Patrick M. Lydon
Daejeon
Arts & Culture Editor at The Nature of Cities, Patrick M. Lydon is an ecological artist, filmmaker, and writer. His work applies concepts from natural farming and natural urbanism to re-imagine the relationship between people, cities, and all of nature. Together with his wife Suhee Kang, Lydon co-directed the film Food, Earth, Happiness. He has written for YES! Magazine, Kyoto Journal, and Routeledge Press, and has produced exhibitions, workshops, films, essays, restaurants, natural gardens, and other award-winning projects in North America, Europe, and Asia, many of them together with TNOC. He currently writes The Possible City series, serves as co-founder of City as Nature (Daejeon), and is an Arts Editor here at The Nature of Cities. Lydon studied at The University of Edinburgh, School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture (MFA), Aichi University of the Arts (visiting artist), and San Jose State University (BA). He also thoroughly enjoys learning from trees, soil, wind, the sea, as well as kids and elders.
More by this author at The Nature of Cities
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Artists in Conversation with Air in Cities
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What the Garden-Hacking Grandmas and Grandpas of South Korea Know
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Drought and Flood: A Silicon Valley Museum Explores Water, Society, and City
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Finding Nature in the Walls of a Power Station
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Farmers, Chefs, and Lawyers: Building an Ecology of One
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Visions of resilience: Eighteen artists say or show something in response to the word “resilience”
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Graffiti and street art can be controversial, but can also be a medium for voices of social change, protest, or expressions of community desire. What, how, and where are examples of graffiti as a positive force in communities?
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Intertwining People, Nature, and Place with Quilts and Thread
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Creative Place-MakingāThis is The Nature of Graffiti
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Move Slow and Connect People with Nature: The Economics of Happiness in Jeonju
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Social Practice Artwork: A Restaurant and Garden Serving up Connections to Urban Nature
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Trees of Life and Fruitful Relationships
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Imaging the urban wild: Fourteen photographers and artists show and talk about their work
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Artists, Vagabonds, and an Accidental Nature Reserve in San Francisco Bay
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What are āGarden Citiesā Without a Garden Culture? How a Cultural Connection with Nature Can Build a Truly Sustainable Future
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How can art (in all its forms), exhibits, installations and provocations be a better catalyst to raise awareness, support and momentum for urban nature and green spaces?Ā
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What is the meaning and role of the “sacred” in the design and management of urban green space and the building of cities that are both green and livable?
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Lessons from Megijima: What Can the Loss of Culture Teach Us About Urban Nature?
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Many believe that better information on the monetary value of ecosystem services is critical for getting cities to adopt more green infrastructure solutions to issues such as storm water management, heat island, storm surge, etc. True? What are the key knowledge gaps for convincing cities to invest in ecosystems services?
