URBAN WILD LAB

Alfred Russel Wallace’s book ‘Malay archipelago’ – his scientific exploration, during the eight-year period 1854 to 1862, of the southern portion of the Malay archipelago including Singapore. A must-have book!

Instead of neat rows of monoculture, forest gardens combine fruit and nut trees, shrubs, herbs, vines and perennial vegetables together in one seemingly wild setting. This type of agroforestry mimics natural ecosystems and uses the space available in a sustainable way.  See a short movie on this.

Today’s article in The Guardian, ‘India again threatens to restrict flow of river water to Pakistan as tension builds’. Hopefully this will not happen. I don’t know politics well but I am sure that humans must stop to change flow of the natural waterway.

One of my favorite documentary films on Pale Male and his family living in Central Park, New York. Directed by: Frederic Lilien.

An interesting TED talk highlighting the necessity of transdisciplinary approaches

It goes beyond promoting an abundance of species. See my recent article in Nature of the cities

As a landscape architect, how do you interpret the word “biodiversity”? How does this meaning find expression in your design?

City as Nature is an ecological artist group introducing media arts and projects that reconnect people and the places they live with nature.

‘Forest is the artist’ exhibition by the group runs from 9 – 24 Feb 2019, placeMAK gallery in South Korea. I wish to go!

A recent article states a support of the National Parks Board (Amendment) Bill ensuring public safety against wildlife.

Should we entirely kick snakes, wild boars, and monkeys out from our neighborhood?  Is there any alternative way for human and wildlife to co-exist?