Terre Verde: Creating Resilient Cities

Earth Island Journal editor, Maureen Nandini Mitra talks with Alison Sant about the many pathways towards reinventing our cities to be regenerative and equitable.

The Atlantic Festival

The Possibility of a Sustainable Future: Combatting Climate Change

Smithsonian Earth Optimism X Folklife Festival

Livelihoods and Landscapes, a Panel discussion

ThreeSixtyCity Podcast Featuring Alison Sant

Host Greg Lindsay interviews Alison Sant about her book From the Ground Up.

From the Ground Up

Named one of the best books of 2022 by the American Society of Landscape Architects and Planetizen

Living with Water Tours

As members of the Bionic Team for the Bay Area Resilient by Design Challenge, the Studio worked with community- based advocacy groups, including Canal Alliance, Canal Welcome Center, and Resilient Shore, to create the Living with Water tours. This series of public walking, biking, and kayaking tours brought public awareness to the effects of sea level rise on a frontline community where segregation has concentrated its majority Latinx residents, many of whom live below the poverty line, in one of the lowest-lying areas of the San Francisco Bay. These events brought the public into conversation with scientists, designers, planners, government officials, businesses, and advocacy groups who are working to make the San Francisco Bay Area resilient to the climatic challenges ahead. The tours were offered free of charge to the general public, with meals provided. The Bionic Team earned the National ASLA Award of Excellence: Communications Award in 2019.

Field Lab

As Designers-In-Residence at the Exploratorium, the Studio for Urban Projects created a Field Lab along the San Francisco waterfront to examine the effects of sea-level rise in the San Francisco Bay. Over the course of a month, the Field Lab was a venue for public discussions, hands-on workshops, a research library, and film screenings.