Architect Kate Orff:

sees the oyster as an agent of urban change. Bundled into beds and sunk into city rivers, oysters slurp up pollution and make legendarily dirty waters clean — thus driving even more innovation in “oyster-tecture.” Orff shares her vision for an urban landscape that links nature and humanity for mutual benefit.

Video here: Kate Orff: Reviving New York’s rivers with oysters (TEDTalks)

 

Kate Orff is, among other things, Director of The Urban Landscape Lab.