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Conference Proceedings (Video) from Bridging the Nature-Culture Divide III

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