Wild in the City

PhD in Biological Sciences and promoter of entities and projects dedicated to the environment. She has developed her career in the fields of teaching and environmental education. Being one of the pioneers in environmental education in Catalonia, worked as Director of Sustainability at Barcelona City Council. She has developed several popular EE and ESD projects, including the Education, Interpretation and Volunteering Plan for Collserola Natural Park; the Habitat EE Activity Guide, the School Ecoaudit Guide, and the Barcelona flagship ESD programme, Agenda 21 Escolar, which has received the UN-Habitat Dubai International Award for Best Practices 2011. This program was created and developed in the framework of the Barcelona Local A21, which she coordinates since 2000. Teresa Franquesa also has a PhD in Ecology and a Master of Coaching and Leadership. She is the author of Wild in the City, Tree Unfolded and 12 Things to Do Before you Grow Up, under the EcoSphere imprint, published by Combel.

Pep Montserrat was born in Roda de Ter in 1966. He studied Mural Painting at Llotja and Graphic Design at the Eina school in Barcelona. Since then, he has illustrated many children's books, distinguished with awards such as the National Award from the Ministry of Culture (1995), the International Catalonia Award (1997), the Generalitat de Catalunya Award (1998), and inclusion in the IBBY Honor List (1998). As a press illustrator, he regularly publishes in the newspapers Avui, La Vanguardia, and El País and The Chicago Tribune. He has also collaborated with The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The Boston Globe. He is the creator, along with the writer Montse Ganges, of an animated television series titled Miniman, produced by Cromosoma. Since 1998, he has taught Illustration at the Massana School in Barcelona. Recently awarded with the 2024 National Illustration Prize.