International Living Future Highlight

“For the past five years, Cynthia Gentry has been using biophilic design principles to meet the developmental needs of children by building nature-based play environments. These “living playgrounds” provide spaces for kids to safely explore and interact with nature, which Cynthia explains is crucial for the growth of a healthy and happy child.

Even before her work on living playgrounds, Cynthia has long been an advocate for both nature-inspired building and a child’s right to play. Upon leaving her previous career of almost two decades working with international consulting firms, she began creating rainforest murals for inner city hospitals in Atlanta and started her first nonprofit, Art Heals. She later founded Play Atlanta,…”