Patrick is founder of City as Nature and arts editor for the Nature of Cities. He has been a contributing writer for YES! Magazine, Kyoto Journal, Arts Everywhere, Resilience, and the San Jose Mercury News among others. He has co-authored two books. Below you’ll find a listing of these these writings.
Essays
- Lessons from a Japanese Village with Cute Organic Lawnmowers
Imagine The Possible City series // 10 September 2019 - A City Designed by Trees
Kyoto Journal, Issue 95 // Fall 2019 - French Landscape Painters, and the Nature of Paris
The Nature of Cities // 30 January 2019 - A City Designed by Trees
The Nature of Cities // 12 September 2018 - When a Korean Hillside Town Disappears, Who will Notice?
The Nature of Cities // 17 July 2018 - Artists in Conversation with Water in Cities
The Nature of Cities // 15 July 2018 - Artists in Conversation with Air in Cities
The Nature of Cities // 11 October 2018 - What the Garden-Hacking Grandmas and Grandpas of Korea Know
YES! Magazine // 28 August 2017 - Drought and Flood in a Silicon Valley Museum
The Nature of Cities // 27 June 2017 - Ghost Ship Raises Broad Questions about Art & Culture
The San Jose Mercury News // 21 December 2016 - Building an Ecology of One
The Nature of Cities // 2 September 2016 - Life and Death in the Field
Final Straw Blog // 29 May 2016 - The Seeds Inside of Us
Final Straw Blog // 13 April 2016 - The Earth Flag
Final Straw Blog // 22 February 2016 - Compassion, Syria, and Paris
Medium // 20 November 2015 - A Restaurant and Garden Serving up Connections to Urban Nature
The Nature of Cities // 16 September 2015 - Rice Fields, Rice Balls and Relationships
SocieCity // 22 July 2015 - Trees of Life and Fruitful Relationships
The Nature of Cities // 14 July 2015 - Artists, Vagabonds, and an Accidential Nature Reserve in San Francisco Bay
The Nature of Cities // 14 June 2015 - What if we All Grew Food?
Resilience // 15 May 2015 - Fixing Soil Loss Requires a Mindset Change
Resilience // 4 May 2015 - Garden City Culture: How a Connection with Nature can Build a Truly Sustainable Future
The Nature of Cities // 9 April 2015 - Solving Crime and Inequality with a Seed
Resilience // 23 March 2015 - No Money Farming? It’s Enough.
SocieCity // 25 March 2015 - How Can Art be a Better Catalyst for Urban Nature and Greenspaces?
The Nature of Cities // 22 November 2014 - Shanghai’s Silent Motorcycles and Global Pollution
SocieCity // 14 September 2014 - The Role of “Sacred” in Urban Greenspaces
The Nature of Cities // 10 September 2014 - What can the Loss of Culture Teach us About Urban Nature?
The Nature of Cities // 21 August 2014 - Ecosystems Services and the Value of Nature
The Nature of Cities // 3 March 2014 - Negotiating with Mother Earth
Blog // 18 February 2014 - Cities Don’t Need More Good Design
Medium // 15 February 2014 - London’s 1.4 Billion Cycling Seed
SocieCity // 10 March 2013 - Mighty Cheeseburger Meets Lowly Cabbage
SocieCity // 22 November 2012 - Graffiti Artists Misunderstood by Society and DA
San Jose Mercury News // 5 September 2012 - From Suburbia to Eco-Utopia in San Jose?
SocieCity // 12 April 2012 - Cut the Red Tape, Activate the City
SocieCity // 14 December 2011 - Burgers to the Grid: A City Powered by Human Fat
SocieCity // 17 November 2011 - Silicon Valley: Where Art and Technology ‘get it on’
SocieCity // 14 November 2011 - Why the Bicycle isn’t About Saving the Planet
SocieCity // 24 October 2011
Books
Co-Authored with partner Suhee Kang, the following books are available at booksellers throughout South Korea:
불안과 경쟁 없는 이곳에서 (Here, a World Without Anxiety or Competition)
2017 / 320 pages / full color / Yeolmaehana Publishers, Seoul
(In Korean) An account of Patrick and Suhee’s six years of travel through Japan, Korea, UK, and the USA to visit regenerative ‘natural’ farmers and urban dwellers working to build social and ecological wellness in their communities. The book is printed in full color and features the duo’s beautiful photographic imagery along with the interviews and personal reflections on their journey.
Reviewed in
Korea Herald
Daejeon Ilbo
The Farmer’s News
more…
자연농(Final Straw)
(In Korean) A photo essay book about natural farmers
2015 / 92 pages / full color / Mesh Publishers