Viva! Vancouver: A Global Sustainable City Brian D. Lee, Ph.D. Department of Landscape Architecture College of Agriculture, Food and Environment University of Kentucky Lexington, Kentucky
The Inspiration Shifting Population Rural to Urban Population Shift 2008-50%+ Human population lived in urban area 2030-60% of people will live in urban centers Professionals to design quality urban environments Sustainability Global Ecological Overshoot High quality of life recognition Vancouver examples in existing courses 2020 10 Goal Greenest City Action Plan North Vancouver Comparisons and Contrasts Courses Major Pedagogical Approach Lexington (~300K) to Vancouver (~600K) UK (~29K) to University of British Columbia (~57K) Stanley Park, Vancouver, BC, Canada Vancouver Convention Center
Focus What is it? What does it look like? What does it feel like? What is it like to live in the mindset? How might you know when you have it? Or on Target? How to you plan for it? How do you design for it? First Nations Big House Sustainability 2010 Olympic Cauldron UBC Campus Promotional Poster. Pacific Spirit Park UBC Campus. Source: Brian D. Lee Systems Thinking across Geographic and Temporal Scales Ecological Cultural/Social Economic Global Regional City Campus - Personal The Conceptual
The Course Details Summer I - 2014 May 12-15 Lexington May 15-June 3 Vancouver (19 Days) Live on UBC Campus Only Public Transport, Bicycle, and Walking Credits = 3 Enrollment Expected = 15 UK Majors = All Resident Student Budget = ~$3,500 Total Point Atkinson Lighthouse University of British Columbia Campus Living Accommodations
Highlights Designed by Cornelia Hahn Oberlander Nitobe Memorial Garden Blue Whale Skeleton UBC Botanical Garden Canopy Walk Source:Designed Brian D. Lee by Arthur Erickson Architects UBC Museum of Anthropology UBC Botanical Garden Beaty Biodiversity Museum Nitobe Memorial Garden Dr. Sun Yat Sen Chinese Garden and Park VanDusen Botanical Garden Grouse Mountain Wind Turbine Others The Destination
The Learning through Service Partners Service-Learning is a teaching and learning strategy that integrates meaningful community service with instruction and reflection to enrich the learning experience, teach civic responsibility, and strengthen communities. (National Service-Learning Clearinghouse - www.servicelearning.org) Green Forests Work Lexington based nonprofit Re-establish forests on reclaimed coal mines in Appalachia 1, 017,337 Trees Planted Plane Flight Carbon Offset Personal Carbon Debt Plant Trees (~11 Acres 5 Years) Stanley Park Ecology Society Vancouver based nonprofit Urban Park Education, Research, Conservation Current Challenges Seminar Participate in ecological restoration project
The Professional Development Office Visits/Site Tours with firms Bicycle Tour with Vancouver Bike Share Program designers UBC Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability (CIRS) UK Sustainability Office Grouse Mountain Wind Turbine LEED, SITES, Living Building Challenge The Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education STARS Vancouver Convention Center Vancouver Convention Center
The Projected Costs Undergraduate Resident Non-Resident $50 $50 UK EA Application Fee $100 $100 UK EA Administrative Fee $844 $1305 UK Sponsored Program Fee & ISP 599 Tuition $994 $1,455 Expenses billed to UK Student Account $750 Airfare + Luggage Fee $100 Local Transportation $60 Entry Fees & Field Trips $597 Canada Lodging (Single room $33/night + tax) $135 Passport (No Visa Required) $850 Meals ($50/day for 17 days) $2,592 Expenses not billed to UK Student Account $3,486 $3,947 Projected Costs Based on 10 Students No Financial Aid Assumed No Departmental Support Included Here Remember we have a four days in Lexington for course activities before we depart for Vancouver.
The Conclusion May-June, 2014 Open to students in good standing 15 Student Capacity Resident Student Budget = ~$3,500 Total All of my expenses covered by other funding Transformative learning opportunity provided Focused on toughest design problems Vancouver, Canada Thank You! Dr. Sun Yat Sen Chinese Garden and Park Rice Lake Lower Seymour Watershed
Viva! Vancouver: A Global Sustainable City Brian D. Lee, Ph.D. Department of Landscape Architecture College of Agriculture, Food and Environment University of Kentucky Lexington, Kentucky