Using examples from Asia, Africa, and North America, we demonstrate how restoration and stewardship projects, including those with signifi cant community engagement, provide opportunities for environmental and biodiversity learning in cities. Although research on such programs is in its initial stages, several studies show positive impacts of urban environmental education and related fi eld science inquiry experiences on participant environmental attitudes, awareness of urban nature, science understanding, and self-effi cacy, with greater effects correlated with degree of involvement in hands-on, fi eld-based experiences. In addition, programs that actively