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Develop the transdisciplinary systems thinking and problem-solving skills to address today’s complex environmental and climate challenges through participatory processes and an environmental justice lens, in our STEM certified graduate sustainability studies program at the intersection of science, design, and policy.
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Type
Graduate, MS
Start Term
Fall or Spring
Credits
40
Duration
2 years
Courses
Plan of Study
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Sustainable Environmental Systems at Pratt

The Master of Science in Sustainable Environmental Systems (SES) is one of the nation’s most innovative, interdisciplinary, systems-based sustainability programs. This STEM certified degree program is designed to meet today’s increasing demand for environmental professionals, uniquely combining environmental science, sustainable design, and climate policy. Leveraging professional faculty and courses across the Graduate Center for Planning and the Environment, students learn the interdisciplinary skills and systems-thinking approach needed to assess contemporary environmental issues; catalyze innovative environmental problem-solving; uphold environmental and social justice; and engage diverse stakeholders in designing and developing sustainable plans, policies, and communities.

We also offer a 9-credit Advanced Certificate in Sustainable Environmental Systems. For information on both the MS program and Advanced Certificate, contact Leonel Lima Ponce, Academic Director, MS in Sustainable Environmental Systems, lponce@pratt.edu.

Student Work

Take a look at examples of work by recent Sustainable Environmental Systems graduates, and imagine what you might be able to do!

The Experience

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Interdisciplinary, socially engaged, and justice-driven, our tight-knit community is connected by a shared mission for collective environmental and climate action. The SES program welcomes students with a variety of undergraduate and graduate degrees, recognizing that sustainability work is most effective when integrating diverse experiences. Students entering the program with relevant professional experience, or with a Bachelor of Architecture or relevant 5-year or Masters degree, may receive up to 10 credits of advanced standing—and the commensurate tuition savings. With class sizes of just 8-12 students, you’ll collaborate closely with your colleagues, faculty, and industry and community partners to learn, share and apply the skills and tools needed to improve environmental  systems and meet real world challenges. 

In Sustainable Environmental Systems, program-wide interdisciplinary connections are complemented by curricular and extracurricular opportunities in GCPE, the School of Architecture, Pratt Institute, and beyond. We work closely with campus stakeholders including Pratt’s Sustainability Coalition and the Pratt Sustainability Center to assess campus sustainability, coordinate Pratt Earth Action Week, and develop campus as a living laboratory projects. Beyond Pratt’s gates, our practice based approach, experiential learning opportunities, and climate action research initiatives such as RAMP (Recover Adapt Mitigate Plan) allow you to tailor and maximize your graduate experience.

Participatory and Professional Practice

Through studios, client-based capstone projects, practicums, applied research, partnerships and public programs, you’ll have opportunities to have a real world impact on sustainable and just development with New York City, regional, and even international communities and partners. Sustainable Environmental Systems courses are taught by innovative civic, community, and government leaders who are active in promoting best sustainability practices in environmental science, management, policy, planning and design in the NYC region and beyond. You’ll learn from one another, the faculty, community partners, and our powerful professional network. Most classes meet at night to accommodate working students and your ongoing professional development.

Internships & Fellowships

Virtually every student is assured a fellowship or internship with an organization, agency, or professional practice during their time in the program. Grant-funded research projects provide additional project-based opportunities to work with our faculty and partners. Longstanding opportunities include the Environmental Justice Fellowship with the NYC Environmental Justice Alliance and its members, and the SWIM (Stormwater Infrastructure Matters) Coalition Fellowship. Recently, Sustainable Environmental Systems fellows and interns have worked with the NYC Mayor’s Office of Climate and Environmental Justice, NYC Department of Environmental Protection, New York Sustainable Energy Research and Development Agency (NYSERDA), UN-Habitat,  UPROSE, The Point CDC, El Puente, Resilience Education Training and Innovation (RETI) Center,, , Urban Green Council, and the Pratt Sustainability Center.

International Exchange and Study Abroad

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As climate change continues to disproportionately impact frontline communities around the world, emergent international solutions can galvanize action, foster solidarity, and lead to inclusive approaches. Our international student body values sharing experiences across geographies and cultures, and expands on this practice through our study abroad courses. The SES Sustainability Knowledge Exchange has recently visited grassroots organizations, industry and academic partners, and government officials in Brazil, the Netherlands, and Puerto Rico. Students have also traveled to Cuba, Japan, and Germany through courses offered across Pratt Institute. Contact us to find out where we might engage next!

Our Faculty

Sustainable Environmental Systems faculty are  predominantly full time practitioners, working at the forefront of complex environmental challenges and equitable climate action in New York City and beyond. At the MS in SES and GCPE, your professors bring their commitment, passion, and experience into the classroom to support student learning and professional development. See all Graduate Center for Planning and the Environment faculty and administrators.

MS in SES faculty include:

  1. Leonel Ponce

    Academic Director of Sustainable Environmental Systems; Visiting Assistant Professor

  2. Yuliya Dzyuban

    Assistant Professor

  3. Lida Aljabar

    Visiting Assistant Professor

  4. Rafael De Balanzo Joue

    Visiting Assistant Professor

  5. Damon Chaky

    Associate Professor

  6. Raymond Figueroa Jr

    Visiting Instructor

  7. Sophonie Joseph

    Adjunct Associate Professor

  8. Richard Leigh

    Visiting Professor

  9. Elliott Maltby

    Adjunct Associate Professor

  10. Paul Mankiewicz

    Visiting Associate Professor

  11. Gita Nandan

    Adjunct Associate Professor

  12. Juan Camilo Osorio

    Associate Professor

  13. Carolyn Shafer

    Director of Sustainability for Academic Affairs; Visiting Assistant Professor

  14. Ira Stern

    Adjunct Associate Professor

  15. Samara Swanston

    Visiting Assistant Professor

Our Alumni

Distinguished Pratt MS in SES graduates are leading diverse and thriving careers in leadership roles as environmental managers, sustainable designers, policy analysts, resiliency planners, low-impact developers, researchers, and climate justice advocates, collaborating across sectors to develop thriving communities.

Current and recent SES alumni jobs include:

  • Associate Program Manager, United Nations – Habitat Programme
  • Policy Advisor, Clean Energy & Equity, NYC Mayor’s Office of Climate and Environmental Justice
  • Planner II: Resilience and Waterfront, Boston Planning and Development Agency
  • Sustainability Planner, Capital District Regional Planning Commission, Albany, NY
  • Resilience Director, Palm Beach County, FL
  • Chief of Staff, Center for Urban Innovation, NYC Economic Development Corporation
  • Senior Program Officer, Wind Institute, New Jersey Economic Development Authority 
  • Senior Program Manager, Made in NYC, Pratt Center for Community Development
  • Deputy Managing Attorney, EarthJustice
  • Research Fellow, Urban Ocean Lab
  • Senior Planner, Regional Plan Association
  • Water Resource Engineer, Jacobs
  • Senior Project Manager, G & S Solar
  • Energy Analyst, Arcadis
  • Director, Design and Construction, Tishman Speyer
  • Landscape Designer, MNLA

Success Stories

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Upcoming Information Sessions

All times ET

GCPE Advanced Certificate Info Session

Tuesday, September 10, 2024 4:30pm -5:30pm (virtual)

GCPE MS Graduate Admissions Info Session

Thursday, September 12, 2024 10am -12pm (virtual)
Thursday, October 10, 2024 3 – 5pm (In Person + Campus Tour + Studio Visit)
Tuesday, November 12, 2024 10am – 12pm
Thursday, November 21, 2024 10am-12pm (Virtual 1:1’s)
Thursday, February 18, 2025 9:30am – 10:30am (Virtual)

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  • Application season is here! 

