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…
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…
Since 2009, Philadelphia has combined its commitment to making green spaces accessible to all its residents with a stormwater management approach that prioritizes green infrastructure. It set the ambitious goal to green a third of the existing impervious landscape within the city including schoolyards, vacant lots, and parks. This video animates of Packard Jennings illustration of Philadelphia’s pie-chart breakdown of…
In the early 2000s, Portland began one of the country’s first green infrastructure programs. For decades, Portland has been working to mitigate its combined sewer overflow events by improving the ecological function and health of its watersheds, conserving natural areas, and making room for flooding. Among these watershed-wide projects is the Tabor to the River program. The project piloted nature-based…
By Alison Sant // What began in 2005 as Park(ing) Day evolved into part of a global movement for transforming city streets. In 2005, a San Francisco collective of artists and designers called Rebar ignited a global street intervention, which later became …
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…
Alison Sant laid the foundation for her book with a simple premise, – best resiliency practices come from the communities that are on the front lines. After more than ninety interviews with community activists, city officials, scientists and urban designers across the country Sant’s book is finally complete. It is available online, will be hitting the bookstores in February and…
San Francisco has a long history of creating tactical experiments to reclaim its city streets. These efforts began with Bonnie Ora Sherk’s portable parks in the 1970s, exploded with the creation of the first Park(ing) Day by the design collective Rebar in 2005, and seeded the city’s Parklet and Shared Spaces programs today. Reclaiming city streets is a critical part…
