Those of you who participated in the project Alex organized in
Sacramento last summer will be interested to hear about a similar
project in Baltimore at the ESA's 100th anniversary meeting in August.
ESA Conference
* We have a
website:
<http://www.earthstewardshipinitiative.com/>www.earthstewardshipinitiative.com.
Spread the word by posting a link on your school or organization's
website or a blog post to increase our visibility and searchability
online. We can provide a short description to attach along with the link.
* Research Fellows: We are now soliciting ESI Fellows (see
attached flier).
* ESA Conference Center Planning: Working with the ESA staff,
we've identified locations for activity spaces in the convention
center. We will include community contributions, history, cultural
aspects of neighborhoods and sites, art installations, as well as
displaying the studio's deliverables.
* Abstracts: Submitted for the ESA ignite, oral, and special
sessions this past month. Thanks for your contributions Dumbarton
Oaks Landscape Studies is working with us through Mellon Funding to
support the Special Session on cultural landscape studies as part of
the conference activities.
Engaging Baltimore
* Ongoing studios: UVA, UMD, and Penn State are actively
investigating the sites selected for the summer project.
* EXD Workshop: Despite the snow, we had a productive
Experimental Design workshop (EXD) on March 6th. We developed a
conceptual design that integrated urban successional landscapes with
educational aspects of differents grades and social/recreational
needs of the students. Participants included: Yale, BES, Parks and
People, the Francis Scott Key school Principal, landscape
architecture students and faculty from UMD, Mahan Rykiel, and Biohabitats.
* Community Engagement, Outreach and Education: This is a key
component of the ESI. We plan to actively engage students interested
in community-based ecological design with communities associated with
the ESI sites.
Alexander J. Felson, PhD RLA
Assistant Professor
Yale University School of Architecture & School of Forestry and
Environmental Studies
Director, Urban Ecology and Design Lab and the Joint Degree FES + SOA
<http://uedlab.yale.edu/>http://uedlab.yale.edu/
195 Prospect Street, room 135
New Haven, CT 06511
O (203) 436-5120
C (203) 415-8794
<http://www.earthstewardshipinitiative.com>http://www.earthstewardshipinitiative.com
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