Alison Sant

About Alison Sant

Alison Sant is a Partner and Co-Founder of the Studio for Urban Projects, a design…

Experience

1. Instructor

   Island Press

   Jul 2023 — Present · Cambridge, MA, US

   Sant teaches an intensive summer course entitled Resilient Communities from the Ground Up (ENVR 194) at the Harvard Extension School\'s Sustainability Masters Program. The course focuses on the unique ways U.S. cities are working to mitigate and adapt to climate change while creating equitable and livable communities in the process. The course relates national models from her book, From the Ground Up, to field study in the Boston Metropolitan area–highlighting the region\'s bold approaches to addressing climate change. The class meets with government officials in city hall, scientists studying the impact of heat and flooding, designers transforming the city\'s streets, and local advocates and community groups changing their neighborhoods for the better. Students will have the opportunity to work on an extended project serving the long-term needs of Dorchester\'s residents, the largest neighborhood in Boston and one of its most racially diverse, in collaboration with community partners Speak for the Trees, Livable Streets Alliance, and Fields Corner Main Streets.