17:00 EDT
Wings of Desire: The Montreal edition
Virtual Speakers
Artist & Educator, The Black Studies Podcast
I am a Black visual artist with a practice combining drawing, installation, printmaking, costume, storytelling, performance and micro-activism. My projects explore and celebrate the ways in which people decipher experience, belonging, create and maintain culture and senses of self...
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Wednesday April 17, 2024 17:00 - 18:00 EDT
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17:00 EDT
Reclaiming Equity: Unveiling Hidden Injustices in Nature-Based Solutions
Virtual Speakers
Ph.D. Candidate, University of Toronto
Environmentalist | Interests: Urban Ecology, Immigrant and community engagement, Environmental and social justiceI am an environmental scientist by training with over 20 years of experience working with diverse communities in India and Canada. The interdisciplinary nature of my training...
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PhD Candidate, Writer, Hike Leader, Black Outdoors
Jacqueline L. Scott is a PhD candidate at the University of Toronto, OISE, in the department of Social Justice Education. She is a fellow at the Safina Center.She volunteers as a land steward, and as a hike and bike leader with outdoor clubs. Jacqueline leads Black History Walks in...
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Wednesday April 17, 2024 17:00 - 18:30 EDT
Virtual
17:00 EDT
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What does a more-than-human city “look” like?
Virtual Speakers
Dr. Lucia Alexandra Popartan has a background in Political Science and a PhD in Water Science and Technology. She is currently a postdoctoral researcher at LEQUIA (University of Girona) one of the top research groups on environmental science and technology in Spain. Her research interests...
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Executive Director, Imagination
Nick Dunn is Professor of Urban Design and Executive Director of Imagination, the design and architecture research lab at Lancaster University. Nick's work examines the ways we think, envision and analyse the futures of people, places, and planet. His research has been funded by numerous...
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Research Fellow, Centre for Food Policy, City University London
I am a cultural anthropologist with extensive international research and teaching experience on just and sustainable cities, food systems and social change. My work explores the socio-cultural contexts, ethics, politics and sustainability potential of diverse social food economies...
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Research Fellow, Climate Change Adaptation Lab, La Trobe University
Wednesday April 17, 2024 17:00 - 18:30 EDT
Virtual
17:00 EDT
Africatown Connections Blueway: Healing Begins by Reclaiming our Heritage & Happiness
Virtual Speakers
Rivers, Trails & Conservation Assistance Program, National Park Service
President, Mobile County Training School Alumni Association
Anderson Flen has prided himself as a bridge builder in his personal and professional life. He was born in Magazine Point Alabama (Africatown) and is a 1968 graduate of Mobile County Training School (MCTS). He served in leadership roles in high school: President of the Student Government...
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Wednesday April 17, 2024 17:00 - 18:30 EDT
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17:00 EDT
Conservation Photography for Scientist & Artist
Virtual Speakers
Supervisory Biological Scientist, US Forest Service, International Institute Tropical Forestry
Jerry Bauer posee 40 años de experiencia trabajando en la región de América Latina y el Caribe en la conservación de medio ambiente y los recursos naturales. Ha trabajado extensamente con los programas de desarrollo sostenible, desarrollo rural, recursos naturales y áreas protegidas...
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Wednesday April 17, 2024 17:00 - 18:30 EDT
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17:00 EDT
11:00 EDT
Make it Round: Tools for a Circular Design Practice
Virtual Speakers
Founder/Designer, Edible Nest Studio
An artist, chef, educator, urban gardener, activist, and writer, Olivia Ann Carye Hallstein founded the Edible Nest Studio in Cambridge, Ma, USA. The studio specializes in sustainable artistic and culinary practices with a focus on whole systems circular design that minimizes waste...
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Thursday April 18, 2024 11:00 - 12:30 EDT
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11:00 EDT
23:00 EDT
23:00 EDT
Happy park or park
Virtual Speakers
Assistant Professor, China University of Mining and Technology
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Researcher, IOER, Dresden
Thursday April 18, 2024 23:00 - Friday April 19, 2024 00:30 EDT
Virtual
23:00 EDT
05:00 EDT
Do-It-Yourself Nature Action Plan
Virtual Speakers
Urban ecologist, City of Utrecht
I like real conversations. I like to be inspired by your projects. And I like bats, plants, wild bees and people.
