustainability?
4.7 (38)
46 mins
Explore the environmental and health benefits of urban green spaces and how green roofs and green corridors can help make cities more sustainable and resilient. Learn about the importance of biodiversity in these spaces for enhancing mental well-being and overall quality of life.
Ep 1:
The Biology of a Green View
Why does a tree outside your window lower your stress hormones? Explore the surprising science linking biodiversity, mental health, and equity in the spaces we call home.
Ep 2:
Roots of Purpose, Roots of Change
From a retired volunteer planting trees for a future she won't see, to cities redesigning themselves as ecological powerhouses—discover how purpose and place transform communities.
Ep 3:
Above the Streets, Below the Canopy
Climb onto city rooftops turned gardens and walk through reimagined urban forests, uncovering centuries-old wisdom fueling today's fight against heat, pollution, and disconnection.
Ep 4:
Cities That Give Back
Can skyscraper farms feed cities, and can urban innovation finally repay its ecological debts? We close the journey by asking what it truly means for cities to thrive alongside nature.
Discussions (17)
Fitz
Level 10 · 9 mo agoGroundbreaking news that nature is nice. I get my zen lifting heavy iron. Maybe I'll start marking papers in the woods. Might actually make the students' inept attempts at writing bearable.
Nancy
Level 2 · 8 mo agoGreen roofs are clutch
Keegan
Level 10 · 8 mo agoThe Cornell study is accurate. Most urban farms are just growing expensive lettuce for the wealthy.
