Design + Sustainability Writing

Fishing-for-Solutions

“The two most important days in your life and the day you are born . . . and the day you find out why.” ~ Mark Twain

Urbanite Magazine

“Fishing for Solutions,” Urbanite Project,p. 64-65, March 2008;

“The Art of Conversation” (column on group process dynamics), p. 71 -73, April 2007;

“Complementary Currency” (Sustainable City column on local currency), p. 71, March 2007;

“Small Change” (Sustainable City column on micro-enterprise), p. 71-73, June 2006;

“Solar Systems” (Sustainable City column on Solar Decathlon), p. 55-56, January 2006;

Guest editor, “Green” issue, August 2004

Ecological Homes Ideas Magazine

Eco-furniture and FSC wood-finders, p.7, Summer 2007;

“Flooring that Floats,” p. 46, Winter 2006;

“How to Get Your Eco Plans Approved at the Permit Office,”p. 6-7, Summer 2006;

“Breaking up with Wood” article about wood alternatives, p. 14-15, Spring 2006;

“Power Competition” article about Solar Decathlon, p. 20-23, Spring 2006

Baltimore Green Business Examiner

Cooking up a community-based solar energy co-op, 9.10.10

Waste Neutral offers practical, affordable hauling to turn smelly food scraps into rich compost, 8.5.10

Resources for Maryland’s green economy, 7.23.10

Maryland looks to a rosy future with its green economy, 7.23.10

Clean currents named Maryland green company of the year, 6.23.10

7 questions and 7 tips to green your supply chain, 5.28.10

Baltimore claims its place as an urban farming mecca for local, healthy, organic food, 5.25.10

Cleanmed2010: green healthcare conference comes to Baltimore, May 11-13, 5.10.10

Websites

“Whole Building Design Guide: Architecture Profession.” 2005. Co-authored with Amy Gardner. Link here.

Conference Proceedings

“The Natural Step framework: simplifying complicated concepts.” Proceedings of Conference ‘Connecting to Place: Greening the Campus V’. Muncie, IN: Ball State University, 2003. (4 pp.) CD-ROM. Co-authored with James Hamrick

“Harford Community College Joppa Hall renovation and additions: a design case study for a model sustainable campus.” Proceedings of Conference ‘Connecting to Place: Greening the Campus V’. Muncie, IN: Ball State University, 2003. (5 pp.) CD-ROM.

“Demystifying LEED.” Proceedings of Conference ‘Connecting to Place: Greening the Campus V’. Muncie IN: Ball State University, 2003. (5 pp.) CD-ROM. Co-authored with Carrie Harlan.

“Sustainable design in practice: a training course for Johns Hopkins University Office of Facilities Management.” Proceedings of Conference ‘Connecting to Place: Greening the Campus V’. Muncie IN: Ball State University, 2003. (5pp.) CD-ROM.

“Mark the earth lightly: Permaculture principles in a graduate architectural design studio.” Proceedings of Conference ‘Shaping the Sustainable Millennium – Collaborative Approaches’. Brisbane, Australia: Queensland University of Technology Publications, 2000. BEE 0010. (10 pp.). CD-ROM.

“Architectural materials: from the functional to the transcendent.” Proceedings of Conference ‘Architecture: Design Implementation’. Washington, D.C: Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture, 1991. p. 88 – 92.