Take the next step towards your future with a Master of Science in Sustainable Environmental Systems from Pratt Institute’s Graduate Center for Planning and the Environment. 

Join our virtual Info Session November 12, 10am-12pm EST to learn about our program and our three partner programs in the GCPE: 

Historic Preservation, MS
Sustainable Environmental Systems, MS
Urban and Community Planning, MS
Urban Placemaking and Management, MS

The priority deadline for Fall 2025 admission is January 5, 2025. 

Spring 2025 late applications are still being accepted; apply now!

RSVP (required) and more information via the links in bio.

#graduateschool #gradschool #nyc #sustainability #sustainableenvironmentalsystems #stem #science #policy #design #sustainabledevelopment #systemsthinking #communityengagement #praxis #servicelearning #postprofessional #application #applynow #information #infosession #masterofscience
  • Meet Yassmin, a Spring 2024 graduate from our MS in SES program! 

With a background in Environmental Health and a BS degree from American University of Beirut, Yassmin has tackled complex environmental challenges in Lebanon and beyond. Her experience in Pratt GCPE’s Sustainable Communities Studio taught her the power of collaboration across diverse fields, ultimately leading to her impactful capstone project. 

Focused on mitigating extreme heat for NYC app-based delivery workers, Yassmin worked on her Capstone with the NYC Emergency Management’s Risk Analysis and Recovery Unit to propose safer working conditions for these workers. Equipped with essential tools like GIS and environmental assessments, Yassmin is poised to help strengthen communities against climate change. 

Her vision? A future where education and infrastructure empower individuals to thrive amid environmental challenges. 
_

At Pratt’s MS in Sustainable Environmental Systems, our students bring their diverse expertise across disciplines, sectors, and geographies into a creative, mission-driven, transdisciplinary setting. We celebrate our #alumni and their accomplishments through the #SESAlumniSpotlight series. This series highlights recent graduates’ pathways through the program, and exciting developments in their emerging #sustainability #careers.
  • This Saturday, November 2nd, kick off #PrattEarthActionWeek with SES faculty Carter Craft as he takes a small group on a boat tour* of the Newtown Creek and East River, discussing the history, plans, policies, development, and communities in and around these waterways

* If sold out, keep in touch with our program and Carter for future opportunities to get on the water - including his SES-761B Waterfront and Wetland Planning course each Summer semester!
  • Meet Spring 2024 alumna, Aditi Galande!

Aditi has a Bachelor of Architecture from Pune University, and a Master in Landscape Architecture from the Government of India School of Planning and Architecture, in Bhopal. Her professional experience includes landscape design projects, and research and development of a manual of native vegetation for Indian design professionals. At Pratt, Aditi worked as a graduate assistant in our academic department (GCPE) office, was part of a Taconic Fellowship faculty and student research team that created the Pratt Phenology Trail. 

Adits’s Capstone project focused on community-engaged planning and design methods to monitor and mitigate urban heat in The Bronx, through the development of green corridors. Currently, Aditi works as a Climate Resilience planner at +LAB Architect, focusing on climate vulnerability assessment, long-term planning, and sustainable design to co-create resilient communities. 
_

At Pratt’s MS in Sustainable Environmental Systems, our students bring their diverse expertise across disciplines, sectors, and geographies into a creative, mission-driven, transdisciplinary setting. We celebrate our #alumni and their accomplishments through the #SESAlumniSpotlight series. This series highlights recent graduates’ pathways through the program, and exciting developments in their emerging #sustainability #careers.
  • Join Pratt Institute’s Delta Cities Coastal Resilience advanced interdisciplinary studio as we host the Pratt Earth Action Week panel discussion, “Delta Cities Deep Dive - Participatory Science and Education on the Water.” 

On Thursday, November 7th, 2024, 5:00pm-6:30pm, the MS in SES program for an exciting Pratt Earth Action Week 2024 event. 

In this virtual discussion, practitioners and researchers working with waterfront communities and inhabitants (human and non-human) will share their experiences, lessons and best practices for mutual learning, co-creation, collaboration, and shared stewardship of our waterfronts, waterways, and water resources - in the New York - New Jersey Harbor, Hudson River Estuary, and beyond!

Panelists:

Sara Eichner, Hudson Access Project + Studio 2263

Jennifer Kepler, Gowanus Canal Conservancy

Shino Tanikawa, New York City Soil and Water Conservation District + SWIM Coalition

This event is part of the Fall 2024 Pratt Earth Action Week. The Pratt Sustainability Center is delighted to announce that this Fall’s Pratt Earth Action Week will take place from November 4th-9th. This week-long series of sustainability events celebrates the creative collaborations of the Pratt sustainability community and networks and offers us the opportunity to connect, across groups, disciplines, and initiatives.

#PrattEarthActionWeek #PrattEarthActionWeek2024 #DeltaCities #CoastalResilience #DeepDive #panel #studio #public #free #EnvironmentalEducation #ParticipatoryScience #WaterQuality #WaterAccess #stewardship
  • Meet Bansari Makadiya!

Bansri holds a Bachelor of Architecture from SEDA, Navrachana University, in India. She concluded her studies with an experimental thesis comparing the thermal performance of composite rammed earth wall typologies that experimented with a variety of layered materials. 

She was a teaching assistant in the Spring 2023 Green Infrastructure Studio, and worked on various geospatial and planning analysis projects as an intern with the Regional Planning Association (RPA). RPA was also Bansri's Capstone project client, in which she made a case for transit oriented development as a potential vehicle to provide accessible housing to New York City residents experiencing climate-driven relocation. 

Currently, Bansri works as a Climate and Sustainability Planner at the NYC Department of City Planning's Brooklyn Borough office, focusing on resiliency planning, specifically addressing water-related challenges.

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At Pratt’s MS in Sustainable Environmental Systems, our students bring their diverse expertise across disciplines, sectors, and geographies into a creative, mission-driven, transdisciplinary setting. We celebrate our #alumni and their accomplishments through the #SESAlumniSpotlight series. This series highlights recent graduates’ pathways through the program, and exciting developments in their emerging #sustainability #careers.
  • Welcome to the 2024-2025 group of officers for Leaders in Environmental Advocacy at Pratt - LEAP:

Co-chairs: 
Christopher Hauserman 
Ajwah Zahid

Treasurer:
Jen Hung

Event Coordinator:
Dhruvin Thakkar

Communications Lead:
Mariana Torres

We look forward to a great year of collaboration, advocacy, events, and activities, for a more sustainable and just campus, community, and beyond!

If you’re a Pratt student who wants to join LEAP, find them on Pratt Engage.

To collaborate with the LEAP team and members, email them at leap@pratt.edu

#StudentGroup #EnvironmentalAdvocacy #Leaders #sustainability #events #activities #workshops #collaboration #social #community #pratt
  • This October, Pratt SES NATURA Network Fellow Franklin Kirimi shares his projects and collaborations at Kounkuey Design Initiative, focused on nature-based solution co-production with informal frontline East African communities. 

Wednesday, October 16th
5:30-7:00pm EDT 
Virtual
Zoom registration link in bio (rsvp required)

Through the example of the Rivers + People plans in Nairobi, we’ll discuss approaches to river rehabilitation that can ensure community involvement through community-informed spaces and action plans. 

This presentation is coordinated with the MS in SES program’s Sustainable Communities faculty and students, as part of their ongoing engagement with Mr. Kirimi. 

Partners and co-sponsors:
Pratt Institute MS in Sustainable Environmental Systems
NATURA Network
Kounkuey Design Initiative - Kenya
Pratt Institute Graduate Center for Planning and the Environment 
Pratt Institute School of Architecture 
Pratt Institute

#RiversAnd People #CommunityResilience #NatureBasedSolutions #InternationalExchange #CoProduction #CoDesign #ClimateJustice #EastAfrica #sustainability #RiverRehabilitation
  • We are thrilled to welcome our new students to the Brooklyn campus! After a successful orientation, classes kicked off last month, and we’re already seeing great energy and enthusiasm across the board.

