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EDUCATION:
BA, Earth Sciences, University of California, San Diego, 1970.
Master of Science, Ecology, University of California, Davis, 1973.
     Emphasis: Ecosystem processes and resource management.
     Completed courses and preliminary work for PhD in Ecology 1973-1977.
     Proposed dissertation: Ecological planning.

EXPERIENCE:
1995-Present.
Associate Professor and Coordinator of Environmental Studies, United States International University, San Diego. Teach and mentor students, develop curricula, program materials and courses, marketing and implementation for sustainable resource management based environmental studies degree program, conduct research, participate on campus committees, develop campus sustainability plan, garden and landscaping plans, and energy and water use review. Develop conference proposals and conduct conferences.
     Book out for review, New Hope for Arid Lands: Desert Restoration. 
     Books in progress: 2nd edition, the Straw Bale House; Sustainable Resource Management textbook; Water is More Precious than Gold; The Ecological and Cultural Consequences of the Fur War in the West, 1790-1840; and Ecocomposite Materials.
 
Past leader, California Agroforestry Group. 
Past advisor, California Energy Commission panels on Advanced Wall Systems and Passive Solar Systems; Roadside Management Review Committee, California Department of Transportation; Center for Resource Management, University of Yucatan; and National Affordable Housing Coalition.

1989-Current.
Adjunct faculty, administrator, and restoration ecologist, San Diego State University. Develop and manage research programs in environmental restoration with funding from state, federal and private sources. Conduct field research, analyze data, write, photograph, and illustrate public, technical, and scientific papers and manuals, develop field instruments. Supervise and work with research staff and students on research projects. Serve as MS thesis adviser and committee member for ecology graduate students. Supervise and advise on other MS theses and undergraduate research projects.

1989-1992.
Adjunct faculty. William Carey International University, Pasadena, California. Teach Agroforestry and sustainable agriculture courses. Supervise directed readings. Serve on MS thesis committees in agroforestry and sustainable agriculture.

May-June 1989.
Site visits, research, and collaboration with agroforesters in four provinces of China as an invited guest of the Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing.

1986-1988.
Public information representative and agroecologist, Dry Lands Research Institute, University of California, Riverside. Research and publication development involving sustainable resource management, agriculture, and dry land ecology. Responsible for publications, proposal writing, public relations, development, and research. Funded research projects included: Sustainable agriculture information project (University of California Sustainable Agriculture Program), Revegetation in the Sonoran Desert (CalTrans) and Selenium harvesting with plants (University of California). Primary responsibility for projects on Maya agroforestry (Pacific Rim Program) and Selenium in California (California Water Resources Control Board). Coauthor MacArthur proposal on sustainable resource management in Mexico (successful award of $750,000). Advise and assist MS thesis development and undergraduate research.
     Committee activities at UCR: Agricultural Museum Committee, USDA CSRS Western Region Low-input and Sustainable Agriculture Advisory Committee, University of California Natural Reserve System, Granite Mountain and Cholla Reserve evaluation committees, Campus Task Force subcommittee on Natural Resource Management and Sustainable Development.

1981-1995.
Writing, consulting, teaching, research, design, and development. Environmental analysis and management, sustainability issues, agroforestry, agriculture, and energy. Including work for public and private organizations. Recent projects include: Alternate uses for rice straw in California for the California Air Resources board, Agroforestry in the S.W. for the U.S. Forest Service.

1978-1981.
Founder and President, Passive Solar Institute, Davis, California. For promotion, education, research, and consulting in passive solar systems. Including research and design work on new and retrofit projects in residential and commercial buildings, planning for energy conservation and ecologically sound development. Contributor to the California Passive Solar Handbook for the California Energy Commission.

1977-1978.
Special consultant, Solar Office, California Energy Commission, Sacramento, California. Development and management of passive solar program elements including natural cooling, daylighting, passive water heaters, solar tax credit guidelines.

1977-1981.
Consultant, researcher, writer, and teacher. Energy and passive solar design consultant, research and writing on passive solar design, energy conservation. Consultant for Sunset magazine for their solar books, special consultant, Judge for the Federal Department of Housing and Urban Development Passive Solar Competition, free-lance writing for national and international publications.

1975-1977.
Planner for Living Systems, Winters, California. Direct and conduct research and writing on energy conservation and planning, research and development of passive solar heating and cooling, author of microclimate and water conservation materials. Trainer for City of Davis Climatic Building Code workshops with local builders and developers.

1975.
Consulting planner to the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG), Berkeley. Responsible for elements of Land Use Manual for ABAG and Land Capability Analysis for U.S. Geological Survey.

