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Living and Working as Biodiversity

Tue, 02/17/2026 - 12:21
Soon after the turn of the century, James Miller wrote a couple of important articles on urban biodiversity. The first argued that conservation biology needs to focus more on areas “where people live and work” (i.e., cities) to address the (adverse) effects of human land use (Miller and Hobbs, 2002). The second argued that people […]
Categories: B5. Resilience, Third Nature, and Transition

Between Parks and Rubble: Childhood and Public Space in Damascus

Tue, 02/10/2026 - 06:16
“The older we grow, the more we miss our childhood and the playgrounds of our youth. And the more I walk through the streets of modern Damascus, the more I long for the old neighborhoods. I long for the past, for my purity, for the little girl who was two girls at once: one who […]
Categories: B5. Resilience, Third Nature, and Transition

Restoring Sense-Making to Young People (Cyborgs) in Our Techno-Social-Natural World

Mon, 01/26/2026 - 12:00
In late April 2025, I took my Introduction to Geography students outside on the campus front lawn. Working in pairs, students were tasked to do the following: (1) to record and describe in detail as many elements of the atmosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere and lithosphere that they could see and feel; (2) to describe what they […]
Categories: B5. Resilience, Third Nature, and Transition

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