Lecture | Forestscaping: How to Bring Back Our Lost Forests in Cities
04/01/2019
As part of the FAFS Lecture Series, and in collaboration with The Neighbourhood Initiative and theOtherDada, we invite you to an open lecture on "Forestscaping: How to Bring Back Our Lost Forests in Cities" by Mr. Shubhendu Sharma, founder and director of Afforestt.
@ 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM in FAFS | Michel and Sherine Bayoud Lecture Hall
About the lecture: In his talk, Shubhendu Sharma will discuss the Miyawaki method of afforestation and the mission of his enterprise 'Afforestt' to bring back native forests, specializing in making natural forests of native species in urban landscapes. Compared to conventional plantations, these forests are 30 times denser, maintenance free, and can be created in spaces as small as just 100 square meters. Check out Mr. Sharma's latest TED Talk: How to plant a tiny forest near you. About the speaker:
Shubhendu Sharma is an eco-entrepreneur, founder, and director of 'Afforestt', a for-profit enterprise established in India in 2011 and devoted to planting native forests for all kinds of clients, from farmers to corporations to city governments. Mr. Sharma is an expert in Miyawaki method of afforestation. By integrating art, design, and forests, Afforestt has been creating forestscapes in urban spaces, creating a natural forest-like environment in otherwise heavily urbanized spaces using an accelerated method. Mr. Sharma is visiting Beirut to work on the Beirut River Urban Reforestation Pilot Project as part of Beirut RiverLESS initiative by theOtherDada.
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Yaser Abunnasr (LDEM) and Stephen M. Wheeler (UC-D) co-present at UC Davis Arab Region Consortium
03/06/2019
Dr. Yaser Abunnasr, associate professor LDEM, and Dr. Stephen M. Wheeler, professor of Urban Design and Sustainability, UC Davis co-presented on the topic
Mitigating Heat islands for Dryland Cities, at the UC Davis Arab Region Consortium Sustainability Research and Training Program.
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Ecosystem Management graduate student Ranim Koleilat receives the ‘Rasha and Nouhad Daouk Student Development Award’
02/12/2019
Further to the LDEM department’s recommendation, our ecosystem management graduate student
Ranim Koleilat was selected by FAFS Dean Mohtar to receive the new Student travel grant the ‘Rasha and Nouhad Daouk Student Development Award’.
Ranim will attend the '2019 Children and Nature Network International Conference’ which will be held in Oakland, California in May 2019. The conference is organized by the ‘Children and Nature Network’ and Ranim was accepted for a poster presentation about her thesis research entitled ‘The Learning Landscape of Biophilia: Design guidelines for kindergarten Schools with Marginal Space and Resources’.
Click here to visit the conference main page.
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LDEM student Tara Kanj ranks 1st in Turkish Indoor Championship
02/07/2019
Congratulations to our Landscape Architecture student
Tara Kanj for setting the women's national record and getting
first place in the 400m relay in the Turkish Indoor Championship!
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LDEM student Christelle Moussa among winners in IFI Climate Change competition
01/24/2019
LDEM is proud to announce
Ms. Christelle Moussa as 5th place winner with her proposed research "Vegetation as a UHI mitigation measure in arid contexts: The case of Dubai". Ms. Moussa is an ECOM student and is supervised by Dr. Yaser Abunnasr.
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Nayla Al-Akl, Associate Dean of Student Affairs
01/15/2019
LDEM Assistant Professor
Nayla Al-Akl appointed Associate Dean of Student Affairs,
effective January 15, 2019.
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Workshop on Interactive Lecturing, Dr. Yaser Abunnasr
11/15/2018
Dr.
Yaser Abunnasr organized and conducted a workshop on Interactive Lecturing for the
Center of Teaching and Learning and presented the ideas, tools, and experiences of interactive lecturing.
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