Episode 042 | Chris Fitch: Rewilding Our Cities

Chris Fitch, author of Wild Cities, argues that urban nature does more than beautify cities. It helps them fight and adapt to climate change. Fitch tells host Craig Applegath that successful rewilding projects share three traits: grassroots passion, committed local champions, and government backing. Miss any one, and the project stalls. The conversation covers case studies from Japan, Sydney, Munich, and Wellington, and makes the case that local, visible nature builds public will faster than abstract climate statistics ever could.

Fitch writes for Geographical, the magazine of the Royal Geographical Society, and grew up with a forest on his doorstep in the Solomon Islands. That early connection to nature shaped his career and led to Wild Cities, a collection of real-world case studies on urban rewilding. This conversation matters because it offers a grounded, hopeful path forward: start with your own street, and trust that small acts of attention add up.

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