Friday April 19, 2024 05:00 - 06:30 EDT
Virtual
05:00 EDT
Interspecies Emotional Mapping for Planetary Health
Virtual Speakers
Keir Chauhan is a third-year undergraduate student specializing in Environmental Histories at University College London. Keir has worked with numerous conservation organizations, especially on the subject of engagement and history. Keir is also a passionate birdwatcher and enjoys...
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Friday April 19, 2024 05:00 - 06:30 EDT
Virtual
05:00 EDT
Mangroves Matter: Mangroves for African Coastal Cities' Climate Resilience
Virtual Speakers
Co-founder, Kenyan Youth Biodiversity Network
Kevin Lunzalu is a marine ecologist, researcher, and ocean campaigner from Kenya. He has deep interest and experience in working with youth at grassroots level, governance and policy, environmental storytelling, and climate action. Lunzalu was listed among the Top 100 Young African...
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Friday April 19, 2024 05:00 - 06:30 EDT
Virtual
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Reimagining waste within the urban metabolism - towards healthier cities
Virtual Speakers
Andrej Fideršek is the cofounder and an active member of the Zero Waste Žalec collective as well as an independent researcher who seeks paths towards a utopian society through the theory and praxis of social ecology. After graduating from Glasgow Caledonian University, he returned...
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Art historian and environmental activist. Leading two eco initiatives: For Less Garbage and More Happiness - Zero Waste Serbia, focused on finding and promoting ways to create less waste and Wild Belgrade, dedicated to urban ecosystems. Member of Extinction Rebellion Serbia.Loves...
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activist-researcher, University of Udine
Federico Venturini is a Research Associate at the University of Udine (Italy). His current research focuses on river contracts, Zero Waste, the Kurdish question and social ecology. In 2016, he earned his PhD at the University of Leeds. Focusing on the experiences in Rio de Janeiro...
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Friday April 19, 2024 05:00 - 06:30 EDT
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05:00 EDT
Stillness in Words, a poetry and mindfulness workshop
Virtual Speakers
Founder and Editor, Little Journal of Northeast India
Prarthana Banikya is a poet and editor with over 12 years of experience in the learning design industry. Her writings, photographs and other work have appeared in Scroll, Homegrown, Mid-Day, Architectural Digest, Asia Writes, Feminism India, and Namnai among others. She is the recipient...
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Friday April 19, 2024 05:00 - 06:30 EDT
Virtual
05:00 EDT
Exploring Nature-Based Solutions in Nairobi's Informal Settlements
Virtual Speakers
Senior Design Associate, Kounkuey Design Initiative
Mr. Franklin Kirimi is a Landscape Architect, who has dedicated the last 5 years to the contextualization and sustainability of nature-based solutions (NBS) in urban informal settlements and in the urban context of sub-Saharan African cities. With a keen focus on overcoming challenges...
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Friday April 19, 2024 05:00 - 06:30 EDT
Virtual
05:00 EDT
Field trip across the Blooming Campus of Free University Berlin
Virtual Speakers
Deutsche Wildtier Stiftung, Freie Universität Berlin
Urban nature enthousiast and conservation ecologists at Deutsche Wildtier Stiftung. Co-coordinating "Mehr Bienen für Berlin - Berlin blüht auf", a project aimed to foster wild bees all over Berlin, and this year's animal of the year campaign on the european hedgehog. Guest researcher...
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Friday April 19, 2024 05:00 - 06:30 EDT
Virtual
09:00 EDT
17:00 EDT
Unveiling Urban Disparities: Exploring Inequitable Greenspaces in Toronto
Virtual Speakers
Ph.D. Candidate, University of Toronto
Environmentalist | Interests: Urban Ecology, Immigrant and community engagement, Environmental and social justiceI am an environmental scientist by training with over 20 years of experience working with diverse communities in India and Canada. The interdisciplinary nature of my training...
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PhD Candidate, Writer, Hike Leader, Black Outdoors
Jacqueline L. Scott is a PhD candidate at the University of Toronto, OISE, in the department of Social Justice Education. She is a fellow at the Safina Center.She volunteers as a land steward, and as a hike and bike leader with outdoor clubs. Jacqueline leads Black History Walks in...
