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2024

Azure Magazine.
(November 11, 2024). 6 Projects Pushing the Boundaries of Sustainable Design – Bylaws for Biodiversity.
The Globe and Mail.
(September 9, 2024). Toronto’s Don River floods offer urgent planning lessons for climate-challenged cities.

2023

Ontario Professional Planners Institute.
(August 8, 2023). 2023 PlanON Award Winners: Ecological Design Lab for Public Education.
Toronto Star.
(August 8, 2023). ‘You want to fine them $10,000 a day?’ The City of Burlington fought this family’s natural garden — and then razed it anyway.
Toronto Met University Magazine.
(July 7, 2023). Nina-Marie Lister talks ‘going wild’ on an urban planet.
Life Worlds Podcast.
(July 7, 2023). Re-Weaving Landscapes: Wildlife Crossings & Designing for Nature as the Client.
The Globe and Mail.
(May 5, 2023). Green space and ‘wildlife passages’ preserve urban ecosystems and healthcare costs.
Rural Futures Collaborative.
(April 4, 2023). Rural Futures Collaborative Interview with EDL Director Nina-Marie Lister.
CBC News.
(April 4, 2023). Feel hopeless about our planet? Here’s how you can help solve a big problem right in your own backyard.
Canadian Geographic.
(April 4, 2023). Our shared garden: The importance of native plants.

2022

The CRAM Podcast: Extraordinary Ideas Unleashed.
(December 12, 2022). Re-designing our world: Creating harmony between cities and nature with guest Nina-Marie Lister.
Cottage Life.
(June 6, 2022). Smiths Falls couple fight bylaw order to clean up their naturalized yard.
Global News.
(June 6, 2022). Smiths Falls, Ont. couple battling over their naturalized yard.
CBC News.
(June 6, 2022). ‘Town’s lawn survey skewed, Smiths Falls couple says’.
CBC Listen.
(June 6, 2022). ‘As it Happens’ Podcast – Smiths Falls case (1:07:30 mark for the story).
CBC Listen.
(June 6, 2022). Nina-Marie Lister Interview on Smiths Falls case (6:50 mark for the story).
CBC News.
(June 6, 2022). Couple’s win forces Smiths Falls to revisit approach to ‘naturalized’ lawns.
Toronto Metropolitan University.
(June 6, 2022). ARTICLE: TMU City Building ‘Changing a Toronto By-Law for Biodiversity’.
Harvard University Graduate School of Design.
(May 5, 2022). Redefining Wilderness: How Designers are Grappling with the Radical Interconnectedness of Nature and Culture.
Dezeen.
(April 4, 2022). Fifty architects and designers you need to know on Earth Day, Featuring EDL Director Nina-Marie Lister.
Canadian Architect.
(April 4, 2022). Interview: Nina-Marie Lister.

2021

Global News.
(November 11, 2021). What can a ‘sponge’ teach us about building resilient cities? Turns out, a lot.
Biophilic Solutions Podcast.
(November 11, 2021). Episode 18: Bylaws and Biodiversity with Nina-Marie Lister, Nov. 16, 2021.
Research2Reality.
(October 10, 2021). Bringing Some Much-Needed Nature Back Into Our Cities.
Plant Crimes Podcast.
(June 6, 2021). Podcast Episode 14, The Yard Versus Toronto, with Nina-Marie Lister, June 2021.
Greenpeace Canada.
(May 5, 2021). The “No Mow May” Challenge is on.
The Pointer.
(April 4, 2021). Failing All Our Relations: Ontario’s planning process shirks meaningful Indigenous engagementeaningful-indigenous-engagement.
Return of the Native.
(March 3, 2021). Stand your constitutional ground – Return of the Native Hardy Perennials.
Toronto Metropolitan University.
(February 2, 2021). Barriers, by-laws, and the biophilic city.

