This semester, Environmental Studies (ENVS), the academic arm of the Bailey College of the Environment, is offering a student forum called Constructing Sustainability: Solutions to the Environmental and Housing Crises. The forum aims to equip students with the ability to engage in and think critically about the interdisciplinary nature of the current “affordability” crisis. A major question posed to the class is, “How can we reconcile the pressing reality of the climate and ecological crises with urgent demands for affordable housing?”
The forum’s student leaders, Thalia Witkovsky ‘27 and Luca D’Agruma ‘27, designed the course as an introductory survey of the intersection of the major contemporary issues within the fields of housing, climate, and urban policy. A copy of the syllabus is linked here, if you’re interested in learning more.
