Imagining a Biophilic NYC
Oct
9
5:30 PM17:30

Imagining a Biophilic NYC

Hear from and network with leading experts driving
biophilic innovation in New York City.


Featured Speakers:
Marielle Anzelone - Pop Up Forests
Timothy Beatley - Biophilic Cities
Merry Camhi - WCS’s NY Seascape
Dustin Partridge - NYC Bird Alliance
Eric Sanderson - NY Botanical Garden
Georgia Silvera Seamans - Local Nature Lab
Joseph Sutkowi - Waterfront Alliance


Wednesday, October 9, 2024 at 5:30 PM
COOKFOX Architects | 250 W 57th Street, New York City, NY

RSVP: contact@biophilicinstitute.com

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The Nature of Cities Festival (in-person)
Jun
3
to Jun 7

The Nature of Cities Festival (in-person)

TNOC Festival is a unique cities festival that is truly global and transdisciplinary where we explore between and through traditional boundaries to think, imagine and seed ideas for building cities that are better for nature and all people.

The TNOC Festival will be three weeks in 2024 in a series or connected events (a serial hybrid format)! The virtual section is 15-26 April. In person is in Berlin 4-7 June.

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bioPhilly: Between Two Rivers and a Creek: Exploring our Kinship with the Blue World
May
2
5:00 PM17:00

bioPhilly: Between Two Rivers and a Creek: Exploring our Kinship with the Blue World

From the Delaware to the Schuylkill, from the Schuylkill to Cobbs Creek, Philadelphia is blessed with an extraordinaily watery location.

This year, we are joined by a wonderful group of experts who work and create with water. From regional planning and blue urbanism to habitat-generating water resources engineering, from community water resource engagement to ecological storytelling, speakers and artists will inform and inspire us toward a paradigm shift in our own relationship with water.

Speakers:
Michele Adams (Meliora Design)
Timothy Beatley (Biophilic Cities)
Stacy Levy ( Environmental Artist)
Jazmin Ricks (The Water Center at Penn)
Ariella Maron (Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission)

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Nature of Cities Festival (Virtual)
Apr
15
to Apr 26

Nature of Cities Festival (Virtual)

TNOC Festival is a unique cities festival that is truly global and transdisciplinary where we explore between and through traditional boundaries to think, imagine and seed ideas for building cities that are better for nature and all people.

The TNOC Festival will be three weeks in 2024 in a series or connected events (a serial hybrid format)! The virtual section is 15-26 April. In person is in Berlin 4-7 June.

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Cradle to Cradle – Trees, Planning, and the Living Landscape AND Planning for Biophilic Cities in Virginia
Jul
18
3:15 PM15:15

Cradle to Cradle – Trees, Planning, and the Living Landscape AND Planning for Biophilic Cities in Virginia

Join Program Director JD Brown at the Virginia APA Conference as he discusses the growing library of research that supports the many benefits of planning for integrated nature in towns and cities, as one part of a session examining how to put biophilic urban forestry concepts into practice.

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Biophilic Cities Pathways: A Conversation with Dr. Jodi Hilty from the Yellowstone to Yukon (Y2Y) Initiative
May
23
3:00 PM15:00

Biophilic Cities Pathways: A Conversation with Dr. Jodi Hilty from the Yellowstone to Yukon (Y2Y) Initiative

Biophilic Cities Executive Director Tim Beatley and Advisory Board Member Nina-Marie Lister facilitate a conversation with Dr. Jodi Hilty, President and Chief Scientist for the Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative, to explore the vision of connecting wild lands in harmony with the people of the region.

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Virtual Biophilia: “Steps To Nature” - Reflections on Pittsburgh’s Network of 850 City Steps
May
4
6:00 PM18:00

Virtual Biophilia: “Steps To Nature” - Reflections on Pittsburgh’s Network of 850 City Steps

Join Phipps on Thurs., May 4, to hear from Tim Beatley as he leads a discussion about the potential role of, and lessons from, Pittsburgh’s extensive network of City Steps. Beatley will discuss the recent short documentary film made about the steps, produced in conjunction with the recent City Steps Symposium held at the Frick Environmental Center in November of 2022. Beatley will also discuss some similar initiatives and parallel efforts in other partner cities in the global Biophilic Cities Network. From San Francisco to Singapore to Wellington, NZ, he will argue that deep connections to nature require investments in pedestrian infrastructures like the City Steps.    

Register in advance for the meeting here. The Zoom meeting will begin promptly at 6 p.m. (EST), 3 p.m. (PST). After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

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Belonging and Co-Creation in the Biophilic City
Apr
26
2:30 PM14:30

Belonging and Co-Creation in the Biophilic City

Program Director JD Brown will host a panel at the APA NPC23 Online conference on planning for equitable nature in cities.

About the Panel: With a recognition that daily contact with nature is essential for health and wellbeing but is inequitably available across cities, this session will explore how to invite the creation of biophilic spaces in those communities that can benefit the most.

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Biophilic Leadership Summit
Apr
23
to Apr 26

Biophilic Leadership Summit

The Biophilic Leadership Summit is a multi-day conference entirely focused on biophilic projects, research & principles, bringing together top industry thought-leaders in an intimate natural setting to network, build partnerships and learn from each other.

Presentations focus on biophilic projects or research that have measurable outcomes and can be replicated at scale. From these talks, leaders discuss the best applications of biophilia to dissect the “biophilic effect” on health and wellness, sustainability and global warming and how it effects their work, policy and future developments.

Join Summit hosts The Biophilic Institute and Biophilic Cities in Serenbe this April and engage with others passionate about biophilia at the 5th Annual Summit.

Tickets to the 2023 Biophilic Leadership Summit are available now. Additional details and speakers to be announced.

