Mexico City asks architects and indigenous communities to design a livable future

More than 50 parallel events are unfolding across Mexico City this month as the second México por el Clima climate-and-nature action week brings architects, scientists, entrepreneurs, and indigenous communities into one conversation: how to build cities people can actually live in. A standout moment honored the Kichwa people of Sarayaku, whose Kawsak Sacha — Living Forest — proposal treats the Amazon rainforest as a living being with rights. With construction responsible for a large share of global emissions and materials use, the week pushed design beyond 'less harm' toward repair and regeneration, from Xochimilco's chinampa farms to urban mobility.