Field Notes Toward an Internationalist Green New Deal, from The Ian L. McHarg Center for Urbanism and Ecology, is “intended to open new terrains for scholarship, organizing, contestation, and struggle in the fight for a globally just Green New Deal.” The site hosts data and visualizations on topics including deforestation, mass extinction, oil and gas reserves, international development, and global carceral infrastructure.
Weitzman School in the Media
“PHA has few homes for multigenerational families like Fairmount fire victims”
A tragic January house fire in Philadelphia points to an unmet need in the public housing system, says Weitzman's Akira Drake Rodriguez.
“Crises and Contestations: The Promise and Peril of Designing a Green New Deal”
Billy Fleming, Wilks Family Director at The Ian L. McHarg Center for Urbanism and Ecology, untangles the efforts sparked by House Resolution 109 to bring carbon neutrality, jobs, and justice to the US economy.
“The Explorations of Orkan Telhan”
Artist and Associate Professor of Fine Arts Orkan Telhan is profiled for his acclaimed multidisciplinary practice, which actively probes the connections between nature and culture.
“How landlords thwart America’s attempts to house poor people”
A new study from the Housing Initiative at Penn, led by Vincent Reina, associate professor of city and regional planning, shows how much the need for assistance exceeds the government response.
“What Does It Mean to Save a Neighborhood?”
Professor of Practice Matthijs Bouw, who leads One Architecture & Urbanism and directs Weitzman's Urban Resilience Certificate, talks about his firm's proposal to protect Lower Manhattan from rising seas.
“Design with Nature Now, with Dr. Frederick Steiner”
Dean Steiner talks about the legacy of his mentor Ian McHarg, whose visionary approach to regional planning included coastal resilience.
