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Columbia University students found consensus among Appalachian locals around the post-carbon economy and the need for riverfront rehabilitation.
CRCL is excited to share the final Tel Aviv-Yafo Resilience Accelerator report. Working with Resilient and Social Equality Authority, the City Architect, Environmental Authority, and scientists from Columbia, NASA, and Tel Aviv University, the Accelerator pioneered a new method of prioritizing areas of the city most exposed and vulnerable to heat.
On January 13, 2020 the Israeli National Ministry of Energy, in partnership with CRCL and Resilient Cities Catalyst, convened a working group of ministries across the national government of Israel, a selection of local municipalities, and non-government stakeholders and experts. By bringing together expertise across energy, science, environment, finance, planning, and health, the workshop aimed to increase awareness of future climate projections, impacts, and vulnerability on the national scale and begin the process of defining a nationally coordinated strategy to address urban heat. The learnings…
In January, CRCL traveled to Tel Aviv-Yafo with the GSAPP Urban Design Studio students and faculty to support research and continuity between the Tel Aviv Resilience Accelerator and the Spring 2020 Urban Design Studio: Great Rift Valley.
On November 3-5, 2019, CRCL traveled to Tel Aviv-Yafo to deliver the Tel Aviv-Yafo Resilience Accelerator, bringing together over 100 municipal leaders and stakeholders, designers, academic and scientific experts, and community leadership, for an intensive facilitated design session to design pilot solutions.
Focusing on three sites—two on Mesilat Yesharim and one at the Shapira Community Center playground and ball courts—three interdisciplinary teams will visualize project concepts, outline implementation plans, and shape principles for future planning. The workshop included…
CRCL has been sharing what we are leaning about making communities and ecosystems around the world more resilient. Here are a few recent talks.
- Kate Orff presented "Workshopping a Green New Deal" at Penn Design's "Designing the Green New Deal Conference"
- Thad Pawlowski spoke with designers in Caracas (via video conference) at CCSCity450
- Kate joined Shaun Donovan at the Columbia Forum to talk about Lessons from Rebuild by Design
- Thad moderated a panel on "Climate-Resilient, Smart Cities" at the Brooklyn Museum with US Representative Yvette Clarke and NYC…
The May / June 2019 issue of the Environmental Forum features an article written by CRCL faculty affiliate Lisa Dale on “How to Foil the Resource Curse in Mozambique”.
The Accelerator team delivers a workshop in Los Angeles exploring new models of development and governance for City-owned properties adjacent to the Los Angeles River.
As part of the Metropolis Perspective: Sustainability special issue, CRCL Managing Director Thaddeus Pawlowski defined "resilience" to provide a refreshed definition of key sustainability concepts.
The Accelerator team joined students and faculty from the Columbia University GSAPP Water Urbanisms Urban Design Studio in Pune, India.
The Accelerator team joined students and faculty from the Columbia University GSAPP Water Urbanisms Urban Design Studio in Can Tho, Vietnam.
CRCL Managing Director Thaddeus Pawlowski participates in a panel discussion at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP24) in Katowice, Poland with the World Wildlife Fund.
A screening of a short video series, Van Alen Sessions Season 4: Turning the Tide in Miami, on November 15th, was followed by a panel discussion with Johanna Lovecchio, Associate Director at CRCL.
A screening of the film, This Changes Everything, on November 2, 2018 was followed by a talk with Thaddeus Pawlowski, Director at CRCL, and Corinne Erni, Senior Curator for ArtsReach and Special Projects at the Parrish Art Museum.
On November 1, 2018, CRCL welcomed representatives from the U.S. Department of State (DOS) from various countries in the Middle East.