Originally posted on Tanglaw University Center: Jean Palma, urban planner (or environmental planner, if you want to be specific) and environmentalist, joined us for a get-together which she herself entitled “Collective Thoughts on Urban Planning” on Saturday, November 26,…
Author: Ragene Palma
The conflicting nature and tradeoffs of planning: The case of the flooded trail
Walking the streets–or Northampton’s case, its trails–is when a person learns about the environment. We took a pre-lunch walk with Joe along the Smith College Trail, which runs right beside the Mill River. We were also left with a …
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Living buildings, green infrastructure, and the collective effort for sustainable cities
It’s been a roller coaster of a ride, going to Whately, Amherst, Williamsburg, Hampshire, Holyoke, and all the places where we can learn so much about sustainability, so here’s a rather loaded post on what we’ve learned here in …
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Living with landscapes
After the Local Solutions Climate Conference in Manchester, I realised how impactful our perspective of landscapes can be. Solutions don’t always have to be about concrete, there are so many ways where we can use nature’s given solution to …
Meet the Planning & Sustainability Department (Plus Broad Brook, and the Parklets Tour)
Want to know what we do in the Professional Fellowship Program? 🙂 It’s been a week since we got to Northampton, so let me tell you about our host: The Planning and Sustainability Office of the City of Northampton. …
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From one capital city to another: The turnout of Burnham’s masterplans
Being in Washington DC was a dream come true–and a bittersweet experience. This is because one couldn’t help but think about what could’ve been in Manila: A similarly implemented capital, and a beautiful one at that. Here’s something I …
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Northampton: Our home away from home
This is a photo- and video-essay about our first two days of the fellowship in Northampton, Massachusetts. It’s such an enthralling feeling to immerse in a city that makes an effort to prioritise the walking and cycling public over cars. …
