Beirut’s Green Lungs
Lebanon
Restoration, Agriculture, EducationTH
theOtherDada
Lebanon
BusinesstheOtherDada (tOD) is an Internationally Recognized Regenerative Advisory & Architecture Practice Firm advancing Life-Centered Design through Biomimicry, Systems Thinking, & Nature-based Solutions. We work with Institutions,governments, and organizations to transform the built environment from extractive systems into regenerative Socio-Ecological Systems, places that actively restore biodiversity, enhance human well-being, & build long-term resilience. Our vision is to have a world where cities function as living systems. Our mission is to operationalize regeneration. We translate environmental ambition into measurable regenerative.
Project story
Beirut’s Green Lungs by theOtherForest
theOtherForest is a flagship initiative under theOtherDada, a regenerative advisory firm, reimagining how cities heal and breathe.
It transforms neglected urban pockets into dense native micro-forests using the Miyawaki method, accelerating ecosystem recovery in highly compact urban spaces. These fast-growing forests restore biodiversity, cool overheated districts, improve air quality, and rebuild ecological function where it has been lost.
But beyond environmental repair, theOtherForest is a shift in urban logic: from grey infrastructure to living systems. It embeds nature back into the fabric of the city, turning degraded land into resilient ecological infrastructure.
Equally, it is deeply social. Communities, students, and volunteers are directly involved in planting and stewardship, turning regeneration into a shared act of ownership and awareness.
Across Lebanon and the wider MENA region, theOtherForest is scaling a simple but radical idea: cities don’t need more decoration, they need to be rewilded from within.
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Beirut’s Green Lungs
Lebanon
Restoration, Agriculture, EducationTH
theOtherDada
Lebanon
BusinesstheOtherDada (tOD) is an Internationally Recognized Regenerative Advisory & Architecture Practice Firm advancing Life-Centered Design through Biomimicry, Systems Thinking, & Nature-based Solutions. We work with Institutions,governments, and organizations to transform the built environment from extractive systems into regenerative Socio-Ecological Systems, places that actively restore biodiversity, enhance human well-being, & build long-term resilience. Our vision is to have a world where cities function as living systems. Our mission is to operationalize regeneration. We translate environmental ambition into measurable regenerative.
Project story
Beirut’s Green Lungs by theOtherForest
theOtherForest is a flagship initiative under theOtherDada, a regenerative advisory firm, reimagining how cities heal and breathe.
It transforms neglected urban pockets into dense native micro-forests using the Miyawaki method, accelerating ecosystem recovery in highly compact urban spaces. These fast-growing forests restore biodiversity, cool overheated districts, improve air quality, and rebuild ecological function where it has been lost.
But beyond environmental repair, theOtherForest is a shift in urban logic: from grey infrastructure to living systems. It embeds nature back into the fabric of the city, turning degraded land into resilient ecological infrastructure.
Equally, it is deeply social. Communities, students, and volunteers are directly involved in planting and stewardship, turning regeneration into a shared act of ownership and awareness.
Across Lebanon and the wider MENA region, theOtherForest is scaling a simple but radical idea: cities don’t need more decoration, they need to be rewilded from within.
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Location
Lebanon
This project is part of
Round 3
Supporting community-led nature projects around the world.
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