💧 What does water feel like? 🔊 What does water sound like? 🌿 What is your relationship with water? In this #throwback #TNOCEssay "How Much Water is There? Voices and Traces of Water as Perceived by Children and Young People in Bogotá," author Diana Wiesner outlines the results of an ongoing project that encouraged young people and children living on the border between urban and rural areas in the hills of Bogotá to explore and reflect on water. This project demonstrates that the active participation of children and adolescents in reflection and action on water is fundamental to building communities that are more aware of and committed to the preservation of this vital resource. 👉 Read the essay and contribute to the conversation: https://www.thenatureofcities.com/2024/05/27/how-much-water-is-there-voices-and-traces-of-water-as-perceived-by-some-children-and-young-people-in-bogota/ #WaterIsLife #YouthVoices #UrbanNature #Bogotá #NatureOfCities #EnvironmentalEducation (fb)

#TNOCEssay Water – Living infrastructure connecting urban and rural landscapes, economy, politics… and poetry ✍️ By Oliver Hillel and Wythaker Abreu For Wythaker and Oliver, writing about water—so often treated as a resource, a variable, a technical connector—in its spiritual and poetical aspects was new. Yet they are convinced that only a whole-of-government and whole-of-society approach, one that incorporates deep spirituality and ethics, will give us a chance to transform our economy within the time frame we have. In this powerful essay, water flows beyond pipes and policies. It becomes a symbol of integration, a force of justice, and a mirror of our values. 🌍 From the Amazon to São Paulo, water connects rural and urban realities—and challenges us to reshape our systems, both technically and spiritually. 🔗 Read it here: https://www.thenatureofcities.com/TNOC/2025/05/19/water-living-infrastructure-connecting-urban-and-rural-landscapes-economy-politics-and-poetry/ #TNOCEssay #WaterJustice #UrbanRural #LivingInfrastructure #ClimateAction #NatureBasedSolutions #TheNatureOfCities #SpiritualEcology #COP30 #Brazil (fb)