Understanding Earth Systems

Densities, Energy and sustainability, expanding design practices, Formats, Martha Schwartz, No Density, Talk, Topics

Biodiversity, Carbon-emissions, Climate change, Community, Cultural agitator, Dealing with Nature, Food production, Health, Heat Island Effect, Industrialization, Infrastructure, Interaction, Landscape, Natural connectors, repair, Self-sufficient city, Soil, Soil contamination, talk, Technology, Territorial atmospheres

Interview by Marta Bugés.
Edited by Evgeniya Barashkova.

urbanNext interviews Martha Schwartz, landscape architect, urbanist, and artist, on understanding Earth systems and the need to stop carbon emissions. As the founding principal of Martha Schwartz Partners, professor emerita at Harvard GSD and the Chair of the Jury of the Obel Award, Martha has focused her career on taking action to address the climate emergency.