We are back with Part II of our conversation with Ben Wilson, our first Keynote guest. Ben is the author of several acclaimed books, including Metropolis which was released in 2020 and Urban Jungle which was published in 2023. 

In Part II of his Keynote, Ben sets out a compelling case for nurturing nature in cities. We discuss the:

• Forgotten histories of growing and foraging in cities
• Opportunities for cities of the future to be defined by how biodiverse and wild they are
• Requirement for agile, flexible and adaptive urban leadership that combines community energy with a guiding vision

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What are the Keynotes? These are the episodes where we zoom out from our city-to-city voyage to meet global expert voices from a range of different disciplinary vantage points (e.g. from history, to theology, to genetics, to archaeology, to design) to understand the place of cities in their work. We want to know how they would approach and investigate the relationship between cities and human experience and evolution. 

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