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The Green Square Atlas of Civic Ecologies

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The Green Square Atlas of Civic Ecologies

Alexandra Crosby, Ilaria Vanni Accarigi, Ella Cutler, Shannon Foster

The Green Square Atlas of Civic Ecologies is a book sharing stories of environmental champions who live and work in Sydney’s Green Square precinct, along with simple tips to green and nourish your neighbourhood no matter where you live.  Civic ecologies are stewardship activities that combine care for the environment and care for place. 

The Atlas captures and maps the stories of 11 civic ecologies champions who live and work in Sydney’s Green Square Precinct, Australia’s biggest urban renewal project. These champions – verge and community gardeners, honey producers and artists, among others – describe the ways in which their environmental activities are shaping their local neighbourhoods, as well as fostering stronger relationships within the community.

The stories are supplemented by simple suggestions to help environmentally minded Sydney residents to kickstart their own civic ecological practices, from seed saving and foraging to creating habitats for urban wildlife, no matter where they live. The atlas also includes suggestions and directions for inhabitants of Green Square to get to know the stunning and often surprising ecologies that are hidden in and around the precinct’s streets.

As well as providing a snapshot of environmental stewardship at the local level, the Green Square Atlas of Civic Ecologies is a tool to help readers reconnect with the world using all their senses ‘in order to re-orient, navigate and take action as political bodies in an ecological crisis.’

The Atlas is delivered in partnership with the Joynton Avenue Community Centre, with funding from the City of Sydney.

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