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Each year, we follow along with Dr. Kevin Anderson, a geographer and philosopher managing the Environmental Research Center for the City of Austin, as he shares his knowledge about the world around us. In 2019, the topic is “The Geography of Flowing Water: Rivers, Streams, Nature, and Culture.”

Dr. Anderson is a geographer and philosopher, researching the nature of urban wastelands. He manages the Austin Water – Center for Environmental Research, a partnership with the University of Texas and Texas A&M University.

 

A full list of lecture dates and locations in Austin is available here.

Nature in the City is a collaboration between multiple City of Austin programs and partner organizations working together to increase our community’s access to nature in our community. We are proud to launch the Nature in the City Podcast – featuring Dr. Kevin Anderson – and hope that it inspires you to connect with our natural world and the City of Austin’s many resources.

 

Learn more about Nature in the City, our connection to the Biophilic Cities Network, and ways you can connect more deeply to nature every day at www.austintexas.gov/natureinthecity

Austin Nature in the City is sponsored by the Community Trees Division which is part of the Development Services family.

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Perspectives On Nature And The City
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#3 – Perspectives On Nature And The City

Nature In The City Podcast Episode 3: Perspectives On Nature And The City   This year Dr. Kevin Anderson, a geographer and philosopher managing the Environmental Research Center for the City of Austin, will take us on an exploration of “Nature and the American Mind”,

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Urban Nature
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Urban Nature: Perspectives On Nature And The City

Sponsored Post – from the City of Austin Development Services Department Community Tree Division/ Nature In The City   What is urban nature? What are its unique characteristics? What does it mean that so many of us now live in cities? That’s what Dr. Kevin Anderson will be

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Pastoral Nature
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#2 – Agrarianism And Rural America

Nature In The City Podcast Episode 2: Agrarianism And Rural America   This year Dr. Kevin Anderson, a geographer and philosopher managing the Environmental Research Center for the City of Austin, will take us on an exploration of “Nature and the American Mind”, examining a

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Pastoral Nature: Agrarianism and Rural America

Sponsored Post – from the City of Austin Community Tree Preservation Division   In 1785, Thomas Jefferson famously asserted that, “Cultivators of the earth are the most valuable citizens. They are the most vigorous, the most independent, the most virtuous, & they are tied to

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The New World And Wilderness
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#1 – The New World And Wilderness

Nature In The City Podcast Episode 1: The New World And Wilderness   This year Dr. Kevin Anderson, a geographer and philosopher managing the Environmental Research Center for the City of Austin, will take us on an exploration of “Nature and the American Mind”, examining

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Season Two

The Geography of Flowing Water: Rivers, Streams, Nature, and Culture

In season two of the Nature In The City Podcast, Dr. Kevin Anderson took us on an exploration of “The Geography of Flowing Water: Rivers, Streams, Nature, and Culture.” Over the course of 12 episodes, he discussed the importance of US and Texas rivers to both our physical landscape and our local culture. 

Season One

Nature And The American Mind

In season one of the Nature in The City Podcast, Dr. Kevin Anderson took us on an exploration of “Nature and the American Mind”, examining the complex story that threads throughout our history and shapes our beliefs, policies, science, and management practices today.

More About Dr. Kevin Anderson

Kevin Anderson

Kevin is a geographer and philosopher researching the nature of, and the nature in, urban wastelands. He studied at Allegheny College in Pennsylvania [BA], Durham University, England, Ohio University [MA] where he taught philosophy and symbolic logic. He received his Ph.D. in Geography from the University of Texas at Austin with a dissertation entitled: Marginal Nature: Urban Wastelands and the Geography of Nature. His research interests include sewage treatment, soil ecology, and sustainable agriculture, urban ecology and sustainability, riparian ecology, environmental history, philosophy, and literature. He is a co-founder of the Texas Riparian Association and the Upper Tisza Foundation in northeastern Hungary. He runs the Austin Water-Center for Environmental Research which focuses on soil, sewage recycling, and environmental trace contaminants; rivers, riparian ecology, and alluvial aquifers; cities, biodiversity, and avian ecology.

 

Brought to you by Austin Water Utility, Center for Environmental Research (CER), The University of Texas, Texas A&M University. Nature in the City – Austin is sponsored by the Community Trees Division, and helps to implement the Imagine Austin and Urban Forest Plans.

 

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