Environmenta

A great talk from Douglass Farr, the author of Sustainable Urbanism: Urban Design With Nature.

An impressive speech from Allan Savory “How to green the world’s deserts and reverse climate change” is about using livestock for changing deserts into grasslands.

Saint Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering invites to participate in the international scientific practical conference «Sociopsychological and legal aspects of ecological culture and environmental protection” which will be held on 16-17th of May 2013 in Saint Petersburg. The goals of the conference: – present new aspects of ecological culture creation and environmental […]

Location: Department of Resource Management and Geography Melbourne School of Land and Environment Salary: $59,646 – $80,939 p.a. (pro rata) plus 9% superannuation We seek a social scientist with expertise in environmental psychology to contribute to a project examining how social values can be integrated in forest management planning. Applicants should have a PhD in a relevant […]

One more video about Biophilia with a talk of Professor of Sustainable Communities Tim Beatley. This is more practically oriented than the previous one and focused on the connection between cities and nature. Also in the lecture Tim Beatley presented his book – Biophilic Cities: Integrating Nature into Urban Design and Planning. The transcript of the speech […]

Yesterday I watch an interesting seminar on Youtube. There were two speakers – Nicole Isle with presentation about Biomimicry and Amanda Sturgeon – about Biophilic Design. After their speeches they answered many questions from the host and the audience. My notes after the video: 1. To read the book Last Child in the Woods: Saving […]

International Journal of Designs for Learning made a call for papers. The submission deadline is June 1st, 2013. The International Journal of Designs for Learning is a multidisciplinary, peer-reviewed online journal is dedicated to publishing descriptions of artifacts, environments and experiences created to promote and support learning in all contexts by designers in any field. […]