As we embark on this new semester, we look forward to fostering a collaborative and dynamic environment, where students can thrive academically, build lasting connections, and explore new opportunities. We’re excited to work closely with everyone and make this semester a truly memorable and impactful experience!

Sam Asher
Anthony Cowell
Christopher Hauserman
Jen Hung
Sanya Jain
Sher Netto
Riya Shah
Dhruvin Thakkar

#GraduateDegree #SustainableSystems #Pratt #WelcomeBack  #EnvironmentalScience #graduate #GraduateOrientation #sustainability #GradSchool #SustainableEnvironmentalSystems
Application season is here! 

Take the next step towards your future with a Master of Science in Sustainable Environmental Systems from Pratt Institute’s Graduate Center for Planning and the Environment. 

Join our virtual Info Session November 12, 10am-12pm EST to learn about our program and our three partner programs in the GCPE: 

Historic Preservation, MS
Sustainable Environmental Systems, MS
Urban and Community Planning, MS
Urban Placemaking and Management, MS

The priority deadline for Fall 2025 admission is January 5, 2025. 

Spring 2025 late applications are still being accepted; apply now!

RSVP (required) and more information via the links in bio.

#graduateschool #gradschool #nyc #sustainability #sustainableenvironmentalsystems #stem #science #policy #design #sustainabledevelopment #systemsthinking #communityengagement #praxis #servicelearning #postprofessional #application #applynow #information #infosession #masterofscience
Application season is here! Take the next step towards your future with a Master of Science in Sustainable Environmental Systems from Pratt Institute’s Graduate Center for Planning and the Environment. Join our virtual Info Session November 12, 10am-12pm EST to learn about our program and our three partner programs in the GCPE: Historic Preservation, MS Sustainable Environmental Systems, MS Urban and Community Planning, MS Urban Placemaking and Management, MS The priority deadline for Fall 2025 admission is January 5, 2025. Spring 2025 late applications are still being accepted; apply now! RSVP (required) and more information via the links in bio. #graduateschool #gradschool #nyc #sustainability #sustainableenvironmentalsystems #stem #science #policy #design #sustainabledevelopment #systemsthinking #communityengagement #praxis #servicelearning #postprofessional #application #applynow #information #infosession #masterofscience
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Meet Yassmin, a Spring 2024 graduate from our MS in SES program! 

With a background in Environmental Health and a BS degree from American University of Beirut, Yassmin has tackled complex environmental challenges in Lebanon and beyond. Her experience in Pratt GCPE’s Sustainable Communities Studio taught her the power of collaboration across diverse fields, ultimately leading to her impactful capstone project. 

Focused on mitigating extreme heat for NYC app-based delivery workers, Yassmin worked on her Capstone with the NYC Emergency Management’s Risk Analysis and Recovery Unit to propose safer working conditions for these workers. Equipped with essential tools like GIS and environmental assessments, Yassmin is poised to help strengthen communities against climate change. 

Her vision? A future where education and infrastructure empower individuals to thrive amid environmental challenges. 
_

At Pratt’s MS in Sustainable Environmental Systems, our students bring their diverse expertise across disciplines, sectors, and geographies into a creative, mission-driven, transdisciplinary setting. We celebrate our #alumni and their accomplishments through the #SESAlumniSpotlight series. This series highlights recent graduates’ pathways through the program, and exciting developments in their emerging #sustainability #careers.
Meet Yassmin, a Spring 2024 graduate from our MS in SES program! 

With a background in Environmental Health and a BS degree from American University of Beirut, Yassmin has tackled complex environmental challenges in Lebanon and beyond. Her experience in Pratt GCPE’s Sustainable Communities Studio taught her the power of collaboration across diverse fields, ultimately leading to her impactful capstone project. 

Focused on mitigating extreme heat for NYC app-based delivery workers, Yassmin worked on her Capstone with the NYC Emergency Management’s Risk Analysis and Recovery Unit to propose safer working conditions for these workers. Equipped with essential tools like GIS and environmental assessments, Yassmin is poised to help strengthen communities against climate change. 

Her vision? A future where education and infrastructure empower individuals to thrive amid environmental challenges. 
_

At Pratt’s MS in Sustainable Environmental Systems, our students bring their diverse expertise across disciplines, sectors, and geographies into a creative, mission-driven, transdisciplinary setting. We celebrate our #alumni and their accomplishments through the #SESAlumniSpotlight series. This series highlights recent graduates’ pathways through the program, and exciting developments in their emerging #sustainability #careers.
Meet Yassmin, a Spring 2024 graduate from our MS in SES program! 

With a background in Environmental Health and a BS degree from American University of Beirut, Yassmin has tackled complex environmental challenges in Lebanon and beyond. Her experience in Pratt GCPE’s Sustainable Communities Studio taught her the power of collaboration across diverse fields, ultimately leading to her impactful capstone project. 

Focused on mitigating extreme heat for NYC app-based delivery workers, Yassmin worked on her Capstone with the NYC Emergency Management’s Risk Analysis and Recovery Unit to propose safer working conditions for these workers. Equipped with essential tools like GIS and environmental assessments, Yassmin is poised to help strengthen communities against climate change. 

Her vision? A future where education and infrastructure empower individuals to thrive amid environmental challenges. 
_

At Pratt’s MS in Sustainable Environmental Systems, our students bring their diverse expertise across disciplines, sectors, and geographies into a creative, mission-driven, transdisciplinary setting. We celebrate our #alumni and their accomplishments through the #SESAlumniSpotlight series. This series highlights recent graduates’ pathways through the program, and exciting developments in their emerging #sustainability #careers.
Meet Yassmin, a Spring 2024 graduate from our MS in SES program! 

With a background in Environmental Health and a BS degree from American University of Beirut, Yassmin has tackled complex environmental challenges in Lebanon and beyond. Her experience in Pratt GCPE’s Sustainable Communities Studio taught her the power of collaboration across diverse fields, ultimately leading to her impactful capstone project. 

Focused on mitigating extreme heat for NYC app-based delivery workers, Yassmin worked on her Capstone with the NYC Emergency Management’s Risk Analysis and Recovery Unit to propose safer working conditions for these workers. Equipped with essential tools like GIS and environmental assessments, Yassmin is poised to help strengthen communities against climate change. 

Her vision? A future where education and infrastructure empower individuals to thrive amid environmental challenges. 
_

At Pratt’s MS in Sustainable Environmental Systems, our students bring their diverse expertise across disciplines, sectors, and geographies into a creative, mission-driven, transdisciplinary setting. We celebrate our #alumni and their accomplishments through the #SESAlumniSpotlight series. This series highlights recent graduates’ pathways through the program, and exciting developments in their emerging #sustainability #careers.
Meet Yassmin, a Spring 2024 graduate from our MS in SES program! 

With a background in Environmental Health and a BS degree from American University of Beirut, Yassmin has tackled complex environmental challenges in Lebanon and beyond. Her experience in Pratt GCPE’s Sustainable Communities Studio taught her the power of collaboration across diverse fields, ultimately leading to her impactful capstone project. 

Focused on mitigating extreme heat for NYC app-based delivery workers, Yassmin worked on her Capstone with the NYC Emergency Management’s Risk Analysis and Recovery Unit to propose safer working conditions for these workers. Equipped with essential tools like GIS and environmental assessments, Yassmin is poised to help strengthen communities against climate change. 

