Staff
Richard Register, President
Richard is an urban ecologist, city designer, writer and illustrator. He founded Ecocity Builders in 1992. Previous organizations founded by Richard include Urban Ecology (1980), Arcology Circle (1975) and No War Toys (1965). He has been invited to speak on all continents, and has in his travels visited and photographed many of the best approximations of “pieces of the ecocity” extant. He is the author of Ecocities, Rebuilding Cities in Balance with Nature (New Society Press 2006), Village Wisdom, Future Cities (Alonzo Press 1997) Ecocity Berkeley, Building Cities for a Healthy Future (North Atlantic Books 1987) which was reprinted in Japan in 1993 and China in 2005 and Another Beginning (1978). The first edition of Ecocities was printed in the US and in China by the Chinese Academy of Science Research Center for Ecological and Environmental Sciences. Walter Truett Anderson says of Richard that he “belongs to the Ben Franklin tradition of inventors, generalists, and hopeful geniuses. His ideas about ecological cities are a valuable contribution to the great human task of figuring out how to mange the biosphere and enjoy life while we are at it.”
Kirstin Miller, Executive Director
Kirstin is an environmental activist, community organizer and a writer and editor. She has been with Ecocity Builders since 1997. Kirstin has presented for the organization locally, nationally and internationally. Her articles and essays on ecocities, urban ecology and the environment have apreared in a number of publications, including Orion Afield, Ecotecture and Wilderness and Human Communities, The Spirit of the 21st Century. Kirstin works closely with Ecocity Builders' President Richard Register in the development of the organizaiton's "toolbox" of strategies, such as car free by contract housing, environmental restoraiton transfer of development rights, centers oriented development, ecological demonstration projects and ecoloical zoning overaly mapping. She also helps coordinate an alliance of local environmental organizations working to promote and advance ecologially healthy urban policies and projects, including the development of an ecological demonstration project in the heart of Berkeley California.
Jane Wardani, Development and Projects Associate
Jane brings 10 years of international experience in urban planning and sustainability, focusing on stakeholder engagement, capacity building, and environmental justice. She has worked in multicultral settings across a range of development topics, from tourism development in Thailand, to neighborhood planning in low income communities of color in the San Francisco Bay Area. She has lived in Indonesia, France, and Singapore and is a language enthusiast. In 2009, she graduated from the concurrent Master of City Planning, Master of Landscape Architecture program in denvironmental planning at University of California, Berkeley, completing her thesis on creek and watershed restoration, stewardship and justice. Jane is active in the Northern California Chapter of the American Planning Association, as well as in grassroots nonprofit organizations working locally in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Marco Vangelisti, Co-Facilitator, International Ecocity Standards Project
Marco studied theoretical math (algebra, logic and topology) and applied math (statistics, operations research and theory of programming language design) at the University of Padova in Italy. He obtained an MBA from the school "Enrico Mattei" in Milan. He was a Fulbright scholar in mathematics and economics at the University of California in Berkeley. Marco worked for 11 years at BARRA in Berkeley - a think tank developing statistical risk models for equity and fixed income markets around the world. He worked as visual artist on a full-time basis for 5 years. Marco obtained a MFA focusing on the intersection between public art and ecology. He later worked for 6 years managing investment equity portfolios primarily on behalf of large foundations and endowments. Marco left the corporate world in April 2009 and is currently studying permaculture design and system theory. He strongly believes in multidisciplinarity and cross-pollination.
Richard Smith, Project Associate, Researcher
Rick is a doctoral student in social welfare at the University of California, Berkeley studying sustainable community development. Prior to his involvement with Ecocity Builders, he served as a Presidential Management Intern at the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and US Agency for International Development. As a desk officer for the Empowerment Zone and Renewal Community Initiative at HUD, he developed performance measures, coordinated information systems and advised CEOs and local government staff on ways of enhancing community development strategies. Smith also served in Peace Corps Mongolia, managed the Spring Institute English Language Center and consulted with the World Bank, UNDP and UNICEF. He is also a graduate of the University of Michigan and Western Michigan University.
Christian Runge, Design Associate
Christian is a Masters student in landscape architecture at the University of Michigan. He is interested in urban ecological design and restoration, community oriented/participatory design work, urban design, social justice in design. In addition to his academic work at the University of Michigan, he has also studied landscape design and horticulture at Merritt College. Before returning to school, he worked for five years as a K-12 educator in a variety of formats, and with many demographic groups.
Tawni Aaron, Events
Tawni Aaron is a LEED certified architectural designer & marketing coordinator of residential, commercial and urban design projects. She is currently in the process of opening a coworking and small business collective in San Francisco called OURSpace; a place where independent workers, artists and variety of small business come to work, network, and socialize. She is passionate about creating a shared business community that has an emphasis on Green technology, education and collaboration. Tawni has enjoyed volunteering with many important organizations; Meals on Wheels, Green Century Institute, EcoTuesday and Ecocity Builders.
Sven Eberlein, Ecocity Media
Sven Eberlein is a writer, musician and activist living in San Francisco with roots in Germany. As an associate of Ecocity Builders, Sven has been intimately involved in the advancement of sustainable cities and urban design. His essays have been featured in magazines ranging from the SF Bay Guardian to Global Rhythm Magazine. His new book, Dancing on the Brink of the World, weaves themes of ecology, social justice and spirituality onto a canvas of art, music and creative storytelling. He is a founding member of the band Chemystry Set and publishes the creative portal Tuber Creations. You can read Sven's creative musings at his blog, A World of Words.
