Our Approach
We leverage scientific and public platforms to propose solutions to pressing environmental challenges, creating digital resources for communities, educators, and researchers along the way. Our work is guided by the NYBG Science Strategy.
By partnering with local communities, government agencies, and other organizations, we develop and convey the understanding necessary to adapt cities to a changing climate. Through education and exhibitions, we express the complex and affirming ways that fostering nature improves cities and the planet, while collaborating to build and sustain communities that create and affirm ecologies in cities and elsewhere.
Our Vision
A future where cities are shaped by nature, fostering resilience and adaptation to climate change and urbanization. Historical ecology becomes a core lens for planning and policy, embraced by communities and integrated into everyday thinking. People and nature thrive together in mutual interdependence, creating livable cities that center nature and connect people to their urban environment.
Our Mission
Our mission is to reconnect urban communities with nature by integrating historical ecology into planning, policy, and public awareness. We work to create resilient, livable cities where people and nature thrive together, fostering adaptation to climate change and urbanization through education, tools, and collaborative action.
The team
Dr. Eric Sanderson 
Jesse Moy 
Annie Fu 
Lucinda Royte 
Génesis Abreu Our Partners
