Our media lab produces in-depth stories in word, image, and film, illuminating the people and places that are leading the transition towards social and ecological wellness.
A journey between Japan and Korea in these times, means government health checkpoints, special bullet trains, hazmat teams, and disinfectant baths. Through it all, different ways of viewing ourselves, our cities, and viruses, become clear.
In this time of slowness, natural farmers in Japan’s countryside remind us that everyone has the ability to listen to nature. But can city dwellers really learn?
City as Nature visits the countryside of Kaohsiung to talk with a young farmer about his choice to leave the city and start a natural chicken farm with his family in Taiwan.
A three part interview film series by City as Nature, exploring the philosophy of natural farming, and how to apply it to life.
Explore an old Japanese neighborhood where few people would consider going to the market in a car. In Kagaya, bicycles and pedestrians rule the road.
Stories and images from Kitakagaya, an old Osaka neighborhood with little money, yet a wealth of strange, beautiful, and useful ways of approaching life, work, and cities.
Nothing much of interest to GDP or the stock market ever happens in Urugi Village. Yet there is an unexpectedly resilient human ecosystem here. What answers could places like Urugi offer for an environmentally-sane future?
The way we grow food has become one of the largest threats to our survival as a species, yet we’ve had a simple answer for millennia…
Part of a series of short meditative films, putting you in the midst of nature-connected cultures and places around the world.
Seeing trees as sacred is not an anomaly, it’s the fact that our culture has somehow lost this fellowship that’s an anomaly. If trees are a keystone of our wellness, why not learn to listen to their voice? If we did, how might the things we hear transform the landscape of our city over time? What would a city look like if it were designed by trees?
Part of a series of short meditative films, putting you in the midst of nature-connected cultures and places around the world.
Part of a series of short meditative films, putting you in the midst of nature-connected cultures and places around the world.
