Ignacio Bunster-Ossa, the Collaborative’s Vice President, Landscape Urbanism and Resiliency, has co-edited and provided stunning photographic images for a new book that tells the story of one of the most beloved campus landscapes in America as told by the designers and historians charged with its care.
The Collaborative developed the Tide to Town Plan for Savannah, GA. The plan’s purpose is to ensure that the major route of the growing citywide trail and path system supports community connectivity and active recreation while also promoting economic, social, and recreational justice for the culturally rich, yet economically low-wealth communities along the trail.
When we lose direct access to nature, we lose ourselves. As the planet degrades, Ignacio Bunster-Ossa asks: what is the price of survival? If a SWOT analysis were conducted on human society today, Strengths, Weakness and Opportunities would be overwhelmed by perceived Threats with climate change and AI at the top of the list, closely followed by space colonization. The goal of this essay is to address these threats while attempting to clarify what matters most and why.
Ignacio Bunster-Ossa, the Collaborative’s Vice President, Landscape Urbanism and Resiliency, describes the fascinating parallel narratives of space exploration and protecting life on Earth which have surprisingly similar roots: survival.
In this essay, Ed Shoucair, the President of the Collaborative, discusses what it means to be a conservative in today’s world. He says “The values of many conservatives no longer make sense to me. As a child, I learned America’s strength comes from working hard, carefully managing one’s assets, thinking for yourself and tirelessly seeking to form a more perfect union.”
A superfund to which all countries contribute could ease national debt, find solutions to disease and climate change. Today’s global pandemic makes it clear that lethal viruses are here to stay. Equally evident is the need for new ideas to better address pandemics and the intensifying public health emergency of global warming.
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