Not all walking journeys traverse a mountain range, watersheds or plains. Urban walking the green wedges of our cities offer us clues to those who inhabit the community one is passing through. You can take the temperature of society. The quality of the local creeks, the amount and type of litter you pick up, the tree renewal and beatification programs the shire is developing. Look and Listen.
Jonathan Green from Radio National takes us on an urban tramp around a section of Melbourne Australia. Samuel Alexander and Brendan Gleeson are co-authors of a new book: Urban Awakenings: Disturbance and Enchantment in the Industrial City
The Order Of Walkers 