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Robert Glennon
Robert Glennon is the Morris K. Udall Professor
of Law and Public Policy at the James E. Rogers College of Law, The University
of Arizona. He has taught law at the University of Arizona since 1985. In 1997,
he was named the Morris K. Udall Professor of Law and Public Policy. He specializes
in constitutional law, American legal history, and water law. He will discuss "Designing
Water Policy for the Future – What Can We learn From the Past?"
In October 2002, his new book, Water Follies: Groundwater Pumping
and the Fate of America’s Fresh Waters, was published by Island
Press. Before joining the faculty at Arizona, Robert taught law at
the University of Minnesota, the University of Illinois, and Wayne
State University. He received his J.D. from Boston College and a
M.A. and Ph.D. in American History at Brandeis University.
Shlomo Aronson
After receiving degrees from Berkeley and Harvard, landscape architect Shlomo Aronson founded his Jerusalem practice in 1966. Aronson’s work ranges from large scale national, regional, and urban planning to landscape planning and design. Throughout his projects, which include the design of the corridor between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, landscape master plans for the cities of Eilat, Carmiel and Nazareth, an archeological park around the Old City of Jerusalem, and parks throughout Israel, Aronson has been concerned with the ‘reintegration of building, city and territory.'
Mr. Aronson comes to the 2005 Xeriscape Conference
with important projects from the immense Deserts of the Middle East in Israel.
He will compare notes with those of us from the great Southwestern Deserts
of America. Mr. Aronson has come to the conclusion that in our time "a great proportion
of mankind will not know wild nature. Instead, urban man will meet nature
as a manmade entity, shaped and maintained by his culture, whether or not
he is aware of it……… we have the power now to maintain
the world as we want it to remain. This is our duty as human beings and
our challenge as landscape architects." Mr. Aronson has created some
of the most memorable landscapes in the arid world - parks, plazas, and
promenades. He will share those experiences with us as well as learn from
ours. We welcome the arguably most well known landscape architect from
the Middle East.
Randall Arendt
Randall Arendt is a land-use planner, site designer, author, lecturer, and an advocate of "conservation planning". He received his B.A. degree from Wesleyan University (magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa) and his M.Phil. degree in Urban Design and Regional Planning from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, where he was a St. Andrew's Scholar.
He is the founder and president of Greener Prospects, a national consulting practice focusing on conservation planning and design. He also serves as the Senior Conservation Advisor at the Natural Lands Trust in Media, Pennsylvania, and is the former Director of Planning and Research at the Center for Rural Massachusetts, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, where he taught in the graduate program of the Department of Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning. as an Adjunct Professor.
In 2003 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Town Planning Institute in London, and in 2004 he was elected an Honorary Member of the American Society of Landscape Architects.
Mr. Arendt is the author of more than 20 publications and books.
JOEL GLANZBERG
Joel Glanzberg has broad experience in design and management of green building and ecological restoration projects, particularly in the arid regions of the southwest US and Latin America. He has also worked extensively in the field of regenerative agriculture, including recent agricultural restoration projects in Maryland and Pennsylvania. He has worked as a consultant to the City of Santa Fe, NM on watershed restoration, where he has helped to design and implement programs for public education and engagement. An active author and educator in the fields of permaculture and ecological restoration, and skilled in cross-cultural communication and teaching, Joel has taught throughout the U.S., and South America, and worked with a number of Native American tribes and communities. He was recently honored by the Center for Sustainable Environments at Northern Arizona University, and by the Museum of Northern Arizona for his work with traditional agriculture and crops throughout the American Southwest. His research has focused on the integration of traditional agricultural/agro-forestry techniques and species from dryland areas world wide. Joel is co-founder of Flowering Tree Permaculture Institute. Flowering Tree¹s half acre demonstration site near Espanola, New Mexico, has caught world attention for its low cost, family scale permanent agricultural systems. Groups from across the United States, Botswana, the Philippines, Equador and Canada have attended classes and toured Flowering Tree. He has taught classes at Flowering Tree, Living Structures, Prescott College in Arizona, University of New Mexico, the Desert Botanical Garden, the Permaculture Institute of Peru and Ecoversity. Joel and his work have been featured in numerous publications, TV programs and video tapes. Articles on Joel¹s work can be seen in the New Garden Journal, American Horticulturist Magazine, New Mexico Solar Energy Association Journal, Droppings, Designer/Builder Magazine and the Permaculture Drylands Journal.
William Dick-Peddie
Mr. Dick-Peddie is the author of perhaps the
preeminent book about New Mexico’s
past, horticulturally speaking. Throughout his career he learned about our
future by focusing on our past. Mr. Dick-Peddie is professor emeritus of New
Mexico State University and will discuss the change that has occurred to our
southwestern landscape from the beginnings of history until today. His talk
should be informative and enlightening.
David Salman
Mr. Salman, owner of Santa Fe Greenhouses, is responsible for a great number
of plant introductions into our desert environment from places as far away
as South Africa. His tireless explorations of high country plants which
survive the rigors of the desert environment has been the hallmark of his
career. He has lectured throughout the southwest and regularly participates
in developing new choices and xeric approaches to landscaping.
Art Ludwig
Art Ludwig
Ecological Systems Designer and Greywater Guru Art Ludwig has probably paid more attention to Greywater systems the past fourteen years than anyone else on the planet. He’s written three books and numerous articles on Greywater systems, developed several new system designs, and consulted with New York and New Mexico on their Greywater laws. He’s also worked on water and wastewater systems in twenty two countries around the world.
With recent legal changes that allow Greywater systems to be installed without a permit application, New Mexico and Arizona are in the forefront of the Greywater revolution.
This presentation will explain:
• What nature has to teach us about water system design
• How natural systems purify water so spectacularly well
• Efficient use, including radical redesign of fixtures and cascading water through multiple uses
• Systems for beneficial reuse of water and nutrients in wastewater, including Greywater, and blackwater systems
• The benefits of greywater reuse
• Strategies for realizing the immediate and future benefits of greywater in existing buildings and new construction
Panayoti Kelaidis
Panayoti Kelaidis, Curator of Plant Collections at the Denver Botanic Gardens,
was the designer of its Rock Alpine Garden, one of the best collections
of alpine plants in North America. An internationally known plantsman and
recipient of many awards including the 2003 Award of Excellence from National
Garden Clubs, Inc., Panayoti travels extensively to study and collect plants,
lectures worldwide on rock garden plants, and is the author of numerous
books and articles.
Brent Mecham
Brent Mecham is a Landscape Water Management and Conservation Specialist with the Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District. He explores ways to improve landscape and irrigation management to better use limited water resources. He is an irrigation professional certified as a Designer, Auditor and Contractor by the Irrigation Association and is an Authorized Instructor for the IA. He was also co-chair for GreenCo’s BMP document.
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For the 10th Conference, we have changed
the format to conduct the ‘open to the public’ day
totally separate from the 2-day conference. This year you will
be able to attend the entire 2-day paid conference and then also
attend the Saturday free day with at least 6 free seminars and
over 100 exhibits! Details will be added soon.
Two-Day Conference – 24-25
Feb 2005
Free Day – 26 Feb 2005
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THANK YOU:
The Xeriscape Council recognizes the following four organizations for their major contributions to the Council which enables us to continue to offer this 2-day conference for only $100. and to offer the free 'open to the public' day with free seminars as a service to the community.
City of Albuquerque Water Conservation Division - www.cabq.gov/waterconservation
Just Sprinklers - www.justsprinklers.com
Rocky Mountain Stone - www.rmstone.com
Rowlands Nursery - www.erowlands.com
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