More Shade for Social Justice Do’s & Don’ts #placemaking #climatechange #ecofriendly

You’re looking at one of the three Shade for Social Justice locations launched by the city of Cambridge, Massachusetts.

The idea is to get artists and architects to help build climate resiliency and preparedness in neighborhoods plagued by heat islands and hot corridors.

Here are some more Shade for Social Justice Do’s and Don’ts.

Do: Provide some information that explains what’s going on, and why. This installation has a helpful sandwich board, and a clever title. The other two leave visitors in the dark as to what’s going on and why.

Don’t: Use canopy material that doesn’t actually provide significant shade. This mesh doesn’t knock down the sun enough to make much of a difference. The oak tree nearby does a much better job of delivering the promised shade.

More next time.

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For more info on the Shade is Social Justice program:

[shmubob]

Thank you for reminding people that not everyone is affected by climate change equally, and that helping those at greatest risk is a just remedial action to the inequalities society has created. That is, an act of social justice.

[ChaoticMartian]

Genuine question, why us the term social justice when it carries such negative connotations?

Besides that, great idea