Presiding: EMILY RICHARDSON, Widener University
Speaker: TIMOTHY BEATLEY, Teresa Heinz Professor of Sustainable Communities, University of Virginia

      Timothy Beatley is Teresa Heinz Professor of Sustainable Communities in the Department of Urban and Environmental Planning, School of Architecture at the University of Virginia, where he has taught for the last 20 years. His primary teaching and research interests are in environmental planning and policy, with special emphasis on coastal and natural hazards planning, environmental values and ethics, and biodiversity conservation.
      In recent years, much of his research and writing has been focused on the subject of sustainable communities, and creative strategies by which cities, towns and regions can fundamentally reduce their ecological footprints, while at the same time becoming more livable and equitable places. He is the author of The Ecology of Place (Island Press, 1997), with Kristy Manning, which reviews innovative local sustainability practice from around the country and provides practical guidance on creating more sustainable urban forms, restorative local economies, and stronger communities. Beatley has also examined the experiences of some 30 European cities, in 12 countries, in developing and implementing sustainability strategies.