2020

The Picton Gazette.
(November 11, 2020). LETTER: County has duty to consult Indigenous community.
CBC Radio, Here and Now.
(October 10, 2020). Meadow Politics.
The Toronto Star.
(October 10, 2020). ‘What kind of barbarian would mow buttercups?’: The city tried to rip up a local ecologist’s natural garden. Now she’s fighting back.
CBC News.
(October 10, 2020). This ecologist was told she could keep her natural garden. Here’s why she’s fighting city hall anyway.
The Eyeopener.
(September 9, 2020). Ryerson Professor Advocates For Lawn Biodiversity In Toronto.
The Peterborough & Area Master Gardeners.
(September 9, 2020). Is It Time To Rethink Our Lawns?.
National Environmental Treasure.
(September 9, 2020). Podcast Episode 4, Urban biodiversity with Nina-Marie Lister.
National Environmental Treasure (Our Safety Net) Podcast: What the F*ck is Biodiversity?.
(September 9, 2020). Podcast Episode 4, Urban biodiversity with Nina-Marie Lister, September 2020.
The Toronto Star.
(September 9, 2020). Battle over front-yard meadow thick with irony.
The Toronto Star.
(May 5, 2020). Green only for some, Toronto must commit to more and better parks after COVID-19.
The Nature of Cities.
(May 5, 2020). Lost and Found: A Companion Essay to the Art Works of Katrine Claassens.
The Toronto Star.
(May 5, 2020). Park it: How can we use public green spaces safely during COVID pandemic?.
CTV News.
(May 5, 2020). Why urban planners were not surprised by Toronto’s packed public park.
The Nature of Cities.
(May 5, 2020). Katrine Claassens—Love Letters to the Muted World.
The Nature of Cities.
(May 5, 2020). COVID has upended all the normal routines in our lives and work. How do you imagine you might be changed by it, both professionally, but also personally as you negotiate a new post-virus “normal”?.
Nature Conservancy.
(April 4, 2020). Reconnecting the wild: Ensuring safe passage through animal road crossings.
Nature Conservancy Canada.
(April 4, 2020). Reconnecting the wild: Ensuring safe passage through animal road crossings.
The Nature of Cities.
(March 3, 2020). TNOC Summit Dialogue: How can professors help mobilize knowledge?.
National Environmental Treasure.
(January 1, 2020). Biodiversity Action Agenda.

2019

Landscape Architecture Foundation.
(June 6, 2019). Announcing Our 2019 LAF Olmsted Scholars.
National Geographic.
(June 6, 2019). How wildlife bridges over highways make animals — and people — safer.
Toronto Metropolitan University, Research & Innovation.
(March 3, 2019). Where the wild things cross.
Nature Canada.
(February 2, 2019). Biodiversity Action Agenda.
National Environmental Treasure.
(February 2, 2019). ANIMAL ROAD CROSSINGS ENSURE SAFE PASSAGE FOR WILDLIFE.

2018

Canada Green Building Council.
(October 10, 2018). CaGBC Ontario Green Building Excellence and Leadership Awards.
Global News.
(June 6, 2018). Parks Canada prepares to open largest wildlife overpass of its kind in Yoho National Park.

2017

The Nature of Cities.
(August 8, 2017). Imagine an “ecological certification” for urban design. What are such a certification’s key elements?.
The Nature of Cities.
(August 8, 2017). Designing Urban Nature: The Domain of Ecologically Informed Planners or Landscape Architects?.
The Nature of Cities.
(July 7, 2017). Designing Urban Nature: The Domain of Ecologically Informed Planners or Landscape Architects?.
Vox.
(July 7, 2017). Wildlife crossings stop roadkill. Why aren’t there more?.
Wall Street Journal.
(June 6, 2017). Wildlife Crossings Get a Whole New Look.
The Nature of Cities.
(March 3, 2017). How Large Parks Complete Cities.
The Nature of Cities.
(February 2, 2017). Of Wilderness, Wild-ness, and Wild Things.
The Nature of Cities.
(January 1, 2017). You say po-TAY-to. What ecologists and landscape architects don’t get about each other, but ought to..
ARC Solutions.
(January 1, 2017). Arc Solutions Highpoints 2016.

