Ecodesign Resource Society
Since the early days of the sustainable development movement, Mark has been involved with the Ecodesign Resource Society. It was one of the first organizations in BC to focus on sustainability and the design of buildings, landscapes, infrastructure and communities. Before the rise of the internet, it published a journal and had the largest library of green design publications in Canada. It now runs a website that provides information resources on many aspects of sustainable communities.
Mark was a founding director and co-chair of the Community Energy Association, a consortium of organizations and utilities that raised the profile of the need to do community-scale energy planning. The CEA continues to advance this work across British Columbia.
Healing Cities Institute
Mark co-founded the Healing Cities Institute to promote knowledge on how community design impacts human health. HCI is building a website full of resources on this issue.
University of British Columbia Advisory Committees
Mark has served on several Advisory Committees for the University of British Columbia, including the Faculty of Health and Social Development for its Okanagan Campus, and the School of Community and Regional Planning Advisory Committee for UBC Vancouver.
City of Vancouver
who developed the plan to make Vancouver the greenest city in the world.
Vancouver Island University Program Launch
Mark worked with the leadership team at Vancouver Island University to launch a new planning school in the fall of 2015 – and now serves as an Adjunct Professor at VIU. The VIU Planning School is a truly 21st century planning school that empowers its graduate planners to be highly effective in small communities and uses a unique teaching model of practical scholarship with a strong emphasis in learning by doing.
Urban Development Institute
Mark served for several years on the Board of the Okanagan Chapter of the Urban Development Institute where he co-chaired its Progressive Development Committee.
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Ecodesign Resource Society
Since the early days of the sustainable development movement, Mark has been involved with the Ecodesign Resource Society. It was one of the first organizations in BC to focus on sustainability and the design of buildings, landscapes, infrastructure and communities. Before the rise of the internet, it published a journal and had the largest library of green design publications in Canada. It now runs a website that provides information resources on many aspects of sustainable communities.
Community Energy Association
Mark was a founding director and co-chair of the Community Energy Association, a consortium of organizations and utilities that raised the profile of the need to do community-scale energy planning. The CEA continues to advance this work across British Columbia.
Healing Cities Institute
Mark co-founded the Healing Cities Institute to promote knowledge on how community design impacts human health. HCI is building a website full of resources on this issue.
University of British Columbia Advisory Committees
Mark has served on several Advisory Committees for the University of British Columbia, including the Faculty of Health and Social Development for its Okanagan Campus, and the School of Community and Regional Planning Advisory Committee for UBC Vancouver.
Greenest City Action Team
City of Vancouver
Mark served on Mayor Gregor Robertson’s Greenest City Action Team who developed the plan to make Vancouver the greenest city in the world.
Vancouver Island University Program Launch
Mark worked with the leadership team at Vancouver Island University to launch a new planning school in the fall of 2015 – and now serves as an Adjunct Professor at VIU. The VIU Planning School is a truly 21st century planning school that empowers its graduate planners to be highly effective in small communities and uses a unique teaching model of practical scholarship with a strong emphasis in learning by doing.
Urban Development Institute
Mark served for several years on the Board of the Okanagan Chapter of the Urban Development Institute where he co-chaired its Progressive Development Committee.
