In her role as Urban Systems Lead at Metabolic, Tamara Streefland works with urban professionals around the world to help land high-impact circular economy strategies. Tamara has worked on a wide range of urban resilience projects, focused on urban natural ecologies, waste systems, renewable energy, and happy and healthy communities in Amsterdam, Krakow, and New York City. Her background as an earth scientist, coupled with experience in collaborative urban design processes and systems thinking, allows her to integrate knowledge on ecological impacts with creative solutions sensitive to social issues. She also enjoys teaching on the topic of complex contemporary urban challenges.