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IOWA APA Planning on Tap: Biophilic Cities
Feb
16
4:00 PM16:00

IOWA APA Planning on Tap: Biophilic Cities

JD Brown, Program Director of the Biophilic Cities Network, will present the concept and practice of biophilic cities. Biophilic cities strive to conserve nature, biodiversity, and ecosystems within city limits, to provide for the needs of local flora and fauna, to increase city dwellers' access to and contact with nature and wilderness. JD will present examples of best practices for urban wildlife protection and restoration, and discuss legal mechanisms that cities can use to protect urban nature and and promote equity in access to nature.

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Hampton Roads Datathon
Sep
16
9:30 AM09:30

Hampton Roads Datathon

Join us for the first annual Hampton Roads Datathon! The theme is "Analyzing, Promoting, and Protecting Biodiversity in Hampton Roads." Tune in for the virtual kick-off on 9/9/2022. An in-person presentation review will be held on 9/16/2022 at Slover Library in Norfolk, Virginia. Meet like-minded individuals while sharpening your data skills in a fun and service-driven environment. This event is open to municipalities, universities, non-profit organizations, and residents.

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Biophilic Cities: Design for Planetary Health and Human Flourishing
Oct
22
12:00 PM12:00

Biophilic Cities: Design for Planetary Health and Human Flourishing

Piedmont Environmental Council is hosting a webinar on Biophilic Cities with Professor Tim Beatley on Friday, October 22nd from 12pm-1pm. This is a great opportunity to learn how retaining and expanding nature in our cities and large towns can make them less stressful and more interesting, healthy, and enjoyable to live in

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The Biophilic Leadership Summit
Oct
10
to Oct 13

The Biophilic Leadership Summit

Since its founding in 2017, The Biophilic Leadership Summit has provided an annual platform for biophilic leaders to gather with their peers to learn about and discuss the most impactful biophilic projects, principles and research.

Hosted by The Biophilic Institute, Biophilic Cities and Serenbe , this year’s Summit theme is Biophilia at Scale: Earth & Water. Presentations will focus on land use and infrastructure.

Through presentations, group discussions & workshops, leaders will discuss the best applications of biophilia to dissect the “biophilic effect” on health and wellness, sustainability and global warming and how it effects their work, policy and future developments.

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Bringing Nature to Cities
Oct
6
10:00 AM10:00

Bringing Nature to Cities

Join Biophilic Cities for Session 4 of the ongoing series Bringing Nature to Cities.

The World Bank’s webinar series “Bringing Nature to Cities: Integrated Urban Solutions to Biodiversity Loss and Climate Change” will promote integrated urban solutions for cities to tackle biodiversity loss and climate change. Co-hosted by the Global Platform for Sustainable Cities (GPSC) and the Global Program on Nature-Based Solutions for Climate Resilience, the series of thematic events will provide an online knowledge exchange platform connecting policymakers, practitioners, and experts to further mainstream biodiversity considerations into cities and development projects.

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AIPH 2021 Green City Conference
Apr
22
7:00 AM07:00

AIPH 2021 Green City Conference

The AIPH 2021 International Green City conference on 22 April is a chance to inspire people, organisations, city councils and government administrations to join this challenging movement and lead global thinking on the successful integration of nature into the built environment.  As part of AIPH’s Green City programme, the conference is offered free-of-charge to registered delegates.

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Phipps 2021 Nature of Place Symposium: "Wild Childhood"
Apr
5
to Apr 7

Phipps 2021 Nature of Place Symposium: "Wild Childhood"

The Phipps Nature of Place symposium centers on the implications of biophilia — the innate human connection to nature — which extend across a vast array of disciplines including design and engineering, nutrition, psychology, public health, education, biology and the humanities. This year, join Phipps for a conversation of how biophilia impacts the most precious and vulnerable among us: children. Over the course of three days, we will explore not only the deep importance of how children significantly benefit from time in nature, but also how some children are deprived of this experience due to a variety of factors such as racial injustice and disability exclusion.

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The Future of Cities
Mar
4
6:00 PM18:00

The Future of Cities

The city is where creativity and economy, community and culture, innovation and technology all come together to flourish. With more than half of the world’s population living in cities and growing, how can we make our cities more livable, smarter, more resilient, greener, and equitable? Cities are our largest collective cultural artifacts, and their strategic reconception is crucial to our future. Join Lifetime Learning and the UVA School of Architecture’s Dean Ila Berman and faculty members Tim Beatley, Shiqiao Li, Mona El Khafif and Brian Davis as they discuss the future of our cities and how post-COVID, our cities will endure.

This UVA Lifetime Learning event is co-sponsored by the School of Architecture.

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The Nature of Cities Festival
Feb
22
to Feb 26

The Nature of Cities Festival

TNOC Festival pushes boundaries to radically imagine our cities for the future. A virtual festival that spans 5 days with programming across all regional time zones and provided in multiple languages. TNOC Festival offers us the ability to truly connect local place and ideas on a global scale for a much broader perspective and participation than any one physical meeting in any one city could ever have achieved. The TNOC festival will take place from 22-26 February 2021.

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Audubon: An Inside Look: Planning for Bird-Friendly Cities That Put Nature First
Feb
17
4:00 PM16:00

Audubon: An Inside Look: Planning for Bird-Friendly Cities That Put Nature First

From his new book The Bird-Friendly City, Timothy Beatley, PhD, presents new ideas around how cities can reduce dangers to birds and design buildings and urban neighborhoods that make room for biodiversity.

Join us to learn about bird conservation efforts worldwide, from swifts in London to Burrowing Owls in Phoenix. Beatley places urban bird conservation efforts in the larger context of the global movement towards “Biophilic Cities,” cities that put nature at the center of their design and planning and that recognize the innate need for human connection with other species and the natural world.

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