The Nature Identity project develops a new framework for understanding the human-nature relationship through the lens of self and nature. Rather than treating nature as a single universal idea, we examine how each person comes to define, experience, and internalize nature as part of who they are. Our aim is to ground a theory of Nature Identity that can inform how we design built environments where nature is woven into the fabric of everyday life.
Read MoreThe Urban Nature Identity Study investigates how the simple practice of noticing everyday nature shapes wellbeing, connection to nature, and our sense of what nature is. Using a two-week smartphone-based study that combines photovoice with daily check-ins, we capture how city residents notice, photograph, and make meaning of nature in their immediate surroundings. In partnership with Gehl, we aim to understand how directed noticing and design-and-technology tools can transform cities from sites of separation into spaces of reconnection between people, place, and planet.
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