Urban ecology programs

In the city, people often live in apartment buildings and school grounds are often covered in cement. Rather than arranging for single field trips, each participating school signs up for an entire year. This provides them with multiple visits to each park, spread throughout the school year, and ongoing participation in the program each year. Community Design Consulting. The Community Design Plan provides both general guidelines and Just north of downtown Oakland, the Telegraph-Northgate neighborhood displays familiar signs of disinvestment: the major retail corridors are lined with vacant storefronts; the older houses are crumbling; and the parks are filled with graffiti and shards of glass.

You can visit our contact page to submit your own article! Find all our past journal articles here. Lisa Gartland Scientific data show temperatures in cities all over the world, from Baltimore and Phoenix to Shanghai and Tokyo, are steadily increasing by one half to one degree Fahrenheit every ten years, and the primary cause isn't global warming.

Cities -- urban We are often asked by those new to the subject to recommend some initial readings on urban sustainability.

Following is a brief listing of some recent works. Many of these books have been reviewed in past issues of The Urban Ecologist, and several are available She and her coworkers give tours for the public throughout the year. MSU also manages the popular Apothecaries' Garden above, or a satellite view near the city center. Surrounded by busy streets, it contains ponds, greenhouses, meandering paths, and an amazing range of labeled plants, all within a short walk of the Prospect Mira metro station.

They view city landscapes as important parts of the natural world, to be studied and optimized for public health. As part of this work, they've mobilized decentralized groups of citizens to build taxonomies of urban flora and fauna. Participants use GIS and the Internet to add data, plot-by-plot, to a gridded map of the city. The museum also offers excursions through a variety of urban ecosystems, as well as educational programs for kids.

Anton showed me a fascinating map above by Yuri Nasimovich of the rivers hidden beneath Moscow. There is more information on these rivers here , here , and here. A new Ecocenter at the Sparrow Hills Nature Reserve above, 3 photos is designed to showcase practical information on ecological stewardship with an urban focus. It has outstanding interactive exhibits, including 3-D movies, multimedia games, puzzles, story archives, and historical photos.

It is ready to open pending government approval. Ivan Levkovich-Maslyuk set up a wonderful tour of the center and reserve when I visited in October. He and his colleagues have been inviting groups of local children to test the exhibits. Preservation of Moscow's built environment has gained momentum in response to years of insensitive development under Luzhkov.

There was a remarkable event on October 22nd, titled " Moscow: Economics of Reincarnation " the acronym M:ER is the Russian word for mayor, reflecting a focus on new opportunities present in the change of leadership.

It took place at the new Skolkovo School of Management , in a striking building above by David Adjaye. Virtual - Backyard Birding Blitz. For everyone Spring is finally here, bringing warmth, energy and birds to our lives! Join us for a virtual birding adventure from your backyard or neighborhood as we collectively try to document as many birds as we can without using fossil fuels. This is the perfect FREE event for families, those who have never birded in their lives, or for those who have been doing it their whole lives.

Register for the Backyard Birding Blitz today! The top priority at the Urban Ecology Center is the health and safety of our communities and staff. As the globe continues through the COVID pandemic and we look forward to summer camps, we anticipate COVID practices continuing to mitigate the risk of disease spread in our daily camp protocols.

Urban Ecology Center continues monitoring local and public health guidelines and anticipate there may be some changes aligned within our protocols as camp dates near.

All campers and staff are required to wear masks indoors and outdoors when 6 feet of physical distance cannot be maintained.

Masks are required for children ages 3 and over, unless health conditions prohibit mask-wearing. Touchless thermometers will be used to check temperatures of all staff and campers daily at entry.

Health assessment forms will also be completed for every camper who reports for camp. We ask that families and campers remain home if feeling ill or have symptoms aligned with COVID, or have been in contact with someone with COVID within 14 days prior to attending.

Hand sanitizer and hand washing will be available to campers throughout the day. Program activities will be held outdoors as often as possible weather permitting. Please dress your child for outdoor exploration and fitting for the weather. Camps are planned strategically with assigned indoor spaces and traffic flows to avoid close contact of different groups. Cleaning regimes include regular sanitization and disinfection of common use surfaces and spaces to mitigate potential surface spread.

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