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The dark side of the green cities movement

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March 20, 2025 6:30am

26m

The green cities movement is based on the notion that green spaces are healthier for our bodies and our minds. But Des Fitzgerald says the movement hides a dark past - where these ideas were connected to eugenics, and where the inspiration for green cities was tied to making a more docile, compliant worker to feed the needs of industrial capital. 

  • GUEST: Des Fitzgerald, Professor of Medical Humanities at the Radical Humanities Laboratory, University College Cork; author of ‘The City of Today Is a Dying Thing’ published by Faber. 
  • PRODUCER: Catherine Zengerer