1972-1974.
Co-founder, Director, and Vice-President of Bainbridge, Behrens, and Moore, Inc. Manage and participate in planning and research in environmental impact, low-cost housing, and bikeway design.

1971-1972.
Graduate student intern, environmental consultant with Assembly Committee on Environmental Quality. Staff work on California Environmental Quality Act guidelines and related issues.

Summer 1971.
Director, Environmental Geology Research Group, San Diego County Environmental Development Agency. Develop program and participate and direct staff in mapping and research.

Summer 1970.
Member, Coastal Lagoon Research Group, County of San Diego Environmental Task Force. Research and develop report on coastal lagoon ecology, preservation and management.

SPECIAL TRAINING AND REGISTRATION:
San Diego REBRAC. Stormwater management. San Diego, CA. 2000.
California Department of Forestry/California Licensed Forester's Association. 1999.
     Redding, California. 
Archeology field training, passed exam to become a certified archeology field
     surveyor.
California Licensed Forester's Association. 1998. Workshop on becoming a
     registered professional forester, December.
American Fisheries Society. 1998. Stream water quality monitoring certification
     workshop, Mission Trails, San Diego.
University of California, Riverside. 1987. Commonwealth Agricultural Bureau Data
     Base Training.
Timber felling. 1981. Lake Tahoe Community College.
Community College Instructor Credential 207311. Ecology and earth sciences,
     geography, geology and geophysics.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
United States International University, San Diego.
ENV 2000. Introduction to Environmental Science
ENV 2001. Sustainable Resource Management
ENV 2003. Environmental Design
ENV 3200. Water Use and Management
ENV 3288. Field Studies
ENV 3300. Energy Use and Management
ENV 3500. San Diego: The Regional Environment
ENV 3750. Independent Study
ENV 3800. Environmental History
ENV 4000. Environmental Economics
ENV 4100. Environmental restoration
ENV 4200. Environmental law
ENV 4750. Independent Study
FREX1000. First Year Experience through the natural sciences
HUM 1020. Interdisciplinary seminar for all first year students.
               The Good Life, with Drs. Richardson, Schmiege and Zolynas.
NSC 2212. Life, Environment, Society (cultural geography)

San Diego State University.
Spring 1998. Biology 539. Restoration Ecology with M. Allen and T. Zink.
Fall. 1993. Biology 596. Environmental Restoration with E. Allen.

William Carey International University, Pasadena.
1989, 1991. Agroforestry and sustainable agriculture.
Directed readings in agroforestry and sustainable agriculture.

Lake Tahoe Community College.
1980. The self-sufficient home. Primarily about the construction of solar super-insulated homes, but also included gardening, food, nutrition and health.
1979. Passive solar design for builders.
1980-1984. Solar design for Realtors, extension classes (4 times).

University of California, Davis.
1977. Environmental planning. Teaching Assistant, Division of Environmental Studies. Administered laboratory section, grading, lectures, and discussion.
1975. Environmental design. Instructor. Experimental College.
1975. Environmental geology for planners. Instructor, Extension.
1974. Davis environment: ecology, planning, and management. Instructor. Extension.
1972. Workshop on environmental impact analysis. Program development and lecturer. Extension.

THESIS SUPERVISION:
One MS Thesis committee in architecture, UC Berkeley 1995.
Six MS Thesis committees in ecology, SDSU, 1993-96.
Two MS Thesis committees in agroforestry. William Carey International University, Pasadena, 1989-91.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
2001
Halting and Reversing Desertification. Journal of International Studies.
     2000/2001:1-30.
Irrigation and surface mulch effects on transplant establishment. Native Plant
     Journal 2(1):25-29.
Safety concerns. Fine Homebuilding. January #136. p. 12.
Natural heating and cooling. Sustainable Energy Coalition. Web page. (6 pages).
Balance of energy and environment. Los Angeles Times (letters) 1/31.
Buried clay pot irrigation. Agricultural Water Management (in press) 14 p.
Going commercial - straw bale buildings. The Last Straw (accepted).
Onset: computer based monitoring instruments. The Last Straw (accepted).
Straw bale building: Book Review. Fine Homebuilding (in press) 1 p.
Submitted.
Designing Sustainable Communities: Learning from Village Homes: Book review.
     Environment.
Treeshelters improve growth and seed set for Nassella pulchra. Journal of Range
     Management.
In revision.
Economic incentives for managing stormwater. Journal of Ecological Economics.
Revegetation of Nassella pulchra in a Cuyamaca Mountain Oak Savanna.
     Ecological Restoration.

