Yani Feng

“Kintsugi” Paralleling the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery with gold to the community reconstruction of Japanese homes destroyed by earthquakes.

“Fight Fire with Fire” First Nations Aboriginals reintegrate the once-banned traditional practice of cultural burning to help combat destructive bushfires and maintain the Australian landscape.

“The Farming Architect” To address flash floods, urban design thinker Yu Kongjian turns to Chinese farming techniques to create “sponge cities”: nature-based solutions to absorb excessive rainfall.

“Stronger Roots” Like basket-weaving, agroforestry in African countries weaves tree plantation, crops, and livestock on the same plot to create stronger food security during steady droughts.

“Floating Gardens” During the pandemic, towns in Mexico brought back an Aztec innovation: man-made “floating gardens” (chinampas) to mitigate crop failure and food scarcity.

“Sounds for Survival” On the forefront of climate-resilience, the small island of Dominica uses technological warnings and the sounds of conch shells to warn its distant communities of hurricanes.

“The Caribou Taste Different Now” Permafrost thawing in Northern Canada melts away the veil over the Earth’s rising temperatures. Displaced Indigenous communities must grapple with the reality of the changing landscape.

“The American Green” With heat island effect increasing each year in America, urban cities implement “green roofs”, cool pavements, and increased vegetation amongst the concrete.

In Our Nature