The paper is a theoretical exploration and policy analysis designed to examine the role of living organisms or "biomonitors" as real-time data sensors within urban environments. By analyzing case studies like Warsaw’s mussel-based water filtration and moss-based air quality monitoring in Portland and Seattle, the research evaluates how interpreting biomechanics as data streams can lower the financial and technical barriers to environmental reporting. While the digitization of biological stress responses risks the "instrumentalization" of nature, I argue that a thoughtful integration of these systems can facilitate the democratization of environmental data and empower grassroots community advocacy.

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