2000
with Fred Edwards, Tom Zink and Michael Allen. Rainfall catchments improve
     survival of container transplants at Mojave Desert site. Restoration Ecology
     18(2):100-103.
Surface shaping to improve grass establishment. Grasslands 10(3):1, 6-8.
Repairing Damaged Wildlands. Book Review. Ecological Restoration 18(4):272-273.
Straw bale building. Resource 7(3):9-10.
The Karoo: Ecological Pattern and Process. Book Review. Ecoscience (in press).
Too much of a good thing: the nitrogen pollution problem. Green Teacher. 60:5-7.
The risks of genetically engineered crops. Sustainability Review 15:2-5.
The pros and cons of genetically engineered crops. Resource 7(1):33.
Natural Resource Management and Institutional Change: Book review. Journal of
     Environmental Education 32(1):59.
The Complete Guide to Environmental Careers in the 21st Century: Book Review.
     Journal of Environmental Education 31(4):57.
The Industrial Green Game--review. Journal of Environmental Education
     31(2):39-40.
Best books - Environmental Restoration, Environmental History and Straw Bale
     Building. Fields of Knowledge Infography web project.
Sick buildings-sick people. San Diego Earth Times, June.
Solving the transportation problem in San Diego. San Diego Earth Times, May 4 p.

1999
with Jeff Lovich. Anthropogenic degradation of the Southern California desert
     ecosystem and prospects for natural recovery and restoration. Environmental
     Management. 24(3):309-326.
with M.F. Allen, E.B. Allen, T.A. Zink, S. Harney, L.C. Yoshida, C. Siguenza, F.
     Edwards, C. Hickson, M. Rillig, C. Doljanin, and R. MacAller. Soil
     Microorganisms. Chapter 22. Pp. 521-544. In L. R. Walker, ed. Ecosystems of
     Disturbed Ground. Elsevier, New York.
Sick building syndrome. The Last Straw - The Journal of Straw Bale Building
     #27:10.
Soil pitting for revegetation. Land and Water. 43(1):30-32.
An historic bilge pump. Classic Boat #134. p. 82.
Natural materials for erosion control. Proceedings 1st Regional Conference on
     Erosion and Sediment Control. Western Chapter, International Erosion Control
     Association, San Diego 8 p.
Staple resistance to pull-out in straw bale walls. The Last Straw - The Journal of
     Straw Bale Building #25:24-25.
Back to basics: The elephant foot grade beam foundation. The Last Straw - The
     Journal of Straw Bale Building #25:5.
A typical week in the almost perfect job. The Envoy 10(10):1-2.

1998
with D. Grantz, D. Vaughn, R. Farber, B. Kim, L. Ashburger, T. VanCuren, R.
     Campbell and T. Zink. Transplanting native plants to revegetate abandoned
     farmland in the western Mojave Desert. Journal of Environmental Quality
     27(4):960-967.
with D. Grantz, D. Vaughn, R. Farber, B. Kim, L. Ashburger, T. VanCuren, R.
     Campbell and T. Zink. Though difficult to achieve, revegetation is the best
     way to stabilize soil. California Agriculture 52(4):8-13.
Ecological Economics - review. Journal of Environmental Education. 30(3):43-44.
The Environmental Studies Program: Progress Report and Proposal. USIU. 
     33 p.
Restoration equipment and supplies. SERG/USIU for CalTrans. 20 p.
The hay bale house. Old House Journal 26(5):29.
Four Bookmarks. Computer Link-SD Union Tribune 6/30-1998, p. 17.
A handbook for erosion control and watershed rehabilitation. SERG/USIU ESP for
     State Parks OHMVRA. San Diego, CA 120 p.
with Bill and Athena Steen. Super -efficient irrigation with buried clay pots. USIU
     Environmental Studies/Canelo Project. 5 p.
with Robert MacAller and Tom Zink. Five Year Erosion Control Plan for the National
     Training Center, Fort Irwin, CA. SERG, SDSU. 172 p.
with Lisa Heffernan. Plant Community Restoration at the Fleet Industrial Supply
     Center, Point Loma. SERG, SDSU. 26 p.