Her vision? A future where education and infrastructure empower individuals to thrive amid environmental challenges. 
_

At Pratt’s MS in Sustainable Environmental Systems, our students bring their diverse expertise across disciplines, sectors, and geographies into a creative, mission-driven, transdisciplinary setting. We celebrate our #alumni and their accomplishments through the #SESAlumniSpotlight series. This series highlights recent graduates’ pathways through the program, and exciting developments in their emerging #sustainability #careers.
Meet Yassmin, a Spring 2024 graduate from our MS in SES program! 

With a background in Environmental Health and a BS degree from American University of Beirut, Yassmin has tackled complex environmental challenges in Lebanon and beyond. Her experience in Pratt GCPE’s Sustainable Communities Studio taught her the power of collaboration across diverse fields, ultimately leading to her impactful capstone project. 

Focused on mitigating extreme heat for NYC app-based delivery workers, Yassmin worked on her Capstone with the NYC Emergency Management’s Risk Analysis and Recovery Unit to propose safer working conditions for these workers. Equipped with essential tools like GIS and environmental assessments, Yassmin is poised to help strengthen communities against climate change. 

Her vision? A future where education and infrastructure empower individuals to thrive amid environmental challenges. 
_

At Pratt’s MS in Sustainable Environmental Systems, our students bring their diverse expertise across disciplines, sectors, and geographies into a creative, mission-driven, transdisciplinary setting. We celebrate our #alumni and their accomplishments through the #SESAlumniSpotlight series. This series highlights recent graduates’ pathways through the program, and exciting developments in their emerging #sustainability #careers.
Meet Yassmin, a Spring 2024 graduate from our MS in SES program! 

With a background in Environmental Health and a BS degree from American University of Beirut, Yassmin has tackled complex environmental challenges in Lebanon and beyond. Her experience in Pratt GCPE’s Sustainable Communities Studio taught her the power of collaboration across diverse fields, ultimately leading to her impactful capstone project. 

Focused on mitigating extreme heat for NYC app-based delivery workers, Yassmin worked on her Capstone with the NYC Emergency Management’s Risk Analysis and Recovery Unit to propose safer working conditions for these workers. Equipped with essential tools like GIS and environmental assessments, Yassmin is poised to help strengthen communities against climate change. 

Her vision? A future where education and infrastructure empower individuals to thrive amid environmental challenges. 
_

At Pratt’s MS in Sustainable Environmental Systems, our students bring their diverse expertise across disciplines, sectors, and geographies into a creative, mission-driven, transdisciplinary setting. We celebrate our #alumni and their accomplishments through the #SESAlumniSpotlight series. This series highlights recent graduates’ pathways through the program, and exciting developments in their emerging #sustainability #careers.
Meet Yassmin, a Spring 2024 graduate from our MS in SES program! With a background in Environmental Health and a BS degree from American University of Beirut, Yassmin has tackled complex environmental challenges in Lebanon and beyond. Her experience in Pratt GCPE’s Sustainable Communities Studio taught her the power of collaboration across diverse fields, ultimately leading to her impactful capstone project. Focused on mitigating extreme heat for NYC app-based delivery workers, Yassmin worked on her Capstone with the NYC Emergency Management’s Risk Analysis and Recovery Unit to propose safer working conditions for these workers. Equipped with essential tools like GIS and environmental assessments, Yassmin is poised to help strengthen communities against climate change. Her vision? A future where education and infrastructure empower individuals to thrive amid environmental challenges. _ At Pratt’s MS in Sustainable Environmental Systems, our students bring their diverse expertise across disciplines, sectors, and geographies into a creative, mission-driven, transdisciplinary setting. We celebrate our #alumni and their accomplishments through the #SESAlumniSpotlight series. This series highlights recent graduates’ pathways through the program, and exciting developments in their emerging #sustainability #careers.
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This Saturday, November 2nd, kick off #PrattEarthActionWeek with SES faculty Carter Craft as he takes a small group on a boat tour* of the Newtown Creek and East River, discussing the history, plans, policies, development, and communities in and around these waterways

* If sold out, keep in touch with our program and Carter for future opportunities to get on the water - including his SES-761B Waterfront and Wetland Planning course each Summer semester!
This Saturday, November 2nd, kick off #PrattEarthActionWeek with SES faculty Carter Craft as he takes a small group on a boat tour* of the Newtown Creek and East River, discussing the history, plans, policies, development, and communities in and around these waterways * If sold out, keep in touch with our program and Carter for future opportunities to get on the water - including his SES-761B Waterfront and Wetland Planning course each Summer semester!
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Meet Spring 2024 alumna, Aditi Galande!

Aditi has a Bachelor of Architecture from Pune University, and a Master in Landscape Architecture from the Government of India School of Planning and Architecture, in Bhopal. Her professional experience includes landscape design projects, and research and development of a manual of native vegetation for Indian design professionals. At Pratt, Aditi worked as a graduate assistant in our academic department (GCPE) office, was part of a Taconic Fellowship faculty and student research team that created the Pratt Phenology Trail. 

Adits’s Capstone project focused on community-engaged planning and design methods to monitor and mitigate urban heat in The Bronx, through the development of green corridors. Currently, Aditi works as a Climate Resilience planner at +LAB Architect, focusing on climate vulnerability assessment, long-term planning, and sustainable design to co-create resilient communities. 
_

At Pratt’s MS in Sustainable Environmental Systems, our students bring their diverse expertise across disciplines, sectors, and geographies into a creative, mission-driven, transdisciplinary setting. We celebrate our #alumni and their accomplishments through the #SESAlumniSpotlight series. This series highlights recent graduates’ pathways through the program, and exciting developments in their emerging #sustainability #careers.
Meet Spring 2024 alumna, Aditi Galande!

Aditi has a Bachelor of Architecture from Pune University, and a Master in Landscape Architecture from the Government of India School of Planning and Architecture, in Bhopal. Her professional experience includes landscape design projects, and research and development of a manual of native vegetation for Indian design professionals. At Pratt, Aditi worked as a graduate assistant in our academic department (GCPE) office, was part of a Taconic Fellowship faculty and student research team that created the Pratt Phenology Trail. 

Adits’s Capstone project focused on community-engaged planning and design methods to monitor and mitigate urban heat in The Bronx, through the development of green corridors. Currently, Aditi works as a Climate Resilience planner at +LAB Architect, focusing on climate vulnerability assessment, long-term planning, and sustainable design to co-create resilient communities. 
_

At Pratt’s MS in Sustainable Environmental Systems, our students bring their diverse expertise across disciplines, sectors, and geographies into a creative, mission-driven, transdisciplinary setting. We celebrate our #alumni and their accomplishments through the #SESAlumniSpotlight series. This series highlights recent graduates’ pathways through the program, and exciting developments in their emerging #sustainability #careers.
Meet Spring 2024 alumna, Aditi Galande!

Aditi has a Bachelor of Architecture from Pune University, and a Master in Landscape Architecture from the Government of India School of Planning and Architecture, in Bhopal. Her professional experience includes landscape design projects, and research and development of a manual of native vegetation for Indian design professionals. At Pratt, Aditi worked as a graduate assistant in our academic department (GCPE) office, was part of a Taconic Fellowship faculty and student research team that created the Pratt Phenology Trail. 

Adits’s Capstone project focused on community-engaged planning and design methods to monitor and mitigate urban heat in The Bronx, through the development of green corridors. Currently, Aditi works as a Climate Resilience planner at +LAB Architect, focusing on climate vulnerability assessment, long-term planning, and sustainable design to co-create resilient communities. 
_

At Pratt’s MS in Sustainable Environmental Systems, our students bring their diverse expertise across disciplines, sectors, and geographies into a creative, mission-driven, transdisciplinary setting. We celebrate our #alumni and their accomplishments through the #SESAlumniSpotlight series. This series highlights recent graduates’ pathways through the program, and exciting developments in their emerging #sustainability #careers.
Meet Spring 2024 alumna, Aditi Galande!

