In June, we travelled to New York to present at the Livable Cities Conference, covering architecture, design, city planning, health, technology, urban economics and social policy. We presented our paper ‘Civic Ecologies in Green Square: Beyond urban renewal, towards caring for Country’ on a panel about Sustainability and Society.

Thank you to everyone who walked with us in Green Square on Earth Day 2022. This special event helped us launch the Green Square Atlas of Civic Ecologies. Thank you to Lin Wei and Astra Howard for photo documentation.  

Join us for a community walk for Earth Day 2022 at Green Square on D’harawal Country. Register here. Date and time Sun., 24/04/2022, 2:00 pm AEST Location Joynton Avenue Creative Centre 3a Joynton Avenue Zetland, NSW 2017 About this event Environmental crisis is a global challenge, but even small-scale solutions can deliver meaningful changes to […]

Ilaria Vanni Shannon Foster, University of Technology Sydney; Alexandra Crosby, University of Technology Sydney, and Ilaria Vanni, University of Technology Sydney Sydney’s Green Square is one of Australia’s biggest urban renewal projects. But it’s much more than a construction site. First Nations people know it by another name: nadunga gurad, or sand dune Country. For […]

The University of Technology Sydney, where Mapping Edges Research studio is located, was one of the first Australian universities to become a Signatory to the University Commitment to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals in 2016. Supporting action on the SDGs at a large university involves getting down to the details of research projects like […]

Civic ecologies are stewardship activities that combine care for the environment and care for place. The Green Square Atlas of Civic Ecologies shares 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. The Green Square Atlas is […]

words by Shannon Foster, D’harawal eora Knowledge Keeper & registered Sydney Traditional Owner One of my earliest memories of learning culture from my D’harawal eora father, was about understanding plants and what you could and couldn’t eat. I was always amazed to realise that you could actually live off the gardens and earth around you? […]

Jess Miller is an Alexandria resident and a former councillor with the City of Sydney. The first thing that comes to mind when Jess thinks about Green Square is a place in transition. It’s home to a wide variety of civic ecologies activities, from grassroots to city-led initiatives. The diversity of ecological activity within the […]

Richard Watson is the NSW State Manager of charity food rescue organisation OzHarvest, which is based in Alexandria. Founded 18 years ago by social entrepreneur Ronnie Kahn, OzHarvest ‘rescues’ food that would otherwise wind up in landfill and redistributes it to 400 charities who make it available to their customers and clients. There’s enough food […]

Astra is the Coordinator Local Connections within the Community Programs department at Waverley Council, a role that includes managing gardening initiatives in public spaces across the LGA. There is a community garden hub in Bondi Junction, 15 shared gardens in parks and reserves as well as numerous verge gardens. It’s been encouraging to receive so […]