ENERGY FUTURES AND A JUST TRANSITION

Week 11, Tuesday November 09

Asynchronous material to review prior to class:

- Towards a Just Transition (16 min)

Daniel Barber (Weitzman School of Design)
On Energy

Billy Fleming (Weitzman School of Design)
On Political Mobilization and a Just Transition*

Nick Pevzner (Weitzman School of Design)
On Power Players*

Rosalea Monacella(GSD)
On Energy Assemblages

Belinda Tato (GSD)
On Microclimates

Readings & Media

Freeman, Jody and Rob Stavins, “A New Day for Climate Policy: A Conversation with Jody Freeman,” Environmental Insights: Discussions on Policy and Practice from the Harvard Environmental Economics Program, March 01, 2021.

Newell, Peter, and Dustin Mulvaney, “The Political Economy of the 'just Transition'.” The Geographical Journal 179 (2) 2013: 132–40.

Pevzner, Nicholas, Yekang Ko, and Kirk Dimond, “Power Player” in Landscape Architecture Magazine, June 2021.

Additional References

Carlisle, Stephanie. "I’ve been polluting the planet for years. I’m not an oil exec—I’m an architect" Fast Company (January 3, 2020)

The Dig. Planet to Win with Thea Riofrancos and Daniel Aldana Cohen

Project Drawdown. Especially the electricity sectors.

Swyngedouw, Erik. “The Violence of Sustainable Urbanity.” Metropolitics 10 (November 2014).

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