He is the founding director of the Center and is known for fusing climate justice and policy work with the landscape architecture and planning professions.
[1] He teaches, writes, lectures, and works on the intersection of climate change and the built environment, often through the policy framework known as the Green New Deal.
[3] He became the founding Wilks Family Director of the McHarg Center in 2017, where he's led a variety of public research projects, events, and coursework dedicated to the Green New Deal and its role in bringing climate justice into the design professions.
[8] In 2019, he worked with Frederick Steiner, Richard Weller, and Karen M'Closkey to organize Design With Nature Now to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Ian McHarg's landmark book.
The celebration involved a conference, three exhibitions, a book, and a special issue of the journal Socio-Ecological Practice Research.