2016

The Nature of Cities.
(December 12, 2016). Highlights from The Nature of Cities in 2016.
The Nature of Cities.
(December 12, 2016). Read this! 90 recommendations for the one book about (or relevant to) cities that everyone should read.
Urban Toronto.
(October 10, 2016). City Marks Steps to Reclaim—and Re-Imagine—Don River Valley.
Canadian Architect.
(August 8, 2016). Web Exclusive: Canada at the 2016 Venice Architecture Biennale.
Scenario Journal.
(August 8, 2016). Reporting From The Front: Venice Architecture Biennale.
Huffington Post.
(June 6, 2016). The New Landscape Declaration: Visions for the Next 50 years..
Border Crossings.
(June 6, 2016). What’s at Stake? The Canadian Presence at the 2016 International Architecture Exhibition.
Landscape Architecture Foundation.
(June 6, 2016). Of Wilderness, Wild-ness, and Wild Things.
Canadian Architect.
(May 5, 2016). Book Reviews: Projective Ecologies / A Natural History of English Gardening: 1650 to 1800.
Edmonton Journal.
(May 5, 2016). Exhibit offers grounded take on impact of Canadian mining.
Art Gallery of Alberta.
(May 5, 2016). EXTRACTION at Biennale Architettura 2016.
The Telegram.
(May 5, 2016). Research revives call for independent observers on N.L. offshore oil platforms.
The Nature of Cities.
(March 3, 2016). From Reactive to Proactive Resilience: Designing the New Sustainability.
The Nature of Cities.
(March 3, 2016). Knowing vs. Doing: Propelling Design with Ecology.
The Nature of Cities.
(March 3, 2016). Knowing vs. Doing: Propelling Design with Ecology.

2015

Archinect.
(December 12, 2015). Canada’s 2016 Venice Biennale theme digs into the country’s influence in resource extraction.
Globe and Mail.
(December 12, 2015). Canadian exhibit at Venice Biennale to dig into resource exploitation.
Toronto Metropolitan University.
(September 9, 2015). Changing the landscape for safer roadways.
Globe and Mail.
(May 5, 2015). Hidden landmarks: Why Toronto is at the forefront of the landscape architecture movement.
The Cultural Landscape Foundation.
(April 4, 2015). What’s Out There Weekend Goes North.
The Cultural Landscape Foundation.
(April 4, 2015). What’s Out There Toronto Guide.

2014

Wall Street Journal.
(September 9, 2014). Lonely Cougars Look for Love In Southern California.
The Wall Street Journal.
(September 9, 2014). Lonely Cougars Look for Love in Southern California.

2013

ARC Solutions.
(March 3, 2013). To Build Or Not To Build A Road: How Do We Honor The Landscape?.

2012

ARC Solutions.
(August 8, 2012). Arc Solutions Highpoints.
ARC Solutions.
(April 4, 2012). A Zest For Bridges: 2012 Award Of Excellence Winner Theodore Zoli.

