Chris Fitch
@chrisfitchchris
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New book Wild Cities, about nature in cities, published @WmCollinsBooks ✨ On sale now ✨
Lisbon
Joined August 2010
Might as well shout this into the void... I'll be at Knepp in November for a talk on Wild Cities, sharing my insights from visiting some off the world's most exciting urban rewilding projects 🌳🏢🦋 Book tickets here https://t.co/rC4R1gqXxy
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The battle for stabilising our planet will be won or lost in cities. Chris Fitch’s beautiful book is a joyride through the ingenious nature-based solutions for urban life and infrastructure that are...
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We would love to know, how do you feel most connected to nature in your daily life?
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Home is not necessarily the place that welcomes you. But it is the place where you stop thinking of other places.
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Stuff like this is stupendously expensive but it’s urban renewal at its best. Barangaroo Reserve used to be concrete container terminal and now is one of Sydney’s most loved harbourside parks. What are other examples of such greening of industrial infrastructure?
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“The best way to avoid being inactive is not join a gym, but begin with the radical act of walking. The good news is a well-designed city can give us all the regular physical activity we need, without access to pricey equipment and trainers. It’s all about the built environment.”
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City planners in 1950: "Let's cover everything in concrete!" City planners in 2025: "Why is everything so hot??"
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I'm not making another one of these. But I can't believe I left out Little Miss Sunshine, unforgivable
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It undermines the seriousness of climate change to dress it up in this frivolous way
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Yes, it's hot. Yes, it's dangerous for some people. Yes, it's getting more extreme. But overall it was a relatively normal day. People went shopping, to the beach, had drinks with friends. And some got sunburnt. It doesn't justify this hysteria
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The boom in urban tree planting is *brilliant* news, but why are so many councils planting exotic, garden centre trees, often short-lived ones, instead of northern European native trees which are so important for invertebrates, birds and wildlife? This morning I’ve seen Gingko,
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The world's largest wildlife crossing is open for business 🦎
First wildlife on the crossing! Today when we went on the top of the Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing, we spotted a lizard that had moved in on the newly created habitat. Wildlife is already using the crossing and it’s not even finished!!!!!!!! A small creature but a big
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Wild Cities by Chris Fitch (@chrisfitchchris) came out in April and I do not feel it is getting enough attention even though I live in West London where there are flowering cherry trees in the streets. Copenhagen - edible plants in the city... I could get behind that.
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A few wolves would solve this problem 🐺
We’ve got to a point now where the deer population is so large that managing them properly over farms simply isn’t a one or two-man job, writes @PaddyGalbraith
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It's so true. I ate meat for 20 years. Now it feels as disgusting as eating a dog or a human
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For anyone who has read or is reading Wild Cities, please do leave a rating and/or review on Amazon if you can. I would be eternally grateful 🌟 https://t.co/Bjp8H18AU3
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