Aditi has a Bachelor of Architecture from Pune University, and a Master in Landscape Architecture from the Government of India School of Planning and Architecture, in Bhopal. Her professional experience includes landscape design projects, and research and development of a manual of native vegetation for Indian design professionals. At Pratt, Aditi worked as a graduate assistant in our academic department (GCPE) office, was part of a Taconic Fellowship faculty and student research team that created the Pratt Phenology Trail. 

Adits’s Capstone project focused on community-engaged planning and design methods to monitor and mitigate urban heat in The Bronx, through the development of green corridors. Currently, Aditi works as a Climate Resilience planner at +LAB Architect, focusing on climate vulnerability assessment, long-term planning, and sustainable design to co-create resilient communities. 
_

At Pratt’s MS in Sustainable Environmental Systems, our students bring their diverse expertise across disciplines, sectors, and geographies into a creative, mission-driven, transdisciplinary setting. We celebrate our #alumni and their accomplishments through the #SESAlumniSpotlight series. This series highlights recent graduates’ pathways through the program, and exciting developments in their emerging #sustainability #careers.
Meet Spring 2024 alumna, Aditi Galande!

Aditi has a Bachelor of Architecture from Pune University, and a Master in Landscape Architecture from the Government of India School of Planning and Architecture, in Bhopal. Her professional experience includes landscape design projects, and research and development of a manual of native vegetation for Indian design professionals. At Pratt, Aditi worked as a graduate assistant in our academic department (GCPE) office, was part of a Taconic Fellowship faculty and student research team that created the Pratt Phenology Trail. 

Adits’s Capstone project focused on community-engaged planning and design methods to monitor and mitigate urban heat in The Bronx, through the development of green corridors. Currently, Aditi works as a Climate Resilience planner at +LAB Architect, focusing on climate vulnerability assessment, long-term planning, and sustainable design to co-create resilient communities. 
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At Pratt’s MS in Sustainable Environmental Systems, our students bring their diverse expertise across disciplines, sectors, and geographies into a creative, mission-driven, transdisciplinary setting. We celebrate our #alumni and their accomplishments through the #SESAlumniSpotlight series. This series highlights recent graduates’ pathways through the program, and exciting developments in their emerging #sustainability #careers.
Meet Spring 2024 alumna, Aditi Galande!

Aditi has a Bachelor of Architecture from Pune University, and a Master in Landscape Architecture from the Government of India School of Planning and Architecture, in Bhopal. Her professional experience includes landscape design projects, and research and development of a manual of native vegetation for Indian design professionals. At Pratt, Aditi worked as a graduate assistant in our academic department (GCPE) office, was part of a Taconic Fellowship faculty and student research team that created the Pratt Phenology Trail. 

Adits’s Capstone project focused on community-engaged planning and design methods to monitor and mitigate urban heat in The Bronx, through the development of green corridors. Currently, Aditi works as a Climate Resilience planner at +LAB Architect, focusing on climate vulnerability assessment, long-term planning, and sustainable design to co-create resilient communities. 
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At Pratt’s MS in Sustainable Environmental Systems, our students bring their diverse expertise across disciplines, sectors, and geographies into a creative, mission-driven, transdisciplinary setting. We celebrate our #alumni and their accomplishments through the #SESAlumniSpotlight series. This series highlights recent graduates’ pathways through the program, and exciting developments in their emerging #sustainability #careers.
Meet Spring 2024 alumna, Aditi Galande!

Aditi has a Bachelor of Architecture from Pune University, and a Master in Landscape Architecture from the Government of India School of Planning and Architecture, in Bhopal. Her professional experience includes landscape design projects, and research and development of a manual of native vegetation for Indian design professionals. At Pratt, Aditi worked as a graduate assistant in our academic department (GCPE) office, was part of a Taconic Fellowship faculty and student research team that created the Pratt Phenology Trail. 

Adits’s Capstone project focused on community-engaged planning and design methods to monitor and mitigate urban heat in The Bronx, through the development of green corridors. Currently, Aditi works as a Climate Resilience planner at +LAB Architect, focusing on climate vulnerability assessment, long-term planning, and sustainable design to co-create resilient communities. 
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At Pratt’s MS in Sustainable Environmental Systems, our students bring their diverse expertise across disciplines, sectors, and geographies into a creative, mission-driven, transdisciplinary setting. We celebrate our #alumni and their accomplishments through the #SESAlumniSpotlight series. This series highlights recent graduates’ pathways through the program, and exciting developments in their emerging #sustainability #careers.
Meet Spring 2024 alumna, Aditi Galande! Aditi has a Bachelor of Architecture from Pune University, and a Master in Landscape Architecture from the Government of India School of Planning and Architecture, in Bhopal. Her professional experience includes landscape design projects, and research and development of a manual of native vegetation for Indian design professionals. At Pratt, Aditi worked as a graduate assistant in our academic department (GCPE) office, was part of a Taconic Fellowship faculty and student research team that created the Pratt Phenology Trail. Adits’s Capstone project focused on community-engaged planning and design methods to monitor and mitigate urban heat in The Bronx, through the development of green corridors. Currently, Aditi works as a Climate Resilience planner at +LAB Architect, focusing on climate vulnerability assessment, long-term planning, and sustainable design to co-create resilient communities. _ At Pratt’s MS in Sustainable Environmental Systems, our students bring their diverse expertise across disciplines, sectors, and geographies into a creative, mission-driven, transdisciplinary setting. We celebrate our #alumni and their accomplishments through the #SESAlumniSpotlight series. This series highlights recent graduates’ pathways through the program, and exciting developments in their emerging #sustainability #careers.
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Join Pratt Institute’s Delta Cities Coastal Resilience advanced interdisciplinary studio as we host the Pratt Earth Action Week panel discussion, “Delta Cities Deep Dive - Participatory Science and Education on the Water.” 

On Thursday, November 7th, 2024, 5:00pm-6:30pm, the MS in SES program for an exciting Pratt Earth Action Week 2024 event. 

In this virtual discussion, practitioners and researchers working with waterfront communities and inhabitants (human and non-human) will share their experiences, lessons and best practices for mutual learning, co-creation, collaboration, and shared stewardship of our waterfronts, waterways, and water resources - in the New York - New Jersey Harbor, Hudson River Estuary, and beyond!

Panelists:

Sara Eichner, Hudson Access Project + Studio 2263

Jennifer Kepler, Gowanus Canal Conservancy

Shino Tanikawa, New York City Soil and Water Conservation District + SWIM Coalition

This event is part of the Fall 2024 Pratt Earth Action Week. The Pratt Sustainability Center is delighted to announce that this Fall’s Pratt Earth Action Week will take place from November 4th-9th. This week-long series of sustainability events celebrates the creative collaborations of the Pratt sustainability community and networks and offers us the opportunity to connect, across groups, disciplines, and initiatives.

#PrattEarthActionWeek #PrattEarthActionWeek2024 #DeltaCities #CoastalResilience #DeepDive #panel #studio #public #free #EnvironmentalEducation #ParticipatoryScience #WaterQuality #WaterAccess #stewardship
Join Pratt Institute’s Delta Cities Coastal Resilience advanced interdisciplinary studio as we host the Pratt Earth Action Week panel discussion, “Delta Cities Deep Dive - Participatory Science and Education on the Water.” 

On Thursday, November 7th, 2024, 5:00pm-6:30pm, the MS in SES program for an exciting Pratt Earth Action Week 2024 event. 

In this virtual discussion, practitioners and researchers working with waterfront communities and inhabitants (human and non-human) will share their experiences, lessons and best practices for mutual learning, co-creation, collaboration, and shared stewardship of our waterfronts, waterways, and water resources - in the New York - New Jersey Harbor, Hudson River Estuary, and beyond!

