presented
papers, invited lectures and talks
“GigaPan possibilities in environmental
design,“ at Fine Outreach for Science
GigaPan workshop, Global Connection Project, Carnegie Mellon
University, 2009.
“L.E.A.P. to get a
bird's-eye view: Low elevation aerial photography for site design and
landscape research,“ at LABash National Conference, Penn
Stater Conference Center, 2009.
“Off road and
engaged: Collaborative action research for resilient Himalayan
communities,“ at Geography Coffee Hour Speaker
Series, Penn State University, 2009.
“The Mountain
Project: Towards adaptive learning communities for Himalayan
sustainability,“ at Focus the Nation: Global Warming
Solutions for America, Penn State University, with Sameer Honwad, 2008.
“Off road IT: Using
technology for communities and sustainability in the Himalayas,“ at College of IST Research Tea Series,
Penn State University, with Chris Hoadley, 2007.
“When film and landscape meet: A range of
possibilities,“ at Council of Educators in Landscape
Architecture National Conference, Penn State
University, introduction to the Negotiated View Film Festival,
with Kevin Thompson and Barbara Bird, 2007.
“The Mountain Project,“ at International Education Week Speaker
Series, Office of
International Programs, Penn State University, with Chris Hoadley, 2007.
“Designing
appropriate collaborative learning technologies for the developing
world,“ at
2007 Open Education Conference: Localizing and Learning, Utah State
Unviversity, with Chris Hoadley (presenter) and Sameer Honwad,
2007.
“Using technology to elicit biographies in
Himalayan villages,”
at American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Chicago,
with Chris Hoadley (presenter) and Sameer Honwad, 2007.
“Placing IK: Community-based knowledge,
vision and action in environmental design,” at Interinstitutional Consortium for
Indigenous Knowledge seminar series, Penn State University, 2006.
“Changing nature:
Towards a civic culture of urban ecosystems
regeneration,” at Urban Waters: First National Conference on
Environmental Regeneration in Cities, Brazilian Institute of
Architects, Brazilian
Association of Landscape Architects, Federal University of Rio de
Janeiro, 2005. keynote
address, funded by the Ford Foundation.
“Knowledge-building
communities and Himalayan
sustainability,” at Open Science Conference on Global Change in
Mountain Regions, Perth, Scotland, with Sameer Honwad (co-presenter)
and Chris Hoadley, 2005.
“Mapeamento
sócio-ambiental de bacias hidrográficas
urbanas: Estudo de caso do Rio Carioca,” at 11th Brazilian
Association of Graduate Programs and Research in Urban and Regional
Planning Conference, Salvador, Brazil, Monica Schlee presented,
2005.
“Ecological restoration
education and emerging trends in public
scholarship,” at Society for Ecological Restoration International
16th Annual Conference, University of Victoria, Canada,
2004.
“Interweaving ecological
science and ecological design,” at Ecology
Speaker Series, IGDP in Ecology, Penn State University,
2004.
“Retrospective /
perspective on a regional studio,”
at Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture National Conference,
Charleston, SC, with
Tom Yahner, 2003.
“Preemptive ecosystems
planning and large-scale traditional
neighborhood development: A watershed case study,” at Chesapeake
Basin Restoration Conference, Baltimore, MD, 2002.
“Large-scale traditional
neighborhood development and preemptive
ecosystems planning: The Markham experience, 1989–2002,”
at Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning 44th Annual
Conference,
Baltimore, David Gordon presented, 2002.
“India's Ganges paradox:
Sacred rites and environmental
desecration along an Indian riverfront,” at Religion, Ecology and
Culture session, Annual Conference of the American Academy of Religion,
DePaul University, with Priyam Das, 2001.
“Teaching
watershed-based planning and management,” Water,
Oil of the 21st Century: Canadian Institute of Planners National
Conference, Charlottetown, Canada, 2000.
“Patterns, processes and
paradigms: Towards ecologically vital
brownfields,” XVI International Botanical Congress, St. Louis,
1999.
“Hope for the
hyperstressed: Regenerating Pittsburgh’s
post-industrial ecosystems,” Conference on Ecosystems Restoration
& Creation, Hillsborough College, Tampa, 1999.