Stacey Meinzen, Communications Associate
Stacey Meinzen has a broad range of experience in climate change policy. From her work with ICLEI doing a municipal greenhouse gas inventory to her news coverage of climate change for Flex Your Power's e-Newswire, to her research on climate change policy for Green For All, she has absorbed a range of views and interests about the best way to deal with this complex issue. Her primary interest is in local solutions that can be executed with sound policy to support them. She founded ClimateActionPlans.com to highlight key green projects and the programs and policies that allow them to happen.
David Reid, GIS Specialist
David Reid - Coastal Geologist / GIS Contractor with U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Pacific Science Center in Santa Cruz, CA. Dave works on the National Assessment of Coastal Change Hazards Project in which he uses historical maps, lidar (light detection and ranging) data, and geographic-information-system (GIS) technology to calculate long-term (120-year) shoreline-change rates for the entire Pacific Coast of the U.S.
Max Heim, Webmaster
Max Heim developed the design identiy for Ecocity Builders' website and other presentation materials, including the website for Ecocity World Summit 2008, and Green City Visions (Ecocity Builders' 2005 conference for World Environment Day). Max is a Principal with Studio L'Image, a collaborative creative studio.d compelling visual communications across a broad range of disciplines.
Our Supporters
Foundations, Organizations, Government Agencies
Helen & William Mazer Foundation
Bay Area Air Quality Management District
Foundation for Sustainability and Innovation
Kaiser Permanente
British Columbia Institute of Technology
Novatek
Members
Sustaining Patrons
Diana and Arjun Divecha
Marco Vangelisti
Joell Jones
David Eifler
Bill Mastin and Susan Felter
Sylvia McLaughlin
EcoChampion - $500
Brian Swimme, Pleasant Hill, California
EcoVillager - $250
David Beach, Cleveland, Ohio
Dixie M La Grande, Williams, California
Lisa Hawes, San Francisco, California
EcoNeighbor $100
ADPSR/New Village, SF Bay Area, California
Jennifer and Thomas Dolese, Bellingham, Washington
Eric Kelly, Munci, Indiana
Ralph Kratz, Point Richmond, California
Paul and Peggy Miller, Missoula, Montana
Cissy Monroe, Burlingame, California
Patricia Parisi, Berkeley, California
Frances Reid, Oakland, California
Michel Saint-Sulpice, Santa Barbara, California
Leslie Schneider, Seattle, Washington
Richard Smith, Berkeley, California
isabel Wade, San Francisco, California
Sigrid Wright, Castro Valley, California
Bryan Zhou, Stockton, California
EcoDweller $50
Jason Archibald, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Kevin Bayuk, San Francisco, California
Joan Bokaer, Ithaca, New York
Jessica Bunning, Perth, Australia
Venkata V. Chebrolu, Columbus, Georgia
Matthew Cloutier, Elnora, Canada
J Michael Cobb, Lawrenceville, New Jersey
Michael Cohen, Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Ellen Doudna, Berkeley, California
Andre Du Plessis, Cape Town, South Africa
Dana Ecelberger, Dallas, Texas
Sharon Ede, Adelaide, Australia
Rick Ernst, Benicia, California
Brian Fox, San Francisco, California
Marsha Golangco, Alamo, California
Jeffrey A. Gold, Caledon, Ontario, Canada
Patricia Gordon, Ste Anne de Bellevue, QC, Canada
Alan Gould, Berkeley, California
Matt Gunderson, San Francisco, California
Al Green, Richmond, California
Graham Greene, AIA, Dallas, Texas
Herman Greene, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Kim Gyr, Empire, Michigan
Besim Hakim, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Bridget Hardy, Oakland, California
Stephanie Hsia, Oakland, California
Aidan Hughes, San Francisco, California
Karen Johnston, Bellaire, Texas
Danielle Kahn, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Benjamin Keh, Los Gatos, California
Stephen Kelley, Oakland, California
Louis Kern, Oakland, California
Jan Kindel, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Sam Kornhauser, Oakland, California
Andrew Kunz, Alexandria, Virginia
Rob Luxton, Hong Kong
David Mandel, Oakland California
Stacey Meinzen, Cotati, California
Joe Mellett, Cincinnati, Ohio
Anne Marie Mifsud, Malta, Europe
Mark Moulton, Redwood City, California
Erin McDaniel, Oakland, California
Mobuhisa Muranaka, Calgary, Canada
Mitch Neuger, San Francisco, California
Amy Jo Newlun, Chillicothe, Ohio
Grace Nga Theng, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Suzanne Nolan, San Francisco, California
Bob Odland, Chico, California
Brian O’Flynn, San Francisco, California
Michael O'Hara, Hudson, New York
Siti Korota Aini Omar, Selangor, Malaysia
Magali Paris, Grenoble, France
Holly Pearson, Oakland CA
Perry Phillips, Kent, Ohio
Melina Planchenault, Montreal, QC, Canada
Greg Proefrock, San Francisco, California
Gary Purves, Snohomish, Washington
Hank Resnik, Berkeley, California
Cleon Ricardo Dos Santos, Curitiba, Brazil
Antonio Risianto, Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia
Jean Rogers, San Francisco, California
Eva Ruland, Berkeley, California
David Seaborg, Walnut Creek, California
Magdalena Steffens-Bartrim, Milton, Australia
Ingrid Severson, Oakland, California
Elizabeth Slate, Syracuse, New York
Dolly Cristina Palacio Tamayo, Bogotá D.C., Columbia
Tommy Tolson, Austin, Texas
Ann Tonks, Seattle, Washington
Joanneke Verschuur, Oakland, California
Gwen Sharada Wade, Berkeley, California
Atsushi Watanabe, Novi, Armenia
Herbert Wedge, Huston, Texas
Julie Whitcomb, San Francisco, California
Jean Woo, Berkeley, California
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