1997
The nitrogen pollution problem. Newsletter of the Society for Ecological
     Restoration, California Section. 7(3):3-4.
Life cycle costs. SD Earth Times December.
The flood next time. SD Earth Times October. p. 4-6.
Agroforestry for the Southwest. pp. 35-38 in M. Merwin, ed., The Status
     Opportunity and Need for Agroforestry in the United States. Association for
     Temperate Agroforestry, Columbia Missouri.
contributor. A.M. Gordon and S.M. Newman. Temperate Agroforestry Systems.
     CAB International, Oxford, England. 269 p.
Why are our buildings so poor? Earth Times July. p. 9-10.
Creating a solar home or apartment. Earth Times June. p. 9.
Environmental careers. Earth Times May. p. 8-9.
with Robert MacAller. Erosion control and exotic plant control plan for the Fleet
     Industrial Supply Center, Tank Farm. SERG for the US Navy.
McClelland road south site, restoration plan. SERG for the US Navy.
A restoration plan for Carroll Creek. USIU. (draft). 22 p.
with M. Allen et al. The effect of disturbance on microorganisms. Book chapter.
Lessons from the tumbleweed centennial. pp. 16-20. Lovich, J., J. Randall, and M.
     Kelly, eds. Proceedings California Exotic Pest Plant Council Symposium-Volume
     2:1996.
Agroforestry for the Southwest: a rich past and promising future. National
     Agroforestry Meeting, Ft. Collins. USFS Rocky Mountain Forest and Range
     Experiment Station, Ft. Collins, CO General Technical Report GTR-RM 
     (in press).
editor for a report by Katarina Trojnar. 1997. Managing trail erosion at Torrey
     Pines State Reserve. ESP, USIU. 21 p.
Soil pitting to improve native plant establishment. SERG, Biology Department,
     SDSU for California Department of Transportation, Biology 12 p.

1996
Restoration of Desert ORV damage. SERCAL 6th annual conference, Restoration as
     Process, San Luis Obispo, CA p 25.
with David Amme. Erosion control and watershed rehabilitation at Hungry Valley
     State Vehicle Recreation Areas. SERCAL 6th annual conference, Restoration as
     Process, San Luis Obispo, CA p 23.
Hands on environmental studies. Earth Times. September. p. 9
Chapter 4. Scheduling and Timing for Restoration Projects. Manager's Manual,
     Desert Restoration Task Force (in revision). DRTF, 29 Palms.
A New Environmental Restoration Agency. Restoration and Management Notes (in
     revision).
Improving the Sustainability of the U.S.I.U. Campus in San Diego 25 p.
with Robert MacAller. Tree shelters improve desert planting success. pp. 57-59 in
     J.C. Brissette, ed. Proceedings of the Tree Shelter Conference, Harrisburg, PA.
     USDA Northeastern Forest Experiment Station General Technical Report
     NE-221, Radnor, PA.
Plaster for straw bale buildings. The Last Straw 13:15.
Vertical mulch for soil improvement. Restoration and Management Notes 14(1):72.
Soil imprinting to improve native plant establishment. Biology Department, SDSU
     for California Department of Transportation, Biology 7 p.
Soil pitting to improve native plant establishment. Biology Department, SDSU for
     California Department of Transportation, Biology 7 p.
with David Eisenberg, Tom Zink and Lynne Bayless. Alternatives to rice straw
     burning. Cal Poly SLO for Air Resources Board, SLO. 85 p. + appendices.

1995
with M. Fidelibus and R. MacAller. Techniques for plant establishment in arid
     ecosystems. Restoration and Management Notes 13(2):198-202
with A. Gomez-Pompa. Tropical forestry as if people mattered. pp. 408-422. In
     A.E. Lugo and C. Lowe, eds. Tropical Forests: Management and Ecology,
     Springer Verlag, NY
with Robert MacAller, M. Fidelibus, R. Franson, L. Lippitt, and A.C. Williams. 
     A Beginners Guide to Desert Restoration. National Park Service, Denver,
     CO 34 pages.
Or just bury a clay pot (irrigation). Gardeners Companion: The Old Farmer's
     Almanac 12-13.
Coastal sage scrub restoration and development. USIU Environmental Studies for
     Quail Garden Conference, 2 p.
Restoration research at the South Flat, Red Rock Canyon State Park. SDSU
     Biology for California State Parks. 33 pages.
with John Klironomos. Collembolas for biocontrol? Forest Nursery Notes. January.
     20-21
The soft-skin building. The Last Straw 12:31
with R. MacAller and R.L. Franson. Tests of the ability of heap leach material to
     support plant growth. Proceedings of the National Meeting of the American
     Society for Surface Mining and Reclamation, Gillette, Wyoming. 7 p.
with Steve Netto. Dustfall at Castle Mountain Mine. Castle Mountain Mine
     Revegetation Report 4:AIV36-45
Desert Revegetation: Technical Report. SDSU Biology for Caltrans. 140 p.
Hay's for houses. UC Davis Magazine Summer. p. 34.

