The Chernobyl 'wilderness' - disappearing glaciers - trees growing on dead skyscrapers in Detroit - in the Viridian movement we spend a lot of time and energy describing and studying these things.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The Viridian movement studies places where nature reclaims human ruins, such as Chernobyl and Detroit.
- In plain terms
- Scientists study nature taking over ruined cities and nuclear sites.
- What can you take from it?
- Ruined places teach us about nature and decay.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What does nature do to ruins?
- Why study dead cities?
Another view
Not all abandoned places recover naturally.
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