Presentation at 2014 Massachusetts Sustainable Communities and Campuses Conference

1. Sustainability
Curricula
and
Careers
Adrian
Dahlin
Director
of
Admissions
+
Marke3ng
Conway
School
Keith
Ratner
Associate
Professor
Salem
State
University
Marcy
Yeager
Professor
Northern
Essex
Community
College

2. The
Long-­‐Term
Value
of
Experience-­‐Based
EducaBon
Adrian
Dahlin
Director
of
Admissions
+
MarkeBng
April
17,
2014

3. • 10-­‐month
MS
in
Ecological
Design
• Real
design
+
planning
projects
for
paying
clients
– scale:
residenBal,
community
+
municipal
– environment:
rural
+
urban
+
regional
• No
grades;
leave
with
a
professional
porRolio
• Graduates
are
excellent
communicators
– through
presentaBon,
wriBng
+
graphics
Conway
in
a
Nutshell

4. • TheoreBcal
concepts
applied;
classwork
made
relevant
by
real-­‐world
applicaBon
• Working
with
clients
• Learning
from
mistakes
• Pressure
to
perform
for
the
client
or
community
• Real
porRolio
The
Case
for
Experience

5. The
Conway
Career
Arc
Two
funnels
instead
of
one

6. Backgrounds
• What
you
don’t
need:
specific
credenBals
• What’s
helpful:
design
or
natural
sciences
• What
you
need
– readiness
to
learn
– desire
to
problem-­‐solve
using
spaBal
design

7. • Three
terms
• Real
projects
at
three
different
scales
• Classwork
alongside
project
work
• Public
presentaBons
• Field
trips
and
guest
lectures
• Workshops
10
months
at
Conway

8. • PorRolio
of
real
projects
• A
proven
Process
– Analysis
– Design/planning
process
• A
flexible
degree:
MSED
• Ready
to
conBnue
learning
Post-­‐Grad

9. • Landscape
Design
• Urban/Regional
Planning
• RegeneraBve
Design
• ConservaBon
• Food
Systems
• Ecological
RestoraBon
Common
Fields

10. • Wendi
Goldsmith
• Seth
Wilkinson
• Ben
Falk
Examples

11. bioengineering.com

12. wilkinsonecological.com

13. Whole
Systems
Design
uBlizes
an
interdisciplinary
team
of
land
planners,
ecological
designers,
builders,
and
educators
that
live
in
their
designs.
We
unify
convenBonally
disparate
fields
to
develop
resilient
and
regeneraBve
places.
wholesystemsdesign.com

14. • Wendi
Goldsmith
• Seth
Wilkinson
• Ben
Falk
• Dave
Jacke
-­‐
edibleforestgardens.com
• Kim
Smith
–
Sustainable
CommuniBes
IniBaBve
Examples

15. • Ability
to
problem-­‐solve
the
whole
system
• Find
needs
and
meet
them
• Say
yes
• Build
teams
/
assemble
knowledge
• Innovate
What
do
Graduates
Have
in
Common?

16.
This
kind
of
educaBon
will
define
you
as
a
professional
and
shape
your
design
paradigm.
Conway
is
for
Life

17.
Fix
what’s
broken.
Save
what
works.
Design
the
future!
Thank
You
Adrian
Dahlin
Director
of
Admissions
+
MarkeBng
adrian@csld.edu
|
(413)
369-­‐4044