Kristin Faurest
National award-winning public garden professional, environmental and design author, and landscape architecture professor. Committed to a world where everyone has equal access to nature, safe streets, and healthy food.
- Role
- Visiting Lecturer at Planetizen
- Location
- Louisville, KY, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Kristin Faurest
President and CEO of River Fields, a 66-year-old non-profit that protects and advocates for the Ohio River, its lands, and the communities that depend upon them. • Landscape architecture professional with expertise in cross-cultural meanings of landscape, urban greening, planning for social sustainability, equity and access to nature, democracy in planning and design, and community engagement. • Public garden leader, serving as director of education for two major organizations. Created educational programs for a diverse audience, built community partnerships, participated in organization-wide strategic initiatives and earned two nationally-recognized awards for program excellence from the American Public Gardens Association• Adjunct instructor in courses and studios for Master of Landscape Architecture students from more than 50 countries at the IMLA International Master\'s of Landscape Architecture program based jointly in two German natural sciences universities.• Reviewer for the Environmental Protection Agency\'s Environmental Justice grants program• Content creator for Planetizen, the nation\'s largest urban planning news and information platform. Creator of accredited lectures about landscape architecture, designing for democracy, creating spaces for people with Autism Spectrum Disorder, and socially-sustainable spatial planning.• Designer and participatory planning consultant for community-based, collaborative planning with clients including schools, neighborhood groups, a homeless shelter and an institute for people living with autism. • Author, co-author and co-editor of multiple books and articles on social aspects of public spaces and the art of the community-built.• Proud former United States Peace Corps volunteer (Hungary 1993-95)
Experience
Visiting Lecturer
Sep 2022 — Present · Los Angeles, CA, US
Deliver American Institute of Certified Planners- and American Institute of Architects-accredited content for the most widely visited urban planning information platform in the U.S. Topics include history of American landscape architecture, design for social sustainability, design of the built environment for people with autism spectrum disorder, and design for peace and democracy. Have consistently been a top-rated instructor since June 2023.
Education
Corvinus University of Budapest
Ph.D. , Landscape Architecture
2000 — 2007
Central European University
Master of Arts - MA, European History
1996 — 1997
Royal Botanic Gardens of Kew
Internship, School of Horticulture, Horticultural Science
2002 — 2002
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