009—Beyond Crisis: Finding Beauty and Purpose in the Climate Future
Dear Deem Readers,
We’re delighted to share that you can now read our fifth cover interview in full at deemjournal.com.
Issue Five: “Climate Realities and Responses” is anchored by a conversation between Ayana Elizabeth Johnson (@ayanaeliza) and guest editor Mark Chambers (@growacity), which took place at Dr. Johnson’s home in Maine and was photographed by @guarionex_jr.
“Beyond Crisis: Finding Beauty and Purpose in the Climate Future” explores the ways in which our world must, and can, be redesigned; the role that each of us can play in insisting on this; and Dr. Johnson’s new book, “What If We Get It Right?: Visions of Climate Futurism,” which is out September 17.
Ayana Elizabeth Johnson is a marine biologist, policy expert, writer, and Brooklyn native. She is co-founder of Urban Ocean Lab, a think tank for the future of coastal cities. She co-edited the bestselling climate anthology All We Can Save, co-founded The All We Can Save Project, and co-created the Spotify/Gimlet climate solutions podcast How to Save a Planet. Her writing has been published widely, including in the New York Times, Washington Post, and Scientific American. Dr. Johnson’s new book, What If We Get It Right?: Visions of Climate Futurism, comes out in September 2024.
Mark Chambers is an environmental policy leader, advocate for social justice, and licensed architect inspired by public service and lessons of collective action. He is Vice President of Partnerships at Elemental Excelerator, a nonprofit investor focused on scaling climate technologies with deep community impact. He recently served the Biden White House as Senior Director for Building Emissions and Community Resilience and was previously the Director of Sustainability for both New York City and the District of Columbia, where he led efforts to accelerate climate policy implementation in America’s largest city and the Nation’s capital. Mark lives in Harlem with his wife and two children.
In addition, we’re thrilled to announce that Deem has been chosen by the @grahamfoundation for one of their 33 grants to support projects led by organizations around the world.
These include exhibitions, publications, and other public presentations that foster the development and exchange of ideas about architecture and its role in the arts, culture, and society, furthering the mission of the Graham Foundation. These projects expand understanding, methods, and platforms of contemporary architecture discourse and feature work by architects, archivists, artists, curators, designers, educators, and other professionals working with organizations worldwide in cities such as Johannesburg, Cape Town, Pittsburgh, New Orleans, Nashville, Athens, New York, and Chicago.
See the full list of 2024 #grahamgrantee projects and learn more on their website: grahamfoundation.org
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