We Heal Cities Through Nature
🌿 Our Philosophy
Cities are living bodies. When they ache, we can heal them — not with massive, disruptive projects, but with subtle, vital needlepoints of green. This is the art of urban acupuncture: reconnecting humans and nature through micro-interventions that ripple outward. Every planter, pocket garden, and restored patch of soil helps transform cities from cold, hard infrastructure into more liveable places, driving regeneration for both people and biodiversity.
🌱 Our Mission
We bring nature back into the city. By combining data, design, and community power, we transform overlooked urban spaces into living, resilient ecosystems. Through small, precise interventions, we regenerate the city fabric, strengthen resilience to climate change, and create healthier, more liveable environments for people and biodiversity alike.
Meet Our Team
Meet the people behind Urban Biome Ltd. Our team brings together expertise in technology, sustainability, and urban planning to create innovative solutions for greener cities.
Reuben Forster
GIS Analyst / Ecological Design
Reuben Forster is a Designer and Technologist committed to leveraging technology for societal betterment. He specializes in computational problem-solving, marrying natural phenomena with technological innovation.
Manon Dangelser
Senior Consultant | Sustainability | Resilience
Manon is a climate resilience consultant, sustainability specialist & engineer. Her focus is to advocate for the integration of resilience and climate adaptation measures at early design stage.
🌍 How We Enable Rewilding
We identify where nature is needed most. Using open data and community insights, we map the city’s challenges — from heat and flooding to air pollution and lack of green space — and reveal the places where small interventions can make the biggest impact. Through our tools, Explorer and Sightings, we highlight both the gaps and the existing grassroots efforts already shaping the city. By connecting local makers, builders, and community groups, we help turn strategic opportunities into real, on-the-ground microinterventions that bring nature back into Bristol’s hardest-hit areas.
Explorer Tool
Analyze cumulative urban challenges across Bristol with the Explorer tool. This interactive map uses our ‘Red Glass’ visualization concept, stacking multiple layers of concern—from air quality and urban heat to traffic safety and crime. Deeper shades of red instantly reveal areas where environmental and social challenges overlap, helping to identify priority areas for intervention.
Community Sightings Tool
Map and share urban nature findings with our community platform. Document nature-based solutions, problem areas, and spaces with untapped potential. Add sightings directly to the map with photos and descriptions, see what others have discovered, and build collective understanding of urban ecosystems.
Our Network
We cannot do this alone. To help us achieve our mission, we rely on a network of organisations. In Bristol, we collaborate with makers, builders and small local groups that share our vision.
Woodland Trust
UK's largest woodland conservation charity, protecting and creating native woods.
Fix My Street
Platform for reporting local problems like potholes, broken streetlights and more.
KWMC
Knowle West Media Centre - Bristol community arts and technology organisation.
Live Graft
Urban greening and living architecture specialists based in Bristol.
Support Our Work
Help us build accessible environmental intelligence tools for communities. Your support enables us to develop open tools, conduct research, and make geospatial analytics available to organizations working toward sustainable, equitable urban futures.
Every contribution helps us maintain our platforms, expand our datasets, and keep our tools free for community use.
Open Collective provides transparent, community-driven funding with full visibility into how contributions are used.
Get In Touch
For inquiries, collaborations, or tool access, reach out at info@urbanbiome.co.uk