Michelle Mulder - Going Wild: Helping Nature Thrive in Cities

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activities, outdoor: classrooms,

adaptability,

agriculture. See farming

air, clean,

animals: antelope,

Antarctica,

antelope,

arctic hare,

attracting native species,

automobiles. See cars

badgers,

balance, city/nature,

Bat Conservation International,

bat houses,

bats,

beaches, ,

bears,

beavers,

bee boles,

bees,

berries, ,

bicycles,

biodiversity,

birds,

blackberries, ,

boars,

bogs. See wetlands

Brooklands School,

bubonic plague (Black Death),

butterflies,

camas flowers,

carnivores,

cars,

castles,

caterpillars,

Central Park, New York City,

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Association,

child labor,

China,

cities: ancient,

citizen scientist projects,

cockroaches,

community seed stations,

commuting,

compost,

concrete jungle,

Congress Avenue Bridge,

conservation: nature,

cougars,

coyotes,

Cree people,

cycles: of life,

cyclists,

dandelions,

deer,

Dene cultural winter camp,

Depave Paradise,

depaving,

disease,

dovecotes,

Earth,

ecosystems: creating new, . See also plants: native

Egyptians,

elk,

engineers,

England,

English ivy,

factories,

family, ,

farming,

fertilizer,

fish,

fishing,

fleas,

flooding,

flowers: camas, ; clover,

food: breakfast,

foraging,

forests,

foxes,

friends, ,

Friends of Nature (Sahabat Alam),

frogs,

fuel,

garbage,

gardens,

genetic modification,

ginkgo trees,

global warming,

goats,

governments,

grass, . See also lawns

grizzly bears,

growing food,

habitat, natural,

habitecture,

hauling goods, . See also transportation

hawks,

health, human, ,

health of the planet,

health organizations,

highways,

honesty flowers,

honeybees,

houses: for animals,

hunger,

hunting,

hurricanes,

income,

Indigenous people,

Industrial Revolution,

industrial wastelands,

insects,

introduced species,

inventions,

Jardins neighborhood, So Paulo,

jobs/work,

Kendler, Jenny (artist),

landfill,

lawn mowers,

lawns, . See also grass

laws,

litter. See garbage

London, England,

mangroves,

marshes. See wetlands

martens,

mason bees,

Mayan cities,

meadows, ,

medieval Europe,

Mexican free-tailed bats,

microorganisms,

miners lettuce,

monkeys,

mosquitoes,

Mycobacterium vaccae,

National Recreation and Park Association,

Native people. See Indigenous people

native species: animals,

nature: as resource,

neighborhoods: citizen science projects,

nests,

New York,

nomads,

oak trees,

Orca whales,

otters,

outdoor activities: classrooms,

owls,

pace of life,

Pakistan,

parks,

Parks Canada,

pavement, . See also rewilding

pest control,

pesticide,

picnics,

pigeons,

p.i.n.e. project, nature club,

planes,

plants: blackberries, , . See also flowers

playgrounds,

playing,

pollen,

pollinators,

pollution,

predators,

products,

protests,

rabbits,

racoons,

rattlesnakes,

rats,

raw materials, . See also resources, natural

relaxation, in nature,

residential schools,

resources, natural, . See also raw materials

rewilding,

ReWilding New York: Community Seed Stations project,

roads, maintenance of,

Sahabat Alam (Friends of Nature),

Saturna Ecological Education Centre,

Schieffelin, Eugene,

schools: outdoor classrooms,

scientists,

seeds,

settlements,

shelter: building,

sidewalk safari,

slaves,

snakes,

soil,

squirrels,

starlings,

steam engine,

stress, human, . See also health: human

survival: in cities,

Suwana, Adeline Tiffanie,

thimbleberries,

Thriving Roots Wilderness School,

tide pools,

trade,

transportation,

trees: bicycle in,

tsunamis,

turtles,

upcycling,

urban: bat colony,

vermicomposter,

water: cleaning,

Watt, James (inventor),

wetlands,

wheels: carriage,

wilderness corridors,

wilderness, fear of,

wildflowers,

wildlife,

worms,

biodiversity the variety of species found in a particular ecosystem

bubonic plague bacterial infection outbreaks in the 1300s and 1600s that killed about one fifth of the worlds human population

carnivore any creature that eats meat

coltan a dull black metallic ore used in the production of cell phones and other electronics

commute a regular journey to and from ones place of work

concrete jungle an expression to describe a place made mostly of concrete or similar materials, especially one that lacks plants

conservation officer law enforcers who are responsible for protecting the environment and making sure that an areas natural resources are used wisely and responsibly

ecosystem a complex system in which everything that exists in a particular environment relies on the other parts of that environment in some way

engineer a designer or builder of materials, structures and systems

feral an animal or plant that has not been domesticated or cultivated

genetically modified a plant, animal, or other life form that is different from its ancestors because humans have changed its genes (parts of the cells that control the living things appearance and growth)

global warming a gradual increase in the average temperature of the Earths atmosphere and its oceans, which is believed to be permanently changing the Earths climate

habitecture human-made structures built to house wild creatures

Industrial Revolution the shift to new manufacturing processes where machines made products that people had always made by hand; the shift took place from 1760 to sometime between 1820 and 1840

introduced species plants or animals, brought in from somewhere else, that can crowd out the plants and animals that are native to a place

microorganism an organism too small to see without a microscope, especially a bacterium, virus or fungus

native plants or animals living or growing naturally in a particular region

nomad a member of a community of people who live in different locations, moving from one place to another

obesity a condition where a person has so much body fat that it might have a negative effect on their health

pesticide a poison that is used to kill insects and weeds

pollinator an insect or other animal that carries pollen from one plant to another

predator an animal that naturally preys on others

protest a statement or action showing that people disapprove of or object to something

resource material, energy, service, staff or knowledge used to make a product

rewilding to return the land to its natural state, full of local native species

upcycling the process of transforming waste materials, useless or unwanted products into new materials or products; also known as creative reuse