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Tuesday April 23, 2024 17:00 - 18:00 EDT
Virtual
17:00 EDT
Mapping Manifestos to CitySee: Art works!
Virtual Speakers
Artist & Educator, The Black Studies Podcast
I am a Black visual artist with a practice combining drawing, installation, printmaking, costume, storytelling, performance and micro-activism. My projects explore and celebrate the ways in which people decipher experience, belonging, create and maintain culture and senses of self...
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Tuesday April 23, 2024 17:00 - 18:30 EDT
Virtual
11:00 EDT
Optimistic Writing Workshop
Virtual Speakers
director, Montréal la plus heureuse
I'm the director and founder of no-profit Montréal la plus heureuse, whose mission is to spread joy in the media and at events.In Italy, where I come from, I created optimistic writing. In Quebec, I offer intergenerational workshops and training in optimistic writing, and I see the...
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Wednesday April 24, 2024 11:00 - 12:30 EDT
Virtual
05:00 EDT
NATURA Roadmap for Urban Nature-based Solutions: What are the implications for Asia?
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Research Fellow, Nanyang Technological University
Erich Wolff (he/him) is an interdisciplinary researcher and teacher working in Singapore, Brazil, Australia, Indonesia and Thailand. His work delves into citizen science, nature-based solutions and flood risk reduction. His publications examine the potential of citizen science and...
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Assistant Professor at Nanyang Technological University (NTU)’s Asian School of the Environment
Perrine Hamel is Assistant Professor at Nanyang Technological University (NTU)’s Asian School of the Environment. Her research and teaching focuses on urban ecosystem services, ecosystem-based management, and water resource management. Prior to joining NTU, she was a senior scientist...
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Thursday April 25, 2024 05:00 - 06:30 EDT
Virtual
08:00 EDT
05:00 EDT
Alternative food imaginaries
Berlin (in person) Speakers
Head of Public Programs and Institutional Development, SBC Gallery of Contemporary Art
Universitat Politècnica de València
10:00 EDT
Arts of noticing: Tuning in to urban natures
Berlin (in person) Speakers
Postdoctoral Fellow, York University
Loren March is a queer and trans scholar, activist, and human whose work focuses broadly on queer urban ecologies and affect. Through the lens of queer theory, they examine shifting affective relations with more-than-human spaces amidst processes of parks-led redevelopment and environmental...
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10:00 EDT
Pollinator Pathways
Berlin (in person) Speakers
Cofounder, Three Sisters Natural Landscapes
Carlotta James is an eco-landscaper, community builder, and long-distance runner. She graduated from the University of Toronto with an Honours B.A. in International Relations and Political Science, and then began a career in Internet security at Psiphon where she developed circumvention...
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05:00 EDT
Building community through participatory action research
Berlin (in person) Speakers
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, The University of British Columbia
PhD Candidate, The University of British Colombia
Daniel is a PhD candidate researching at the intersection of urban forestry, planning, and environmental justice. Following an undergraduate degree in Sociology and some time working as an arborist and horticulturist, Daniel joined the UBC Forestry community hoping to learn more about...
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PhD student, University of British Columbia/Centro UC de Desarrollo Local
PhD Landscape Architecture, Newcastle University
• • • she/her • researcher • writer • maker• • • PhD researcher Landscape Architecture at Newcastle University • exploring intersectional belonging + urban forest places through storytelling
• • • founder Studio PLACES • exploring + sharing new visions on landscape + language...
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05:00 EDT
Rewilding cities to remember we are one with nature
Berlin (in person) Speakers
Owner, The Wilding Project
Damien retired from elite gymnastics in his twenties and transitioned into community development and international aid work. His professional journey continued to evolve as he assumed roles as a criminal and civil lawyer, public guardian, university lecturer, philosopher, and human...
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Assistant Professor, University of British Columbia
I believe that the way to address the challenges our planet is facing this century calls for systems thinking and a more holistic approach to reconnect humans with nature. In my research work, I apply interdisciplinary thinking to study how forests and other greenspaces in and around...
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