1994
with M. Fidelibus and L. Lippitt. Native seed collection, processing and storage.
     Restoration Ecology 2(2):120-131.
Container optimization: field data support innovation. pp. 99-104 In Proceedings
     of the Western Forest and Conservation Nursery Association Meeting,
     Moscow, Id. USFS Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station, Ft.
     Collins, CO GTR-RM 257.
with M. Fidelibus. The effect of containerless transport on desert shrubs.
     Treeplanters Notes. Summer 45(2):82-85.
with Kris Conners, Mike Allen, Tom Zink. Europium staining for soil ecosystems
     disturbance evaluation. Restoration and Management Notes. 12(2):211-212.
with E. Bauder and S.P. Netto. Habitat restoration and enhancement for the
     Cuyumaca Lake downingia (Downingia concolor ssp. brevior) at Cuyumaca
     Rancho State Park. SDSU Biology for California Department of Fish and Game
     61 p.
Treeshelters improve establishment on dry sites. Treeplanters Notes. Winter
     45(1):13-16.
with L. Lippitt. Container plant production for restorationists. p 27 In: Society for
     Ecological Restoration, Conference Abstracts. Lansing, MI, August 9-15, 1994.
with M. Darby and R. Virginia. Soil microsymbionts and nutrients improve growth
     and survival of mesquite. p 31 In: Society for Ecological Restoration,
     Conference Abstracts. Lansing, MI, August 9-15, 1994.
with M. Fidelibus and R. Franson. Revegetation of overburden at a Mojave Desert
     gold mine. p 32 In: Society for Ecological Restoration, Conference Abstracts.
     Lansing, MI, August 9-15, 1994.
with R. Franson, M. Darby and M. Fidelibus. Application of the infection unit
     method to evaluate VAM fungal infectivity of topsoil during storage. p 33 In:
     Society for Ecological Restoration, Conference Abstracts. Lansing, MI, 
     August 9-15, 1994.
with R. MacAller, R. Franson and D. Waldecker. Plant/soil relations of reference
     sites to improve gold mine restoration. p 36 In: Society for Ecological
     Restoration, Conference Abstracts. Lansing, MI, August 9-15, 1994.
Plant protection. Biology Department for CalTrans, SDSU. SD, CA. 7 p.
with A. and B. Steen, D. Eisenberg. The Straw Bale House. Chelsea Green, VT
     320 p.
with David Eisenberg and Lynne Bayless. Strawbale construction. California Builder
     62(3):42-43
with M. Fidelibus, R. MacAller, and M. Darby. Container types and soil mixes for
     desert restoration. Biology Department for CalTrans, SDSU. SD, CA. 10 p.
with J. Rieger and M. Fidelibus. Restoration monitoring: programs for advancing
     the technology. abs. California Chapter Society for Ecological Restoration,
     Spring.
Fire safety: field tested in Mother Nature's laboratory. The Last Straw 8:17.
The college (straw) bale buildoffs. The Last Straw. 6:25,33
with M. Fidelibus. 1994. Microcatchment water harvesting for desert revegetation
     SDSU Biology for CalTrans. 12 p.
Restoration Plan for the Ant Hill, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park. SDSU Biology for
     State Parks. 90p.