2011

National Post.
(August 8, 2011). Flooding needs to be dealt with before any Ferris wheels appear in port lands.
The New York Times.
(June 6, 2011). Building a Better Crosswalk — for Moose, Bear and Elk.
ASLA.
(June 6, 2011). Interview with Nina-Marie Lister on Ecological Urbanism.
Conservation Magazine.
(June 6, 2011). Crossing to Safety.
Mountain Town News.
(May 5, 2011). Wildlife design contest scores in innovation.
Harvard Magazine.
(May 5, 2011). Throughways for Wildlife.
Harvard Magazine.
(April 4, 2011). When Species Collide: Throughways for Wildlife.
Landscape Architecture Magazine, Feature Article.
(March 3, 2011). Safer Passage: Five Design Teams Competed to Help Animals Cross a Road.
OnEarth Magazine.
(February 2, 2011). A Wildlife Crossing That’s Truly Wild.
Calgary Herald.
(February 2, 2011). Banff bridges leading to new ideas.
Calgary Herald.
(February 2, 2011). Banff inspires new generation of wildlife overpassess.
LAND E-News from ASLA.
(February 2, 2011). ARC Wildlife Crossing Project Names Winner of Design Competition.
The Telegram.
(January 1, 2011). Helping moose across the highway.
ARC Solutions.
(January 1, 2011). Helping Moose Across The Highway.
The City Fix.
(January 1, 2011). Mighty Motorcycles, Cheap Carbon-Free Gas, Plural for Prius?.
The Globe and Mail.
(January 1, 2011). Across the Great Divide.
The Globe and Mail.
(January 1, 2011). Across the great divide.
ARC Solutions.
(January 1, 2011). Across The Great Divide / A Safe Passage,.
Roll Call.
(January 1, 2011). Heard on the Hill: Governing Like the Wolf.
Adventure Journal.
(January 1, 2011). How Not to Hit a Deer: Give ‘Em a Road Crossing That Looks Like Home.
Media Bistro.
(January 1, 2011). Michael Van Valkenburgh Wins Vail Overpass Competition, Colorado’s Deer Send Thanks.
Fast Company Design.
(January 1, 2011). A Simple Concrete Bridge That Could Save America’s Wildlife.
ARC Solutions.
(January 1, 2011). For Wildlife, A Safe Highway Crossing.
ASLA.
(January 1, 2011). Better Crossing Design Can Reduce Collisions between Wildlife and People.
ASLA.
(January 1, 2011). Better Crossing Design Can Reduce Collisions between Wildlife and People.
UPI.
(January 1, 2011). Colo. wildlife crossing design selected.
PoliJam.
(January 1, 2011). Colo. wildlife crossing design selected.
iStock Analyst.
(January 1, 2011). Colo. wildlife crossing design selected.
Denver Westword.
(January 1, 2011). Wildlife bridge contest: Winning West Vail Pass entry “elegant” yet practical.
The Denver Post.
(January 1, 2011). Design selected for I-70 wildlife crossing near Vail.
The Wall Street Journal.
(January 1, 2011). Tree-covered wildlife crossing proposed near Vail.
The New York Times Green Blog.
(January 1, 2011). For Wildlife, a Safe Highway Crossing.
CBC News.
(January 1, 2011). Banff wildlife could benefit from new crossings.
The Vail Daily.
(January 1, 2011). Design picked for Vail Pass overpass.
The New York Times.
(January 1, 2011). Design Picked for Wildlife Crossing.
ARC Solutions.
(January 1, 2011). Building A Better Crosswalk – For Moose, Bear And Elk.
The New York Times.
(January 1, 2011). Building a Better Crosswalk — for Moose, Bear and Elk.
The Epoch Times.
(January 1, 2011). Design Competition Seeks to Make Wildlife Crossings Safer.
Today's Trucking.
(January 1, 2011). Helping Bambi cross the road.
Canadian Driver.
(January 1, 2011). New survey looks at wildlife and highway crossings.
ARC Solutions.
(January 1, 2011). Wildlife Safety Near Superhighways Is Focus Of Unique International Design Competition.
Wired In.
(January 1, 2011). Wildlife Safety near Superhighways is Focus of Unique International Design Competition.

2010

The Wall Street Journal.
(December 12, 2010). Why Did the Elk (or Bear or Deer or Lynx) Cross the Road?.
The Metropolitan Field Guide.
(December 12, 2010). ARC Wildlife Crossing Finalists.
Fast Co. Design.
(December 12, 2010). Can a Wildlife Bridge Fix America’s $8 Billion Roadkill Problem?.
The Atlantic.
(December 12, 2010). Solving the Roadkill Problem With Wildlife Bridges.
Bustler.
(November 11, 2010). Next Generation of Wildlife Crossings Un-Vailed in ARC Competition.
NewWest.
(November 11, 2010). Five Better Ways To Help Bears, Bobcats And Lynx Cross A Colorado Highway.
The Denver Post.
(November 11, 2010). Finalists named in designs for I-70 wildlife crossing.
NewWest.
(October 10, 2010). Wildlife and Highways: New Ideas Sought for Colorado’s ‘Berlin Wall’.
The Durango Telegraph.
(September 9, 2010). Designers wrestle with wildlife crossing.
Vail Daily.
(September 9, 2010). Wildlife is meeting innovation in Vail.
AASHTO Journal.
(September 9, 2010). ARC Announces 5 Finalists to Design Safe Passage for Colorado Animals.
Denver Post.com.
(September 9, 2010). Finalists named in competition to design I-70 wildlife crossing on Vail Pass.
Denver Westword News Blog.
(September 9, 2010). West Vail Pass wildlife bridge: Will design contest help save endangered animals?.
Bustler.
(July 7, 2010). ARC International Wildlife Crossing Infrastructure Design Competition.
Harvard Gazette.
(May 5, 2010). Rising seas, raising hopes.
ASLA.
(April 4, 2010). Interview with Nina-Marie Lister.

2009

The Denver Post.
(December 12, 2009). West Vail Pass is center of design contest for animal crossing.