Our Vision
The mission of the Joslyn Institute for Sustainable Communities is to promote an integrated approach to sustainability through education, public visioning, partnership, research, demonstration, and coordination. Sustainable design is the promotion of human systems in balance with the natural environment. The Institute was established to promote an integrated approach to issues of sustainability and to facilitate this process. In our educational programs and pilot projects, the Institute provides an opportunity to explore the broad concept of ‘sustainable development’ and look further at specific applications on a project-by-project basis. Each project is different in order to cover a range of issues.
Staff & Board of Directors
Staff
W. Cecil Steward
President/CEO
Carolyn Hove
Projects & Operations Manager
Diane Wanek
Director of Communications
Alexandra McCracken
Project Associate
Board of Directors
W. Cecil Steward, President & CEO
Dean Emeritus, College of Architecture, FAIA, DPACSA
University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Sharon Kuska, Ph.D., Vice-President
University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Jay Leighter, Ph. D., Vice-President
Creighton University
Omaha, Nebraska
James P. Cramer
Design Futures Council & The Greenway Group
Atlanta, Georgia
Mary Ferdig, Ph.D.
Sustainability Leadership Institute
Omaha, Nebraska
Charles Francis, Ph.D.
University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Lincoln, Nebraska
David Ochsner
University of Texas at Austin
Austin, Texas
Jim Powell, Ph.D.
University of Alaska Southeast
Juneau, Alaska
Daniel Scheller, Ph.D.
University of Nebraska–Omaha
Omaha, Nebraska
Nicholas You
Citistates, UN-Habitat, and Guangzhou Institute
Italy, Kenya, and China