Seeing Cities as Ecosystems and Valuing Nonmonetary Benefits

Linda Appel Lipsius is the executive director of Denver Urban Gardens, where she supports a network of over 200 gardens and food forests that produce 650,000 pounds of food annually. She also helps launch initiatives to help make Denver a greener, more food-resilient place.

Linda and Tiffany discuss the importance of nature in urban resilience and the benefits of community gardening, from access to healthy food to community building and mental health improvement. Linda explains how a permaculture design philosophy can help cities become more resilient.

• Denver Urban Gardens

• Local Recommendations:

  • Little Owl Coffee

  • The Kitchen

  • Museum of Contemporary Art

• Tiffany Owens Reed (Instagram)

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