Achieving Sustainability and Environmental Resilience
When: Wednesday’s, January 17th- April 19th
Time: 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm ET
Where: West Village F, Room 020, Northeastern University
Synopsis
Recent reports raise issues about slow progress in achieving sustainability, climate justice, and environmental resilience. This interdisciplinary lecture/workshop course includes case studies, quantitative and qualitative measurement tools, and research from scholars, practitioners, advocates, and data analysts to examine metrics for achieving progress in these areas, with a focus on water, heat, planning, policy, ethics, equity and climate racial justice. The course will focus on the challenges and opportunities associated with the use of sustainability rating systems, and is offered in conjunction with partners including the Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure (ISI). We will cover ISI sustainability rating system (ENVISION) credits, certification, and project audits requirements. The course is co-taught by public policy (Prof. Ted Landsmark) and engineering (Prof. Abdel Mustafa) faculty, and is intended to assist in addressing issues of environmental justice, social equity, and the impacts of environmental interventions that may generate measurable social consequences.
Matriculating students seeking academic credit must register for SPPUA 5225/5226, and participate in class discussions on Wednesdays from 4:35 pm to 5:50 pm. The class is also offered in conjunction with Honors section HONR3310, Racial Dialogue. Matriculating students will write short exploratory papers and a semester-long research paper. There is no final examination.
Weekly lectures and on-line presentations are open to the general public without registration.
Please reach out to neupolicyschool@gmail.com with any questions.
Upcoming Sessions
Boston’s Climate Progress Report: achieving net-zero emissions, climate resilience, and equity
This Wednesday’s open classroom speakers are Policy School Prof. Joan Fitzgerald (Ph.D.) and Michael Walsh, Ph.D, Founding Partner, Groundwork Data.
There will be no public portion for tonight’s open classroom.
Envision Rating System for Sustainable Infrastructure
This week’s guest speaker Anthony Kane is President & CEO of the Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure in Washington, DC where he oversees the organization’s overall operations and leads the development of the Envision framework for sustainable infrastructure. Kane also sits as a commissioner on the Washington DC Commission on Climate Change and Resiliency. He will talk about ISI and particularly the Envision rating system, designed to help infrastructure stakeholders implement more sustainable, resilient, and equitable projects. Envision helps communities cut greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, create good-paying “green” jobs, address environmental justice, and meet climate-change targets. Infrastructure owners and design teams, community and environmental groups, constructors, regulators, and policymakers can all benefit from using Envision.
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Spring Break! Class will resume next week.
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