METABOLISM OF CITIES: AN INVITATION TO EXPLORE NATURE’S METABOLISMS & THE METABOLISMS OF OUR BUILT WORLDS; DISCOVERING THE PROBLEMS AND FINDING THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR TRUE SUSTAINABILITY.
Our built environments, driven by consumption, mimic and employ part of Nature’s metabolism, but disconnect from it at the point where we create the waste stream. This disconnection triggers a cascade of issues socially, culturally, environmentally, and economically.
Metabolism of Nature runs the living planet with each organism playing its part; sustaining, optimizing, recovering, breaking and building, under the unnegotiable laws of Nature.
SOILS: are the dynamic force supporting all life that runs the planet.
Integrating them back into the built environment reconnects us to the non-built environments, making soils the fundamental opportunity for metabolism repair, enabling true sustainable development for human and environmental health & wellness.
This is a platform bringing together different disciplines, sectors, and backgrounds for discussion and building action items together. We are inviting you to bring your projects, ideas, research, stories, and explorations to share.
Soils Unite!
November 15, 2023 Session - Take Care of Your Own $hit!
Wednesday, November 15, 2023, 9:30 am - 5 pm EST, at the LMCC Arts Center, Governors Island, New York City
Lunch and Refreshments provided; Beer & Wine Happy Hour
Growing metabolism repair from waste. At present, Cities mimic Nature’s metabolism, but are fundamentally disconnected from it. This disconnection produces profound waste, and misallocation of resources and energy. High urban temperatures, environmental pollution, poor social outcomes, and inefficient supply chains are just some of the outcomes of the broken metabolic state of cities. Opportunities for sustainable development and quality of life are possible through metabolism repair, where anthropogenic waste streams and energy flows are reconnected back into a healthy exchange supported by soils.
Consumerism to waste: social, material, and energy flows, data, media, technology, Going “Green”, economy, value, commodity, quality, development, sustainability, convenience.
This is the kick-off event for the ‘Take Care’ Series, a series of workshops and demonstrations continuing into 2024. We welcome your thoughts, questions, ideas for future ‘Take Care’ topics.