Environmental Policy and Planning (EPP) and Smart and Sustainable Cities (SSC) @ Virginia Tech

Joined May 2016
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Happy move-in! Tag us in your favorite Move-In Day pictures! 🥳🤳🏫
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Thanks @RalphPHall Excited 2b offering this great program again in 2023 w/ @buehler_ralph Between this and Pisa program, @VTSPIA has some fantastic options!
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Sustainable Policy Making and Planning in Europe, europestudies.wordpress.com/ @buehler_ralph @toddschenk
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.@VTSPIA's Washington Semester in Global Engagement is preparing for Spr. 23. Grt. opportunity 4 experiential learning. Incl. internship, seminars & @StateDept DiplomacyLab. Open to all majors, 15 credits. Apply by Nov 1. H/t @VT_LiberalArts @DrLauraBelmonte @FaridaJalalzai
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Washington, D.C. Semester in Global Engagement (WSGE), Application deadline Nov 1, spia.vt.edu/leadership-devel… @ariel_ahram
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If you are at #VirginiaTech today, please visit the Drillfield to learn more about @VTSPIA's study abroad and Washington DC programs.
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Welcome back to all of our SPIA Students! We're excited to have you back on campus, and hope you have a great first day of classes!
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It's great to see our @VTSPIA_UG students developing their knowldge and skills through internships. A big thanks to @botetourtcounty for making Dalton's internship so rewarding. @VT_LiberalArts @toddschenk @CHAOLIM85 @space_economy
Meet Dalton Kaiser - a senior at @virginia_tech who interned with our Community Development Office this summer. His goal - to be an urban planner. Here's what he had to say about his internship and about Botetourt County. Thank you, Dalton, for your service! #bocobrag
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Over the past several years we have been developing the @VTHonorsCollege @VTSPIA_UG #SuperStudio This story takes a look at this unique #Transdisciplinary collaboration. "Five professors, one class: Welcome to Honors SuperStudio" vtx.vt.edu/content/vtx_vt_ed… @VT_LiberalArts

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Our dear colleague and friend, Dr. Yang Zhang, is in urgent need of a kidney transplant. Join us in spreading the word and his story in order to find a donor. Read his personal statement via the image below.
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Here's a little teaser for a study abroad course under development for June, 2022, with colleagues at MIT and the University of Pisa. esee2022pisa.ec.unipi.it/ @HokiesAbroad @VTSPIA_UG @VTMURP @VTSPIA @VT_Science @VTEngineering @VTUndergradEd @VTCAUS @virginia_tech
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Do you bike to work? Congratulations! You are among 0.6% of American citizens who bike to work. You may want to consider it. You might live longer.🚲 Prof @buehler_ralph discusses recent research linking commuting by bike with increased life expectancy. insider.com/people-who-bike-…
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For those graduates who attended my guest #Zoom lecture in Prof. Ashford's @TppMit course this evening, here is a photo of a number of the books I mentioned @AndrewYang @chrishughes @jasonhickel
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We just announced our new 2020 Sustainable Europe study abroad course. Info sessions next week in Blackburg (AA200) and Ballston (6-051) @buehler_ralph @VTSPIA @UAPVirginiaTech @toddschenk
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Well worth a read. @BradZarnett dismisses greening business-as-usual & silver bullet billionaires before outlining his own proposals. You may not agree with all he says, but he refreshingly cuts thro much of the rhetorical nonsense masquerading as argument medium.com/swlh/can-gretas-m…

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In Akron’s North Hill neighborhood, community leaders & residents are striving to find a collective way forward. Planners can be the link, facilitating conversations that lead to a shared-future. We're proud to support the work happening in midsize legacy cities. #PlanningHome
Through a new @landpolicy @leagueofcities community of practice, leaders from @AkronOhioMayor, @lansingmichigan, & @CityRochesterNY are collaborating & comparing notes on how to revitalize midsize legacy cities bit.ly/2JGHtIg @Its_ROSScheck @APA_Planning @EnterpriseNow
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As we declare a climate emergency and talk of a Green New Deal accelerates - we must acknowledge the close link between working hours & carbon emissions. Research by @Autonomy_UK shows we need to work less to become sustainable. theguardian.com/environment/… @natalieben @LabGND @NEF
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1/ So often, we think that big problems require complex solutions. This is what I call the ‘complexity bias’. People who suffer from this bias have become so ‘educated’ that they don’t see the most obvious and effective solutions anymore.
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