The Nature
of Cities
Festival

The journey to greener,
more inclusive cities
continues.

cover image: Cherry Blossoms at Minamitenma Park in Osaka by Patrick M. Lydon, CC BY-SA

Moments from TNOC Festival 2024 at Atilier Gardens, Berlin

Thank you to everyone who joined us for The Nature of Cities Festival 2024 in Berlin! It was a truly global celebration of ideas, art, science, and action for urban transformation.

Our journey however, has just begun. The Festival is more than just a single event—it’s a movement. And we’re already dreaming up what’s next.

Want to partner with us for the next Festival? Say hello to us at: TNOCFestival@thenatureofcities.com

What is The Nature of Cities Festival?

The TNOC Festival is a one-of-a-kind experience where people from all corners of the world come together to reimagine cities as better places for both people and nature.

Through workshops, performances, storytelling, and dialogue, we blend art, science, and practice to inspire action.

Stay tuned—there’s always more to come.

Attendees at TNOC Festival 2024 in Berlin

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Couldn’t make it to Berlin? Or want to revisit your favorite moments? Dive into the inspiring plenaries and art films that shaped the 2024 festival.

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LAST YEAR / 2024 BERLIN

THE DISTANCE BETWEEN DREAMS AND REALITY IS ACTION

PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS

A SELECTION FROM OUR DIVERSE PROGRAM OF EVENTS AND SESSIONS.
PREVIEW MORE FESTIVAL CONTENT, INCLUDING SEED SESSIONS AND FIELD TRIPS, ON THE SCHED PLATFORM.

ARTS HIGHLIGHTS

The Forum for Radical Imagination on Environmental Cultures (FRIEC) at TNOC presents Echoes of Earth.

Each of us has a power, to remember the voices of the Earth in the places where we each live, and to cultivate a culture that honors this. The works in the TNOC Festival exhibition aspire to bring echoes from past to future, and to foster deep, sustained connections between people, practices, and the natural world.

THAT WAS JUST A PEEK!
MORE SESSIONS, KEYNOTES, TALKS, WORKSHOPS, ARTS, AND EVENTS ON THE SCHED PLATFORM.

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AN EVENT WITH A LASTING IMPACT

we encourage participants to publish essays, roundtables, findings, and other outputs after the event at TNOC’s website, which reaches over 100,000 readers a month, from 75+ countries

we curate a growing network of collaborators — a community that continues to work together after each festival

we are slated to publish a digital book of tools and insights on action, co-produced by the participants of the Festival, with editorial leadership from TNOC

TNOC Festival 2024 Partners

EARTH SPONSORS

FOREST SPONSORS

TREE SPONSORS

SEED SPONSORS

Past TNOC Events

2019 SUMMIT – PARIS

2021 FESTIVAL – VIRTUAL

2022 FESTIVAL – VIRTUAL

About The Nature of Cities

We are The Nature of Cities (TNOC), and the word “of” modifies Nature to mean the character of cities, which we view through a green and blue and community lens. We believe the route to cities that are better for both people and nature is through transdisciplinary dialogue and collaboration. The mission of The Nature of Cities is to curate joined conversations about urbanism across ways of knowing and modes of action. We create transdisciplinary, publicly available, and widely disseminated programs, events, knowledge, and engagements for green city making. We strive for cities worldwide that are resilient, sustainable, livable, and just.

About the TNOC Festival Logo

Our Festival logo was designed by Frida Larios. It conveys a sense of human connection among us as we steward nature and community in cities. The seeds depicted in the logo are shared ideas both dispersed and gathered. Hands are common in Mayan symbology and can mean both to throw or scatter and to receive. In many traditions, the open hand signifies greeting, welcome, and openness.

Donating to the TNOC Festival

Thank you for considering a donation to TNOC festival. For this festival to be a success, attendance must be diverse and transdisciplinary in every sense, from south to north, and east to west. But often people, and especially practitioners, can struggle to pay for even modest registration fees. By donating to TNOC festival, you help support free entry for those who cannot pay and help us keep registration fees very low. We want to ensure that anyone who wants to attend the festival can do so. Thank you for generously supporting this effort.

A gift of any amount helps. We are grateful for your generosity.

Sincerely,
TNOC Festival team

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