Panelists:

Sara Eichner, Hudson Access Project + Studio 2263

Jennifer Kepler, Gowanus Canal Conservancy

Shino Tanikawa, New York City Soil and Water Conservation District + SWIM Coalition

This event is part of the Fall 2024 Pratt Earth Action Week. The Pratt Sustainability Center is delighted to announce that this Fall’s Pratt Earth Action Week will take place from November 4th-9th. This week-long series of sustainability events celebrates the creative collaborations of the Pratt sustainability community and networks and offers us the opportunity to connect, across groups, disciplines, and initiatives.

#PrattEarthActionWeek #PrattEarthActionWeek2024 #DeltaCities #CoastalResilience #DeepDive #panel #studio #public #free #EnvironmentalEducation #ParticipatoryScience #WaterQuality #WaterAccess #stewardship
Join Pratt Institute’s Delta Cities Coastal Resilience advanced interdisciplinary studio as we host the Pratt Earth Action Week panel discussion, “Delta Cities Deep Dive - Participatory Science and Education on the Water.” 

On Thursday, November 7th, 2024, 5:00pm-6:30pm, the MS in SES program for an exciting Pratt Earth Action Week 2024 event. 

In this virtual discussion, practitioners and researchers working with waterfront communities and inhabitants (human and non-human) will share their experiences, lessons and best practices for mutual learning, co-creation, collaboration, and shared stewardship of our waterfronts, waterways, and water resources - in the New York - New Jersey Harbor, Hudson River Estuary, and beyond!

Panelists:

Sara Eichner, Hudson Access Project + Studio 2263

Jennifer Kepler, Gowanus Canal Conservancy

Shino Tanikawa, New York City Soil and Water Conservation District + SWIM Coalition

This event is part of the Fall 2024 Pratt Earth Action Week. The Pratt Sustainability Center is delighted to announce that this Fall’s Pratt Earth Action Week will take place from November 4th-9th. This week-long series of sustainability events celebrates the creative collaborations of the Pratt sustainability community and networks and offers us the opportunity to connect, across groups, disciplines, and initiatives.

#PrattEarthActionWeek #PrattEarthActionWeek2024 #DeltaCities #CoastalResilience #DeepDive #panel #studio #public #free #EnvironmentalEducation #ParticipatoryScience #WaterQuality #WaterAccess #stewardship
Join Pratt Institute’s Delta Cities Coastal Resilience advanced interdisciplinary studio as we host the Pratt Earth Action Week panel discussion, “Delta Cities Deep Dive - Participatory Science and Education on the Water.” 

On Thursday, November 7th, 2024, 5:00pm-6:30pm, the MS in SES program for an exciting Pratt Earth Action Week 2024 event. 

In this virtual discussion, practitioners and researchers working with waterfront communities and inhabitants (human and non-human) will share their experiences, lessons and best practices for mutual learning, co-creation, collaboration, and shared stewardship of our waterfronts, waterways, and water resources - in the New York - New Jersey Harbor, Hudson River Estuary, and beyond!

Panelists:

Sara Eichner, Hudson Access Project + Studio 2263

Jennifer Kepler, Gowanus Canal Conservancy

Shino Tanikawa, New York City Soil and Water Conservation District + SWIM Coalition

This event is part of the Fall 2024 Pratt Earth Action Week. The Pratt Sustainability Center is delighted to announce that this Fall’s Pratt Earth Action Week will take place from November 4th-9th. This week-long series of sustainability events celebrates the creative collaborations of the Pratt sustainability community and networks and offers us the opportunity to connect, across groups, disciplines, and initiatives.

#PrattEarthActionWeek #PrattEarthActionWeek2024 #DeltaCities #CoastalResilience #DeepDive #panel #studio #public #free #EnvironmentalEducation #ParticipatoryScience #WaterQuality #WaterAccess #stewardship
Join Pratt Institute’s Delta Cities Coastal Resilience advanced interdisciplinary studio as we host the Pratt Earth Action Week panel discussion, “Delta Cities Deep Dive - Participatory Science and Education on the Water.” On Thursday, November 7th, 2024, 5:00pm-6:30pm, the MS in SES program for an exciting Pratt Earth Action Week 2024 event. In this virtual discussion, practitioners and researchers working with waterfront communities and inhabitants (human and non-human) will share their experiences, lessons and best practices for mutual learning, co-creation, collaboration, and shared stewardship of our waterfronts, waterways, and water resources - in the New York - New Jersey Harbor, Hudson River Estuary, and beyond! Panelists: Sara Eichner, Hudson Access Project + Studio 2263 Jennifer Kepler, Gowanus Canal Conservancy Shino Tanikawa, New York City Soil and Water Conservation District + SWIM Coalition This event is part of the Fall 2024 Pratt Earth Action Week. The Pratt Sustainability Center is delighted to announce that this Fall’s Pratt Earth Action Week will take place from November 4th-9th. This week-long series of sustainability events celebrates the creative collaborations of the Pratt sustainability community and networks and offers us the opportunity to connect, across groups, disciplines, and initiatives. #PrattEarthActionWeek #PrattEarthActionWeek2024 #DeltaCities #CoastalResilience #DeepDive #panel #studio #public #free #EnvironmentalEducation #ParticipatoryScience #WaterQuality #WaterAccess #stewardship
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Meet Bansari Makadiya!

Bansri holds a Bachelor of Architecture from SEDA, Navrachana University, in India. She concluded her studies with an experimental thesis comparing the thermal performance of composite rammed earth wall typologies that experimented with a variety of layered materials. 

She was a teaching assistant in the Spring 2023 Green Infrastructure Studio, and worked on various geospatial and planning analysis projects as an intern with the Regional Planning Association (RPA). RPA was also Bansri's Capstone project client, in which she made a case for transit oriented development as a potential vehicle to provide accessible housing to New York City residents experiencing climate-driven relocation. 

Currently, Bansri works as a Climate and Sustainability Planner at the NYC Department of City Planning's Brooklyn Borough office, focusing on resiliency planning, specifically addressing water-related challenges.

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At Pratt’s MS in Sustainable Environmental Systems, our students bring their diverse expertise across disciplines, sectors, and geographies into a creative, mission-driven, transdisciplinary setting. We celebrate our #alumni and their accomplishments through the #SESAlumniSpotlight series. This series highlights recent graduates’ pathways through the program, and exciting developments in their emerging #sustainability #careers.
Meet Bansari Makadiya!

Bansri holds a Bachelor of Architecture from SEDA, Navrachana University, in India. She concluded her studies with an experimental thesis comparing the thermal performance of composite rammed earth wall typologies that experimented with a variety of layered materials. 

She was a teaching assistant in the Spring 2023 Green Infrastructure Studio, and worked on various geospatial and planning analysis projects as an intern with the Regional Planning Association (RPA). RPA was also Bansri's Capstone project client, in which she made a case for transit oriented development as a potential vehicle to provide accessible housing to New York City residents experiencing climate-driven relocation. 

Currently, Bansri works as a Climate and Sustainability Planner at the NYC Department of City Planning's Brooklyn Borough office, focusing on resiliency planning, specifically addressing water-related challenges.

_

At Pratt’s MS in Sustainable Environmental Systems, our students bring their diverse expertise across disciplines, sectors, and geographies into a creative, mission-driven, transdisciplinary setting. We celebrate our #alumni and their accomplishments through the #SESAlumniSpotlight series. This series highlights recent graduates’ pathways through the program, and exciting developments in their emerging #sustainability #careers.
Meet Bansari Makadiya!