1993
The great straw conference: Cirencester, England. The Last Straw. 2(1):14-15.
with L. Lippitt. Three quick seed evaluation methods. Restoration and
     Management Notes. 11(2):172.
with R. Franson. A unique revegetation program at Mojave Desert gold mine.
     Restoration and Management Notes. 11(2):179-180.
with M. Fidelibus and R. MacAller. Castle Mountain Revegetation Research. 50 p.
with R. Hofmeister and S. MacDonald. Roots and Revival: Straw Bale Conference
     Working Papers, Arthur. 14 p.
Fire safety. The Last Straw 1(2):26-27.
Handling native seeds: Notes of an innocent abroad. Proceedings Joint Meeting
     Tree Seed Dealers Association and Western Forest and Range Seed Council,
     B.C. Forestry Canada.
Plastered straw bale construction. V2a, pp. 34:1-8. Conference Proceedings:
     Straw -- a valuable raw material. PIRA International, Leatherhead Surrey, UK.
with N. Sorensen and R. Virginia. Revegetating desert plant communities. 
     pp. 21-26. In Landis, T. coord. Proceedings of the Western Forest Nursery
     Association Meeting, USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Forest and Range
     Experiment Station, Ft. Collins. GTR RM-221.
Plastered straw bale construction: a waste to a resource. Technical review.
     Sustainable Agriculture 5(3):2p
Soil compaction. Land and Water 37(1):42-43
with A. Gomez-Pompa, A. Kaus, J. Jiminez Orsonio and V. Rorive. Mexico Case
     Study. pp. 483-548. In Sustainable Agriculture and the Environment in the
     Humid Tropics. National Research Council. National Academy Press.
with R. Virginia, K. Conners, J. Greene, M. Fidelibus. Species Notes, desert
     restoration. San Diego State University for California Department of
     Transportation, Biology. San Diego, California 200 p.
with V. Rorive. Pitting to improve native plant establishment. Biology Department,
     SDSU for California Department of Transportation, Biology 7 p. (excerpts
     appeared Permaculture Drylands, 1994)
with R. Virginia. Desert Soils and Soil Biota. In The California Desert: An
     Introduction, Natural Resources, and Man's Impact, Latting Books (in press)
with M. Fidelibus. Native Seed Collection, Processing and Storage. Biology
     Department, SDSU, for the California Department of Transportation, Biology 
     26 p.
with K. Conners. Disease and Pest Management for Desert Nurseries. Biology
     Department, SDSU, for the Castle Mountain Mine 24 p.

1992
with R. Virginia. Desert Plants: Research Report. San Diego State University for
     California Department of Transportation, Biology San Diego, California 65 p.
Restoration tools and suppliers. Systems Ecology Research Group, SDSU 1p.
Review of revegetation research. pp. 28-44. In Castle Mountain Venture First
     Annual Revegetation Report. Viceroy Gold Corporation, Searchlight, Nevada.
with R. Virginia. Species Notes (draft). San Diego State University for California
     Department of Transportation, Biology. San Diego, California 100 p.
with A. and B. Steen. Plastered Straw Bale Construction. Canelo Project, Elgin
     AZ 46 p.

1991
with S. Mitchell. Sustainable Agriculture for California: A Guide to
     Information. University of California Division of Agriculture and Natural
     Resources, Publication 3349, Oakland CA 196 p.
Successful tree establishment on difficult dry sites. Proceedings of the Third
     International Windbreak and Agroforestry Symposium. Ridgetown, Ontario 
     pp. 78-81
with R. Virginia. Desert Revegetation: Progress Report. San Diego State University
     for California Department of Transportation, Biology. San Diego, California 
     60 p.
No lack of water but lack of wisdom. Earthword 2(2):15.
The oaks. TIPS Journal 1(2):9-12
with M. Myhrman. Straw bale building systems. pp. 2611-2616. 1991 Solar World
     Congress, Pergamon Press, NY.
with R.A. Virginia. 1991. Irrigation for Remote Sites. SDSU Biology for Caltrans. 
     10 p.

1990
Soil solarization for restorationists. Restoration and Management Notes
     8(2):96-98.
Restoring agricultural lands and dry lands. pp. 4-13. In J. Berger, ed.
     Environmental Restoration. Island Press, Washington, DC.
with R. Virginia and W. Jarrell. Honey Mesquite (Prosopis glandulosa). Species
     Note, Nitrogen Fixing Tree Association, Hawaii 2 p.
with R. Virginia. Restoration in the Sonoran desert. Restoration and Management
     Notes. 8(1):3-14.
with R. Virginia. Mesquite Bibliography. Nitrogen Fixing Tree Association, Hawaii
     (diskette)
with R. Virginia. Revegetation research. pp. C1-11. Castle Mountain Project: Mine
     Plan and Reclamation Plan.
Development doesn't have to be a dirty word. Keynote address, Xeriscape
     Conference Handbook, Irvine, CA May p 4.
The systems approach to environmental problem solving. Canelo Project, Elgin, AZ
     9 p.
Tree shelters for tree establishment on extreme arid sites. TUBEX Treeshelters
     Winter: 12-13.
with L. Pirozzoli. Vegetation salvage and support facilities. Viceroy Gold. Las
     Vegas, Nevada. 14 p.

1989
Agroforestry in California: useful information. pp. 53-54. In L. Fortmann, D.
     Gasser, and E. Wollenberg, eds. Agroforestry in California: Planning for the
     21st Century. Department of Forestry and Resource Management, University
     of California, Berkeley.
Pitcher irrigation for small family farmers. International Development Digest 2(4):4.
with R. Felger. Agroforestry for rural development and environmental protection in
     Portugal. Drylands Institute, Tucson, Arizona 10 p.
Acorns as food. International Development Digest 2(2):5.
with N. Albasel and W. Jarrell. Selenium in California, Volume 2: Critical Issues. Dry
     Lands Research Institute for the State Water Resources Control Board, 130 p.
Development doesn't have to be a dirty word. Los Angeles Times, Dec. 26, B7.
Multipurpose tree crops for California. Working Group for Agroforestry in California.
     3 p.

