CLIMATE RESILIENCE

3 THEME | CLIMATE RESILIENCE

LAUNCHPAD | DUTCH DELEGATION WORKSHOP

As a result of the CityLab and the collaboration with the Dutch Consulate then, the Dutch innovation lead reached out to collaborate on a Climate Resiliency workshop based on the ThinkTank methodology in Summer 2019.

The Prime Minister of the Kingdom of the Netherlands along with 44 delegates and 10 Dutch government representatives from the Consulate in Boston and New York, Embassy in Washington, and the Dutch Water Envoy participated. 13 faculty from Wentworth along with 3 students were involved and created very successfully ideas for a local site, Mystic River in Charlestown.

The Dutch considered the event extremely successful and are interested to continue engagement with Wentworth. In addition, individuals from the Delegation reached out to investigate possible synergies among their company/university and Wentworth.

BENCHMARKS CLIMATE RESILIENCE

85 Total engaged

23 Students representing 8 disciplines 13 Faculty Members representing 6 disciplines 5 Community Leaders 44 Industry Representatives

SPILL OVER INTO ACADEMICS

Fall 2019 | MArch Seminar | Kelly Hutzell, Ingrid Strong Climate resiliency class with continous focus on Mystic River site and opportunity to share contacts from consulate/embassy, built environment, aging/multigenerational space, and innovation area. This was the first iteration of the class and there may be additional explorations in the future.

Spring 2020 | Water Festival | Cynthia Williams, Wentworth Systainability Initiative As a result of the Accelerate engagement in 2019 around climate resilience, projected collaborations on workshops, installations.

VISIBILITY FOR WENTWORTH

- Media Coverage

Little Mystic River Session in Boston https://www.nextarchitects.com/en/what/2019/

NL in the US http://nlintheusa.com/climate-resilience-track/

Wentworth Site https://bit.ly/2OkizyR

- Based on the early partnerships with the City’s Department for Neighborhood Development on Think

Tanks, one former manager reached out to collaborate on a ThinkTank in Brussels in 2020. We suggested the focus on Climate Resilience and creating EU connections.

FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES

Many organizations and industries are taking a stand and promoting “green practices” and a more concious approach of doing business in light of climate changes and sustainability. As Cynthia Williams [CoF Director for Sustainability Center and WIT faculty] suggested: The possibility to utilize climate resilience as a lens through which we approach all of our themes and work at Wentworth could send a message that we are developing concious and responsible citizens and contributing to the larger discussions around sustainability/resiliency across disciplines.