June 7, 2022 // In ‘The Death and Life of Great American Cities,’ Jane Jacobs wrote, “cities have the capacity of providing something for everybody, only when they are created by everybody.” Today, the tactics of reclaiming the street with Parklets, Slow Streets, and Shared Spaces has exploded during the COVID Pandemic. However, these street interventions are not equally distributed.…
May 24, 2022 // Our relationship to water is increasingly defining the design of cities. Cloudbursts overwhelm watersheds, flooding low lying areas, while storm surge inundates coastlines. How are cities using green infrastructure and nature-based solutions to manage floodwaters while creating jobs and co-powering communities? This panel will explore the ways in which cities are adapting to the threats of…
By Alison Sant // Alison Sant laid the foundation for her book with a simple premise–best resiliency practices come from the Car-centric streets are dangerous and perpetuate inequity, but the pandemic has pointed us to ways we can better use our public spaces.
April 27, 2022 // Transportation accounts for the largest share of emissions in the United States. But many U.S. cities benefit by having dense urban footprints. By expanding low- and zero-carbon mobility options, cities can help to build more equitable transportation systems and increase economic mobility. Alison Sant, author of ‘From the Ground Up: Local Efforts to Create Resilient Cities,’…
While cities are cluing in to the power of collaboration to fight climate change, much of the transformative action seen today is originating at the community and grassroots level. How can all segments of society work together towards this common goal–since climate change should matter to all of us? This week, we’re joined by Alison Sant, Co-Founder of Studio for…
April 23, 2022 // Harvard Extension School’s Sustainability and Global Development Practice Degree Programs and Dean Nancy J. Coleman celebrates Earth Day 2022. This is an online Zoom event with your hosts Mark Leighton, Associate Director, and Lindi von Mutius, Director, Sustainability and Global Development Practice Degree Programs. Helping communities to thrive in the face of climate change and other…
In 2018, more than 30,000 properties in Baltimore were vacant buildings or lots, with almost four thousand buildings slated to be removed. The city contracted with Brick+Board, a social impact-focused salvage company, and Details, a social enterprise of the nonprofit organization Humanim, which provides jobs to those with barriers to employment…
By Rachel Carson // We caught up with the Co-Founder of Studio for Urban Projects and author Alison Sant to talk about her recently published book ‘From the Ground Up.’ Listen to the conversation on our threesixtyCITY podcast or read an excerpt from the book below. Our conversation covers: how to converge bottom-up and top-down efforts—forging healthy relationships between grassroots…
Especially and unreservedly recommended reading for environmental activists and governmental policy makers, ‘From the Ground Up: Local Efforts to Create Resilient Cities’ is a clarion and illustrated call to action regarding the necessity for communities to become climate resilient in the face of inexorable climate change driven impacts while acknowledging and addressing the unfortunate social and racial injustice of past…
March 30, 2022 // Hear author Alison Sant, speak as part of the Engaged Urbanism Webinar: Planning the Post-Pandemic City lecture series. Hosted by Dr Neil Galway of the School of Natural and Built Environment, Queens University Belfast, the series explores how we can re-imagine our post-pandemic cities to be more inclusive, green and liveable.
