Jonah Holland (beloved writer of Near West End News) wants to make sure Richmonders are aware of the free Lewis Ginter premier of the documentary The Nature of the Cities tomorrow, 10/29, at 4:30pm. It’s part of the symposium “Timeless Design in a Sustainable World: Charles F. Gillette Forum”:

I’d like to welcome you to Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden on October 29th at 4:30 p.m. to view the Richmond premier of “The Nature of Cities”. Admission to “The Nature of Cities” is free and open to the public. Plus, join special guest, UVA School of Architecture Heinz Professor of Sustainable Communities, Tim Beatley, as he leads a question and answer session after the film.

“The Nature of Cities” is a one-hour documentary about people in cities across the world who believe that, even as we become more urbanized, we must reclaim an essential piece of our humanness — our connection to the nature around us. Amazing projects in cities around the globe have already begun this task. The Nature of Cities is about raising consciousness and understanding of this movement and exploring the need of moving not only towards sustainability, but also to a regenerative way of living.

“The Nature of Cities” explores both the nature in are own backyards- Austin and San Diego and the possibilities in projects of cities of the future- Malmo, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Freiburg, Amsterdam and Paris.

The film features Sustainable Communities professor Timothy Beatley as he tours these places with City Planners, Landscape Architects, Ecologists and Residents.

Commentary by Richard Louv (Last Child in the Woods) and Dr. Stephen Kellert (Biophilic Design) provide the background for looking at the living possibilities of how we can be in an urban environment integrated with the nature around us.