It was soon after I moved to Houston in 2015, amidst my adjustment to a new city and academic life, that I invited Toshiko Mori to give a lecture at…
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Community gardens act as a social glue in urban spaces, connecting people from different backgrounds to help build physical and mental well-being. By partnering with local organizations and schools, they…
The benefits of green areas and gardening are widely known. Scientifically, it has been demonstrated that gardening or spending time in nature improves physical, psychological and social health and that…
The notion of “city life” typically signifies the vitality of human life, but rarely does it evoke the idea of “life” more holistically, as a web of diverse and interdependent…
There exists a parallel life to every city, with invented people falling in love, conspiring, dreaming and wandering around the solid pavement of actual streets, parks, avenues and squares. Cities…