It’s been nearly two decades since human civilization crossed a threshold: a majority of us now live in urban areas. And as climate-driven events increasingly threaten cities across the planet, the idea of the city as a fortress, disconnected from its local ecology and watershed, always an illusion in any case, has become obviously untenable. Fortunately, a number of urban areas are working to re-integrate with nature, engaging in large-scale urban forestry and ecological restoration as core components of nature-based resilience strategies. In this session, Teo Grossman, President of Bioneers, will engage in conversation with one of the visionary thought leaders of this burgeoning movement, Keith Bowers, the founder of Biohabitats, one of the country’s leading ecological restoration and regenerative design firms for the past forty years.