Fifteen years ago Waitakere became the first New Zealand city to adopt the Ecocity name. Making that vision a reality has been an all-encompassing task of sensible targets and exciting technology across all areas of city development. Real sustainability there, however, depends on people’s involvement. Judy was an early pioneer of the Waitakere Way – working in partnership. She is a member of the governing council of Waitakere’s tertiary institute, Unitec, is a three-term City Council Member. Prior to becoming a city councillor 7 years ago Judy managed a NZ education project to develop values education in schools.
Maria Rosario is Senior Architect and Planner, PADCO/AECOM, working in the Latin America from Washington, DC. Her 26-year international career in architecture, urban design and urban planning has been deeply influenced by her work at IPPUC, the Institute for Research and Urban Planning of Curitiba. As IPPUC’s official representative for their ecological innovations, policies and projects, she was one of our key speakers at Ecocity 4 in Curitiba and Ecocity 5 in Shenzhen, China. Her work calls for an integrated macro vision of urban planning: land use, transportation and circulation, plus the preservation of natural resources, combined to promote social and economic development.
Doug Eberhard, Senior Director, Autodesk Geospatial Division, Autodesk, San Raphel, CA
Doug Eberhard has over 16 years of global experience developing information management and technology solutions. He has led and managed innovative information technology modeling, visualization and communication solutions on hundreds of projects ranging from small scale planning and engineering studies to large scale construction programs and enterprise technology deployments. Doug is an architect and designer for 3D Modeling and Visualization solutions, Internet-based project management, content management, project controls and collaboration solutions. He founded 4D Imaging, Inc. (acquired by Parsons Brinckerhoff in 1991) and was co-founder of Company 39, Inc. (Parsons Brinckerhoff’s IT / Internet / New media subsidiary launched in 2000 ).
Since 1990, Wendy’s New York-based company, Modern World Design, has created services and products that promote engagement and sustainability, including the Green Apple Map of NYC’s environmentally significant places. This original eco-mapping project has grown into the Green Map System that has produce over 300 Green Maps world wide. Green Map System energizes a global movement of local mapmaking teams charting their community’s natural, cultural and green living resources. Wendy is on the International New Mobility Advisory Council and a co-founder and board member of O2NYC a designers organization working for values of sustainability in the profession.
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