Living Structures

Living Structures

We all know that trees soften the hard edges of the built urban environment, whilst sustaining a wide variety of earthlings that sooth our sensibilities. Yet… urban trees and their associated living habitats are misunderstood, when it comes to urban planning and the...
Heat Treatment

Heat Treatment

Delegates at Rethinking the Urban Forest take a break outside the Gumbramorra Hall at Addison Road Community Centre. Photo: Bruce Knobloch.   “Our cities are modified ecosystems. They’re fundamentally changed and changing on a day-to-day basis. Every day we are...
How to Increase the Green Spaces in our Cities

How to Increase the Green Spaces in our Cities

Image: Guerilla garden of edible plants on the nature strip of a house in North Melbourne. (Supplied/ABC)   Radio National’s Life Matters features one of the main speakers from our Rethinking the Urban Forest conference – Dr Marco Amati, an environmental...
Root and Branch – ‘Rethinking the Urban Forest’ Today

Root and Branch – ‘Rethinking the Urban Forest’ Today

Rosanna Barbero, CEO of Addison Road Community Centre Organisation, in pre-conference conversation with Councillor Anna York, Inner West Council. Rethinking the Urban Forest. Photo by Mark Mordue. * Nathan Moran, the Chief Executive Officer for the Metropolitan...