“Post-industrial
landscapes: Vegetation, ecology and
ecosystems-based regeneration,” symposium convenor with Sue
Thompson, XVI International Botanical Congress of the International
Union of Biological Sciences, St. Louis, 1999.
“Connections old and new: Ecological design
in a post-industrial
culture,” at American Society of Landscape
Architects Penn/Del. Chapter Conference, Philadelphia, 1998.
plenary
address.
“Applying ecology in the
undergraduate studio,” panel
paper at Building Toward Diversity: Council of Educators in Landscape
Architecture Conference, Asheville, NC, 1997.
“Restoration planning in
the urbanizing (bio)region: Ecological
themes and regional imperatives,” at American Society of
Landscape
Architects Conference on Sustainability in the Chesapeake Basin,
University of Maryland, 1997.
“Weaving
landscape ecology into the design studio,” panel
paper, at 12th Annual Conference of the International Association of
Landscape Ecology, Duke University, 1997.
“Ecology &
placemaking: Towards an enriched urban design
theory,” at American Collegiate Schools of Architecture S.E.
Regional Conference, Hampton University, 1996.
“Urban ecological
restoration in a post-modern landscape: A Rouge
retrospective,” at Society for Ecological Restoration
International
Conference, Rutgers University, 1996.
“Synecologies, greenway
planning and the pursuit of
synergies,” at Sixth Biennial International Linear Parks
Conference,
Virginia Polytechnical Institute, 1995.
“Across the Great
Divide: Landscape architecture, ecology and the
city,” at American Society of Landscape Architects Conference,
Cleveland, with Don Luymes and Dan Nadenicek, 1995.
“Restoring the urban
river valley: The value of
principles,” at American Society of Landscape Architects Annual
Meeting, West Virginia Chapter, University of West
Virginia, 1994. keynote address.
“The urban valley as
linear place and ecological corridor,”
at Third Annual Pennsylvania Community Forestry Conference, Penn
State University, 1994.
“Urban greenways and
restored landscapes: Places and patterns of
apprehension,” at Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture
Conference, Long Beach, MS, 1994.
“Holism in restoration
planning: A systems approach in Markham,
Ontario,” at Society for Ecological Restoration International
Conference, Michigan State University, 1994.
“Designing viable open
space: Restoring nature and finding place
in the city,” at Planning for Community Open Spaces Conference,
Harrisburg, PA, 1994.
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work exhibited / profiled / curated
Partnering to Restore Spring Creek, Elks Country Club riparian ecological restoration, feature,
Environmental Institute for Golf's Green Links website, fall 2008.
Water Past and Present: a Documentary by
the Children of the Himalayas, videodocumentary, S. Honwad producer, at Focus the Nation: Global Warming
Solutions for America, Penn State University, Jan. 2008.
The Negotiated View Film Festival, co-curator with K. Thompson (PI) and
B. Bird,
Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture National Conference,
Penn State University, August 2007.
The Mountain Project: north India and
Nepal, at International Programs Gallery, 40 photographs, J. Haner
curator, Penn State University, summer-fall 2007.
Partnering to Restore Spring Creek, in Case Studies in Surface Water
Quality, Audubon International, 2006.
Reconnecting with the Don: Balancing the
Valley, at Toronto's Market Gallery, curated by Task Force to Bring Back the
Don, fall 2004.
Conversations in the Rust Belt: Nine Mile Run Project, at Miller Gallery, Purnell Center for the
Arts, T. Collins curator, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh,
winter 2000.
Conversations in the Rust Belt: Nine Mile Run Project, at Wood Street Galleries, T.
Collins curator, Pittsburgh, summer 1999.
Dock 20/22 Festival Park, at Celebration Spaces CAT Charrette
exhibit, American Society of Landscape Architects 1995 conference,
Cleveland.
Bringing Back the Don, at McMichael Canadian Art Collection exhibit
on landscape urbanism, M. Bice and G. Kapelos curators, Kleinburg, Ontario, summer 1994.
Toronto Brickworks Renewed, at Powerhouse Gallery, Toronto, spring 1992.
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