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Conference Proceedings (Video) from Bridging the Nature-Culture Divide III: Saving Nature in a Humanized World

San Francisco, CA

Watch the video proceedings from the Bridging the Nature-Culture Divide III: Saving Nature in a Humanized World conference held on January 23, 2015 at the Presidio of San Francisco. Individual speaker presentations can be accessed through the links below.

Welcome & Opening Remarks
Craig Middleton, Executive Director, The Presidio Trust


Setting the Context
Charles A. Birnbaum, FASLA, FAARFounder & President, The Cultural Landscape Foundation
Michael Boland, Chief Planning, Projects, and Programs Officer, The Presidio Trust
Peter Del Tredici, Associate Professor in Practice, Harvard Graduate School of Design


Panel 1: Preserving Nature in the Urban Environment
Moderator:
Brad McKee, Editor-in-Chief, Landscape Architecture Magazine

Speakers:
Geoff Cape, Founder & CEO, Evergreen Brick Works, Toronto
Robin Grossinger, Senior Research Scientist, San Francisco Estuary Institute
Jane Wolff, Associate Professor, University of Toronto


Panel 2: Building Awareness and Galvanizing the Public
Moderator:
Chris Spence, Director, Institute at the Golden Gate

Speakers:
Kristin Wheeler, Program Director, Institute at the Golden Gate
Jessica Chen, High School Programs Manager, Crissy Field Center
Guilder Ramirez, Urban Ecology Educator, Crissy Field Center
Sarah Schultz, Director of Education & Curator of Public Practice, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis

Audience Q & A
Moderator:
Chris Spence, Director, Institute at the Golden Gate

Panelists:
Kristin Wheeler, Program Director, Institute at the Golden Gate
Jessica Chen, High School Programs Manager, Crissy Field Center
Guilder Ramirez, Urban Ecology Educator, Crissy Field Center
Sarah Schultz, Director of Education & Curator of Public Practice, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis
 

Closing Synthesis
Greg Moore, President & CEO, Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy