I enjoyed reading “Where the City Becomes the Classroom: Lessons in Sustainability Across NYC.” The article shows how studying sustainability doesn’t need to be confined to lecture halls…city streets, waterways, and neighborhoods become living classrooms. 

Students visited places like the Gowanus Canal, a former industrial waterway now undergoing cleanup and redevelopment, and green-space restoration projects such as Van Cortlandt Park, gaining first-hand insights into environmental justice, ecological design, and community redevelopment. What stands out is how sustainability education becomes a holistic blend of environment, equity, and urban planning, teaching that building a greener future is as much about people and place as it is about the planet.

This kind of immersive learning gives hope that urban sustainability can be meaningful, integrated, and grounded in real-world change, something I deeply care about.
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Original article by: Sharnell O’Neal, Student in the M.S. in Sustainability Management Program, School of Professional Studies