1988
The oaks: a neglected multi-use tree crop. pp. 657-662. In P. Allen and D. Van
     Dusen, eds. Global Perspectives on Agroecology and Sustainable Agricultural
     Systems. Agroecology Program, University of California, Santa Cruz.
with R. Virginia. Progress report: revegetation in the Colorado Desert, SERG/San
     Diego State University for the California Department of Transportation,
     Biology. San Diego, 30 p.
Better homes with gardens. Amandla 1:8 (reprinted Permaculture Activist)
The potential use of vegetation for selenium management at Kesterson Reservoir,
     Dry Lands Research Institute for the Kesterson Program, 67 p.
with S. Mitchell. Sustainable agriculture for California: A guide to information.
     University of California Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education
     Program, Davis, California 12 p.
Sustainable development and ecological conservation. Drylander 2(1):2.
with N. Albasel and V. Wegrzyn. Selenium in California, Volume 1: Fundamentals.
     Dry Lands Research Institute for the State Water Resources Control Board,
     Sacramento, California 119 p.
Self-reliant agriculture for dry lands. Sierra Nature Prints, Twain Hart. 48 p.
The oaks of California: a neglected resource. UCR for Hollister Rotary Club.

1987
with R. Virginia. Revegetation in the low desert of California, lessons from the
     study natural systems. pp. 52-63. In J. Rieger and B. Steele, eds. Proceedings
     of the Symposium on Native Plant Revegetation, San Diego, California.
The use of acorns in California: past present future. pp 453-458. In T.R. Plumb
     and N.H. Pillsbury, eds. Proceedings of the Symposium on the Multiple-use
     Management of California's Hardwoods, Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, November,
     1986. Pacific Southwest Range and Experiment Station, Berkeley, California.
Pitcher irrigation. Cookstove News 7(4):7.
Agroforestry and the need for institutional reform. Cookstove News 7(3):9-20.
Acacia albida: Dry Lands Research Institute Bibliography #4. University of
     California, Riverside, 6 p.
Biotechnical solutions to environmental problems. Drylander 1(2):2-3.
Energy self-reliant neighborhoods. pp. 398-402. In D.A. Andrejko and J. Hayes,
     eds. 12th Passive Solar Conference Proceedings, American Section
     International Solar Energy Society (ASISES), Boulder, Colorado.
Straw bale construction. pp 250-253. In D.A. Andrejko and J. Hayes, eds. 12th
     Passive Solar Conference Proceedings, American Section International Solar
     Energy Society (ASISES), Boulder, Colorado.
Desert revegetation: Dry Lands Research Institute bibliography #3, University of
     California, Riverside. Riverside, CA 6 p.
with W. Jarrell. Using trees to manage ground water. Dry Lands Research
     Institute, University of California, Riverside 13 p.
Multi-use tree crops: summary and bibliography. Dry Lands Research Institute,
     University of California, Riverside. Riverside, CA 8 p.
Internal flue pots for improved efficiencey. Cookstove News 7(3):7.
The need for ecological perspective in developing agroforestry systems for arid
     and semi-arid lands. (abstract). Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America
     68(3):258.
with P. Clark. Planting mesquite, carob, and similar seeds. Dry Lands Research
     Institute, University of California, Riverside. Riverside, CA 3 p.
Breeding improved crop varieties for arid lands. Drylander 1(1):2.
Pitcher irrigation: proven, simple, effective. Dry Lands Research Institute,
     University of California, Riverside. Riverside, CA 4 p.
Improving management of the world's dry lands. Los Angeles Times 5/23.

1986
Quercus: A multi-purpose tree for temperate climates. International Tree Crops
     Journal 4(3):291-298.
High performance, low-cost buildings of straw. Agriculture, Ecosystems,
     Environment 16(3):281-284.
The development of agroecology and environmental restoration majors, and
     Moving DQ University towards increased self-reliance. David A. Bainbridge,
     Consultant, Berkeley, California 26 p
Traditional crops of the drylands: Hopi corn. Drylander 1(1):2.
Eichen und eicheln. Oko Journal 14(1):26-28.
with R. Virginia. Revegetation in the Colorado Desert. San Diego State
     University/Dry Lands Research Institute, Riverside 139 p.
Mesquite as a fuel wood. Permaculture Activist (Summer):6-7.
Straw bale buildings. Permaculture Activist. 24:12-13.
Farming for the future. Daily Californian, Editorial, Sept. 4.
Sustainable agriculture. Sierra Club Yodeler 3/13.
Multipurpose trees for agroforestry. Permaculture Activist 2(3):6.

