David Jacke
Master Teacher/Permaculture
Dave Jacke has been a student of ecology and design since the 1970s. The primary author of Edible Forest Gardens (2005), he has run his own ecological design firm—Dynamics Ecological Design—since 1984. Dave is an engaging and passionate teacher of ecological design and permaculture, and a meticulous designer. He has consulted on, designed, built, and planted landscapes, homes, farms, and communities in many parts of the United States, as well as overseas. A cofounder of Land Trust at Gap Mountain in Jaffrey, NH, he homesteaded there for a number of years. He also cofounded the newly-formed Apios Institute, which researches and propagates “regenerative perennial agriculture” in temperate climates.
• MALD, The Conway School (1984)
• BA, Magna Cum Laude, Environmental Studies, Simon’s Rock College (1980)
Darrel Morrison
Master Teacher/Design
Darrel Morrison is a fellow of the American Society of Landscape Architects and Professor and Dean Emeritus at the University of Georgia. Currently a resident of New York City, he has taught at Conway since 1992. Darrel has been a pioneer in landscape restoration and ecological design and has received awards for his work at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center in Austin, Texas, and elsewhere. He is a gifted teacher who has received national teaching awards from the council of Educators in Landscape Architecture and the American Horticultural Society. Since 1997 Darrel has been a design and ecological consultant to the Storm King Art Center, a 500-acre sculpture park in New York State.
• MSLA, University of Wisconsin (1969)
• BSLA, Iowa State University (1959)
Joel Russell
Master Teacher/Conservation Law
Joel Russell has been at the forefront of smart growth, land conservation, and new urbanism for 30 years as a planning consultant and land use attorney. Drafting land use ordinances that emphasize quality design, the creation of a sense of place, traditional neighborhood development, and the preservation of open space and environmental resources, he is a national authority on how to contain suburban sprawl and a principal co-author of Codifying New Urbanism (American Planning Association, 2004). Since 1982, Joel has helped to preserve over 25,000 acres of land working with landowners and twelve land trusts. He co-founded and served as Executive Director of the Dutchess Land Conservancy in New York, and is currently a Fellow of the Glynwood Center in Cold Spring, NY, developing an advanced training program in land use regulation to address climate change and sustainable development. He has published numerous articles and spoken at conferences throughout the United States. Joel served on the Conway School Board of Trustees from 1992 through 2001, and is now a Conway Adviser.
• JD, Boston University Law School (1978)
• MUA (Master of Urban Affairs), Boston University (1974)
• BA, Harvard University (1972)
Erik van Lennep
Master Teacher/Sustainability
Erik van Lennep is a sustainability consultant, green design practitioner, entrepreneur and trainer in Dublin, Ireland. He has worked to set up innovative community projects and NGOs in Ireland and the USA for more than 30 years. Erik is the founder of international design collaborative TEPUI, created to research, promote, and apply living technologies as a concrete response to climate change. He is co-founder of Cultivate Sustainable Living Centre in Dublin, and co-developer of a post-graduate Irish national course on Sustainable Design Innovation.
• MALD, The Conway School (1983)