Redesigning Cities with the Green New Deal

This talk was presented online September 9, 2020 at 4:00 p.m. via Bluejeans Events and featured a presentation by Billy Fleming followed by an interview between Fleming and Nancy Levinson of Places Journal, and ended with a Q&A moderated by Ellen Dunham-Jones.REDESIGNING CITIES: The Speedwell Foundation Talks @ Georgia Institute of Technology is a series of presentations + conversations between leading urbanists that address 21st Century urban challenges: social capital, equity, climate change, outdated infrastructure, disruptive technologies, and money.Billy Fleming served in the Obama White House, and is now the Wilks Family Director of the Ian L. McHarg Center in the Weitzman School of Design at the University of Pennsylvania. Fleming is also one of the leaders behind the Superstudio effort, which is a "national conversation about how the framework of the Green New Deal can be translated into actual projects and where, as a matter of priority, these projects should take place, what will they look like, who will they service, and how will they roll out."Nancy Levinson is the editor and executive director of Places, the leading journal committed to public scholarship on the future of architecture, landscape, and urbanism. Levinson will lead the conversation with Fleming about design’s role in the Green New Deal advancing equity, jobs, and justice in relation to climate change.Runtime: 89:46 minutesOur first event of the Fall 2020 semester welcomes Billy Fleming and Nancy Levinson to discuss Redesigning Cities with the Green New Deal, co-hosted by Places Journal. Redesigning Cities: The Speedwell Talks @ Georgia Tech is a series of presentations + conversations between leading urbanists that address 21st Century urban challenges: social capital, equity, climate change, outdated infrastructure, disruptive technologies, and money