Bansri holds a Bachelor of Architecture from SEDA, Navrachana University, in India. She concluded her studies with an experimental thesis comparing the thermal performance of composite rammed earth wall typologies that experimented with a variety of layered materials. 

She was a teaching assistant in the Spring 2023 Green Infrastructure Studio, and worked on various geospatial and planning analysis projects as an intern with the Regional Planning Association (RPA). RPA was also Bansri's Capstone project client, in which she made a case for transit oriented development as a potential vehicle to provide accessible housing to New York City residents experiencing climate-driven relocation. 

Currently, Bansri works as a Climate and Sustainability Planner at the NYC Department of City Planning's Brooklyn Borough office, focusing on resiliency planning, specifically addressing water-related challenges.

_

At Pratt’s MS in Sustainable Environmental Systems, our students bring their diverse expertise across disciplines, sectors, and geographies into a creative, mission-driven, transdisciplinary setting. We celebrate our #alumni and their accomplishments through the #SESAlumniSpotlight series. This series highlights recent graduates’ pathways through the program, and exciting developments in their emerging #sustainability #careers.
Meet Bansari Makadiya!

Bansri holds a Bachelor of Architecture from SEDA, Navrachana University, in India. She concluded her studies with an experimental thesis comparing the thermal performance of composite rammed earth wall typologies that experimented with a variety of layered materials. 

She was a teaching assistant in the Spring 2023 Green Infrastructure Studio, and worked on various geospatial and planning analysis projects as an intern with the Regional Planning Association (RPA). RPA was also Bansri's Capstone project client, in which she made a case for transit oriented development as a potential vehicle to provide accessible housing to New York City residents experiencing climate-driven relocation. 

Currently, Bansri works as a Climate and Sustainability Planner at the NYC Department of City Planning's Brooklyn Borough office, focusing on resiliency planning, specifically addressing water-related challenges.

_

At Pratt’s MS in Sustainable Environmental Systems, our students bring their diverse expertise across disciplines, sectors, and geographies into a creative, mission-driven, transdisciplinary setting. We celebrate our #alumni and their accomplishments through the #SESAlumniSpotlight series. This series highlights recent graduates’ pathways through the program, and exciting developments in their emerging #sustainability #careers.
Meet Bansari Makadiya!

Bansri holds a Bachelor of Architecture from SEDA, Navrachana University, in India. She concluded her studies with an experimental thesis comparing the thermal performance of composite rammed earth wall typologies that experimented with a variety of layered materials. 

She was a teaching assistant in the Spring 2023 Green Infrastructure Studio, and worked on various geospatial and planning analysis projects as an intern with the Regional Planning Association (RPA). RPA was also Bansri's Capstone project client, in which she made a case for transit oriented development as a potential vehicle to provide accessible housing to New York City residents experiencing climate-driven relocation. 

Currently, Bansri works as a Climate and Sustainability Planner at the NYC Department of City Planning's Brooklyn Borough office, focusing on resiliency planning, specifically addressing water-related challenges.

_

At Pratt’s MS in Sustainable Environmental Systems, our students bring their diverse expertise across disciplines, sectors, and geographies into a creative, mission-driven, transdisciplinary setting. We celebrate our #alumni and their accomplishments through the #SESAlumniSpotlight series. This series highlights recent graduates’ pathways through the program, and exciting developments in their emerging #sustainability #careers.
Meet Bansari Makadiya!

Bansri holds a Bachelor of Architecture from SEDA, Navrachana University, in India. She concluded her studies with an experimental thesis comparing the thermal performance of composite rammed earth wall typologies that experimented with a variety of layered materials. 

She was a teaching assistant in the Spring 2023 Green Infrastructure Studio, and worked on various geospatial and planning analysis projects as an intern with the Regional Planning Association (RPA). RPA was also Bansri's Capstone project client, in which she made a case for transit oriented development as a potential vehicle to provide accessible housing to New York City residents experiencing climate-driven relocation. 

Currently, Bansri works as a Climate and Sustainability Planner at the NYC Department of City Planning's Brooklyn Borough office, focusing on resiliency planning, specifically addressing water-related challenges.

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At Pratt’s MS in Sustainable Environmental Systems, our students bring their diverse expertise across disciplines, sectors, and geographies into a creative, mission-driven, transdisciplinary setting. We celebrate our #alumni and their accomplishments through the #SESAlumniSpotlight series. This series highlights recent graduates’ pathways through the program, and exciting developments in their emerging #sustainability #careers.
Meet Bansari Makadiya!

Bansri holds a Bachelor of Architecture from SEDA, Navrachana University, in India. She concluded her studies with an experimental thesis comparing the thermal performance of composite rammed earth wall typologies that experimented with a variety of layered materials. 

She was a teaching assistant in the Spring 2023 Green Infrastructure Studio, and worked on various geospatial and planning analysis projects as an intern with the Regional Planning Association (RPA). RPA was also Bansri's Capstone project client, in which she made a case for transit oriented development as a potential vehicle to provide accessible housing to New York City residents experiencing climate-driven relocation. 

Currently, Bansri works as a Climate and Sustainability Planner at the NYC Department of City Planning's Brooklyn Borough office, focusing on resiliency planning, specifically addressing water-related challenges.

_

At Pratt’s MS in Sustainable Environmental Systems, our students bring their diverse expertise across disciplines, sectors, and geographies into a creative, mission-driven, transdisciplinary setting. We celebrate our #alumni and their accomplishments through the #SESAlumniSpotlight series. This series highlights recent graduates’ pathways through the program, and exciting developments in their emerging #sustainability #careers.
Meet Bansari Makadiya! Bansri holds a Bachelor of Architecture from SEDA, Navrachana University, in India. She concluded her studies with an experimental thesis comparing the thermal performance of composite rammed earth wall typologies that experimented with a variety of layered materials. She was a teaching assistant in the Spring 2023 Green Infrastructure Studio, and worked on various geospatial and planning analysis projects as an intern with the Regional Planning Association (RPA). RPA was also Bansri's Capstone project client, in which she made a case for transit oriented development as a potential vehicle to provide accessible housing to New York City residents experiencing climate-driven relocation. Currently, Bansri works as a Climate and Sustainability Planner at the NYC Department of City Planning's Brooklyn Borough office, focusing on resiliency planning, specifically addressing water-related challenges. _ At Pratt’s MS in Sustainable Environmental Systems, our students bring their diverse expertise across disciplines, sectors, and geographies into a creative, mission-driven, transdisciplinary setting. We celebrate our #alumni and their accomplishments through the #SESAlumniSpotlight series. This series highlights recent graduates’ pathways through the program, and exciting developments in their emerging #sustainability #careers.
2 weeks ago
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6/9
Welcome to the 2024-2025 group of officers for Leaders in Environmental Advocacy at Pratt - LEAP:

Co-chairs: 
Christopher Hauserman 
Ajwah Zahid

Treasurer:
Jen Hung

Event Coordinator:
Dhruvin Thakkar

Communications Lead:
Mariana Torres

We look forward to a great year of collaboration, advocacy, events, and activities, for a more sustainable and just campus, community, and beyond!

If you’re a Pratt student who wants to join LEAP, find them on Pratt Engage.

To collaborate with the LEAP team and members, email them at leap@pratt.edu

#StudentGroup #EnvironmentalAdvocacy #Leaders #sustainability #events #activities #workshops #collaboration #social #community #pratt
Welcome to the 2024-2025 group of officers for Leaders in Environmental Advocacy at Pratt - LEAP:

Co-chairs: 
Christopher Hauserman 
Ajwah Zahid

Treasurer:
Jen Hung

Event Coordinator:
Dhruvin Thakkar

Communications Lead:
Mariana Torres

We look forward to a great year of collaboration, advocacy, events, and activities, for a more sustainable and just campus, community, and beyond!

