No more write-offs

I'm excited about this particular class because I hope to be in the midst of working with some very smart partners (at Ecotrust and Autopoiesis) to develop a tool that can help urban planners and developers to integrate ecosystem services concepts into their decision making. The tool would use our nature to technology spectrum approach to ecosystem services to help identify optimization points for building design, or landscape composition. I'm hoping to bring the class fully into the tool development process. This will provide a great immersion into the concepts, as well as an opportunity to see and be part of the tool development processes. I think this will be a great opportunity for interactive, hands-on learning. I value the Oregon Sustainability Leadership Program because they provide these types of opportunities – both for me and the students.

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