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To mark its 50th anniversary, Project for Public Space release State of Public Space Survey identifying 7 areas for renewed focus.

How climate change is affecting seed dormancy and therefore the regeneration of forests. Also Gensler report on opportunities and challenges for cities.

How do we design effective therapeutic gardens for hospital care? And Wallpaper takes a tour of Belgium's new Marche Arboretum, a new plant 'museum' many years in the making.

Head of the European Central Bank on financing a green planet, and Purple Flag Status for Sydney's inner-west, revitalising Sydney nightlife.

A new UK report into 'Highway Greening - Best Practice and Lessons Learnt' by LDA Designs, and UN-Habitat produces a Toolkit to improve our public spaces that encourages community engagement.

Designers Elisapeta Heta, Jade Kake and Raukura Turei on Kaupapa Māori design for climate Ataria Sharman, editor of Assemble Papers, connects with three designers to explore Kaupapa (way) Māori as a solution to our climate crises. Principal at Jasmax, Elisapeta Heta speaks of ‘climate resilience’ and ‘sustainability’ as Pākehā or white terms, preferring ‘kaitiakitanga’ (meaning guardianship), as a better way of looking at our relationship to our natural environment. An Indigenous approach to design is about the kaitiakitanga, understanding that all of life is connected and that humans are not superior to the natural world, we are part of it. Mātauranga Māori (Māori knowledge) brings land and life together rather than separating them.  Sharman writes, “Kaitiakitanga projects offer a more holistic approach, such as understanding people as part of the land …