If you’re a Pratt student who wants to join LEAP, find them on Pratt Engage.

To collaborate with the LEAP team and members, email them at leap@pratt.edu

#StudentGroup #EnvironmentalAdvocacy #Leaders #sustainability #events #activities #workshops #collaboration #social #community #pratt
Welcome to the 2024-2025 group of officers for Leaders in Environmental Advocacy at Pratt - LEAP: Co-chairs: Christopher Hauserman Ajwah Zahid Treasurer: Jen Hung Event Coordinator: Dhruvin Thakkar Communications Lead: Mariana Torres We look forward to a great year of collaboration, advocacy, events, and activities, for a more sustainable and just campus, community, and beyond! If you’re a Pratt student who wants to join LEAP, find them on Pratt Engage. To collaborate with the LEAP team and members, email them at leap@pratt.edu #StudentGroup #EnvironmentalAdvocacy #Leaders #sustainability #events #activities #workshops #collaboration #social #community #pratt
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This October, Pratt SES NATURA Network Fellow Franklin Kirimi shares his projects and collaborations at Kounkuey Design Initiative, focused on nature-based solution co-production with informal frontline East African communities. 

Wednesday, October 16th
5:30-7:00pm EDT 
Virtual
Zoom registration link in bio (rsvp required)

Through the example of the Rivers + People plans in Nairobi, we’ll discuss approaches to river rehabilitation that can ensure community involvement through community-informed spaces and action plans. 

This presentation is coordinated with the MS in SES program’s Sustainable Communities faculty and students, as part of their ongoing engagement with Mr. Kirimi. 

Partners and co-sponsors:
Pratt Institute MS in Sustainable Environmental Systems
NATURA Network
Kounkuey Design Initiative - Kenya
Pratt Institute Graduate Center for Planning and the Environment 
Pratt Institute School of Architecture 
Pratt Institute

#RiversAnd People #CommunityResilience #NatureBasedSolutions #InternationalExchange #CoProduction #CoDesign #ClimateJustice #EastAfrica #sustainability #RiverRehabilitation
This October, Pratt SES NATURA Network Fellow Franklin Kirimi shares his projects and collaborations at Kounkuey Design Initiative, focused on nature-based solution co-production with informal frontline East African communities. 

Wednesday, October 16th
5:30-7:00pm EDT 
Virtual
Zoom registration link in bio (rsvp required)

Through the example of the Rivers + People plans in Nairobi, we’ll discuss approaches to river rehabilitation that can ensure community involvement through community-informed spaces and action plans. 

This presentation is coordinated with the MS in SES program’s Sustainable Communities faculty and students, as part of their ongoing engagement with Mr. Kirimi. 

Partners and co-sponsors:
Pratt Institute MS in Sustainable Environmental Systems
NATURA Network
Kounkuey Design Initiative - Kenya
Pratt Institute Graduate Center for Planning and the Environment 
Pratt Institute School of Architecture 
Pratt Institute

#RiversAnd People #CommunityResilience #NatureBasedSolutions #InternationalExchange #CoProduction #CoDesign #ClimateJustice #EastAfrica #sustainability #RiverRehabilitation
This October, Pratt SES NATURA Network Fellow Franklin Kirimi shares his projects and collaborations at Kounkuey Design Initiative, focused on nature-based solution co-production with informal frontline East African communities. 

Wednesday, October 16th
5:30-7:00pm EDT 
Virtual
Zoom registration link in bio (rsvp required)

Through the example of the Rivers + People plans in Nairobi, we’ll discuss approaches to river rehabilitation that can ensure community involvement through community-informed spaces and action plans. 

This presentation is coordinated with the MS in SES program’s Sustainable Communities faculty and students, as part of their ongoing engagement with Mr. Kirimi. 

Partners and co-sponsors:
Pratt Institute MS in Sustainable Environmental Systems
NATURA Network
Kounkuey Design Initiative - Kenya
Pratt Institute Graduate Center for Planning and the Environment 
Pratt Institute School of Architecture 
Pratt Institute

#RiversAnd People #CommunityResilience #NatureBasedSolutions #InternationalExchange #CoProduction #CoDesign #ClimateJustice #EastAfrica #sustainability #RiverRehabilitation
This October, Pratt SES NATURA Network Fellow Franklin Kirimi shares his projects and collaborations at Kounkuey Design Initiative, focused on nature-based solution co-production with informal frontline East African communities. 

Wednesday, October 16th
5:30-7:00pm EDT 
Virtual
Zoom registration link in bio (rsvp required)

Through the example of the Rivers + People plans in Nairobi, we’ll discuss approaches to river rehabilitation that can ensure community involvement through community-informed spaces and action plans. 

This presentation is coordinated with the MS in SES program’s Sustainable Communities faculty and students, as part of their ongoing engagement with Mr. Kirimi. 

Partners and co-sponsors:
Pratt Institute MS in Sustainable Environmental Systems
NATURA Network
Kounkuey Design Initiative - Kenya
Pratt Institute Graduate Center for Planning and the Environment 
Pratt Institute School of Architecture 
Pratt Institute

#RiversAnd People #CommunityResilience #NatureBasedSolutions #InternationalExchange #CoProduction #CoDesign #ClimateJustice #EastAfrica #sustainability #RiverRehabilitation
This October, Pratt SES NATURA Network Fellow Franklin Kirimi shares his projects and collaborations at Kounkuey Design Initiative, focused on nature-based solution co-production with informal frontline East African communities. Wednesday, October 16th 5:30-7:00pm EDT Virtual Zoom registration link in bio (rsvp required) Through the example of the Rivers + People plans in Nairobi, we’ll discuss approaches to river rehabilitation that can ensure community involvement through community-informed spaces and action plans. This presentation is coordinated with the MS in SES program’s Sustainable Communities faculty and students, as part of their ongoing engagement with Mr. Kirimi. Partners and co-sponsors: Pratt Institute MS in Sustainable Environmental Systems NATURA Network Kounkuey Design Initiative - Kenya Pratt Institute Graduate Center for Planning and the Environment Pratt Institute School of Architecture Pratt Institute #RiversAnd People #CommunityResilience #NatureBasedSolutions #InternationalExchange #CoProduction #CoDesign #ClimateJustice #EastAfrica #sustainability #RiverRehabilitation
1 month ago
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We are thrilled to welcome our new students to the Brooklyn campus! After a successful orientation, classes kicked off last month, and we’re already seeing great energy and enthusiasm across the board.

As we embark on this new semester, we look forward to fostering a collaborative and dynamic environment, where students can thrive academically, build lasting connections, and explore new opportunities. We’re excited to work closely with everyone and make this semester a truly memorable and impactful experience!

Sam Asher
Anthony Cowell
Christopher Hauserman
Jen Hung
Sanya Jain
Sher Netto
Riya Shah
Dhruvin Thakkar

#GraduateDegree #SustainableSystems #Pratt #WelcomeBack  #EnvironmentalScience #graduate #GraduateOrientation #sustainability #GradSchool #SustainableEnvironmentalSystems
We are thrilled to welcome our new students to the Brooklyn campus! After a successful orientation, classes kicked off last month, and we’re already seeing great energy and enthusiasm across the board. As we embark on this new semester, we look forward to fostering a collaborative and dynamic environment, where students can thrive academically, build lasting connections, and explore new opportunities. We’re excited to work closely with everyone and make this semester a truly memorable and impactful experience! Sam Asher Anthony Cowell Christopher Hauserman Jen Hung Sanya Jain Sher Netto Riya Shah Dhruvin Thakkar #GraduateDegree #SustainableSystems #Pratt #WelcomeBack #EnvironmentalScience #graduate #GraduateOrientation #sustainability #GradSchool #SustainableEnvironmentalSystems
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9/9

From the Catalog