Community leaders, organizers, researchers, and practitioners from Puerto Rico and Holyoke will gather on Monday, July 13, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Holyoke Media (1 Court Plaza, Holyoke, MA) for "Borikua Power: Building Energy & Climate Resilience Across the Diaspora," a hybrid public forum focused on community-led solutions to energy justice, climate resilience, and environmental stewardship across the Puerto Rican diaspora.
Liana Rosenblum, Adriana Pinto-Pro, and Delaney Gardner won a BSLA Undergrad Honor Award for their project, "Recovering Parkville's Post-Industrial Scar."
In April, Ravaioli created an interactive public art exhibition in the UMass Amherst Design Building to promote legal literacy through dialogue and reflection.
SSIF is a new living lab program designed to bridge the gap between academic research and campus operational resilience. By providing a dedicated, funded mechanism for students to pilot real-world solutions, the program empowers the next generation of leaders to address critical climate and ecological challenges.
The LARP-led study found that the leaders of urban TPIs typically prioritize large deciduous shade trees, especially to help cool urban areas, but key differences emerged between executive leaders (managers oriented toward conceptual program goals), and operationalleaders (managers oriented toward applied practice).
Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst recently unveiled a tool to combat climate change, fossil-fuel dependency, skyrocketing home-heating bills and gentrification all at once—a simple fabric treated with a special photothermal dye that, when placed on outside walls, can help keep a home 8.64ºF warmer over the course of a day.
Professor Samantha Solano and UMass landscape architecture students, Lilly Etlinger and Michael Nevins, attended the opening night of the "Envision Resilience: Designs for Living in a Changing Climate" Exhibition. Opening events gathered students, over 100 community members, and regional leaders to share visions and stories about resilience and design in Bath, Maine.
Maitri Chandrashekar, sustainable community development, worked with Professor Darrel Ramsey-Musolf to assess how a Springfield elementary school area could be made more walkable for children to ensure safety, encourage play, and celebrate cultural diversity.