Tuesday, October 16, 2007

Quote: Walter Cudnohufsky

"The greatest exercise in human capacity is to see the possibility for development and leave it alone"

Walter Cudnuohufsky is a landscape architect and planner located in Ashfield, Massachusetts. He is an accomplished artist and writer, and in 1972 founded the Conway School of Landscape Design.

I asked him what led to establishing a master's program in landscape design and his response was "madness." He took all the negative aspects of his degrees from the University of Michigan, Harvard Design School and his time teaching at the University of Massachusetts, removed them and started a program of his own.

"The mission of the Conway School of Landscape Design is to explore, develop, practice, and teach design of the land that is ecologically and socially sustainable."

Although he refrains from over-using the term "sustainable", Walter continues to be a leader in the realm of socially and ecologically responsible land use and design, and in my eyes, defines the concept of revolutionary thought.

Monday, October 1, 2007

Interview Series

Over the next month or so we will be conducting and publishing a series of interviews with leaders that are and have been pushing the boundaries of what it means to design, communicate, influence, help, and live sustainable. These interviews will help to define the term sustainability and provide insight as to how we all can live, work, and prosper while being socially and environmentally responsible. Make sure to check in for updates… I'll be posting soon.