1985
Ecological education: time for a new approach. Bulletin of the Ecological Society
     of America, December 66(4):461-462.
The rise of agriculture: a new perspective. AMBIO 14(3):148-151.
Oregon tests superinsulation. Solar Age Feb. p. 43.
Acorns as Food: History, use, recipes. Sierra Nature Prints, Twain Harte, CA 28 p.
Oaks and acorns. Permaculture Activist Fall. p.9.
An Ecology-Environmental Science Magnet School. Franklin Community
     Organization and Urban Ecology, Berkeley, California 30 p.
Energy Efficiency in Hog Production Facilities. David A. Bainbridge, Consultant,
     Berkeley, California, 15 p.
Acorns: a crop for the future. Unasylva 37(4):63-64.
Will the rains return?: Ethiopia. Not Man Apart 15(4):2.
The Mighty Oaks of our continent. S.F. Chronicle, Review. Feb. 3, p.1

1984
How to: Get outside and grow something, article/book reviews. San Francisco
     Chronicle (May 1):2.
Acorns: the grain that grows on trees. Mother Earth News (Sept./Oct.):80-83.
We could get along fine without farm chemicals, editorial. Los Angeles Times, 
     Feb. 26, part IV.
Build an integral passive solar water heater. Mother Earth News
     (Jan./Feb.):58-60.
Super-insulation in the Northwest. Solar Utilization News (August):6.
A question of priorities, editorial. Solar Utilization News ( April):2.
Build a water wall solar home. Mother Earth News (Nov./Dec.):114-116.
Passive solar design. Acres USA 13(2):1,6.

1983
Parity for pen and plow. The Wall Street Journal 108(March 8):46.
Farm accounts 1982: A very bad year. ACRES USA (September 13):9.
Water Wall Passive Solar Design Manual. SUN, Bascom, Ohio, 60 p.
The solar simulator. Solar Utilization News 7(9):4.
Techniques for plotting shading patterns. Solar Utilization News 7(9):5.

1982
Microclimate. Fine Homebuilding (June/July):14-16.
Trees for America's Future. Sierra Nature Prints, Twain Harte, California, 30 p.
Permaculture. Alternative Sources of Energy 55:42-43.
Book review: The Gift of Good Land. Coevolution Quarterly
Sun Ridge: a subdivision for the 80's. Sun 6(1):7.
House of the month: super insulation. Northern California Sun (January):2.
A super-insulated passive solar house. Solar Utilization News 6(11):5.

1981
Integral Passive Solar Water Heaters. Passive Solar Institute, Davis, California 
     99 p.
Moved in mass. pp. 436-449. In J. Carter, ed. Solarizing Your Present Home,
     Rodale Press, Emmaus, Pennsylvania.
Contributor, Resettling America. Ed Coates, ed. Sierra Club Books, San
     Francisco.
A new strategy for defense. New Roots (December): end piece.
Acorns are for eating. Countryside 65(12):32-33.
Energy construction details. Fine Homebuilding.
How to help your home help you: Homeowners manual. Sun Ridge Homes, Rio
     Linda, California.
Integral passive solar water heater performance. pp. 163-167. 6th Passive Solar
     Conference Proceedings, Portland, Oregon, American Section, International
     Solar Energy Society.
Passive solar house for the mass market. Northern California Solar Energy
     Association Newsletter.

1980
The Second Passive Solar Catalog. Passive Solar Institute, Davis, California,
     115 p.
Building and Selling the Solar Home. California Solar Business Office for the Solar
     Energy Research Institute, Golden, Colorado.
A passive solar doctor's office. 4th Passive Solar Conference Proceedings, Boston,
     Massachusetts.
Heat trapping shutters. Organic Gardening (January).
Passive solar is more comfortable. Solar Greenhouse Digest.
Confessions of an energy professional. CoEvolution Quarterly 56.
Making insulated bifold shutters. pp. 292-298. In W. Langdon, ed. Movable
     Insulation, Rodale Books, Emmaus, Pennsylvania.
contributor, California Passive Solar Handbook, ed. by P. Niles, P. Cooper, and
     K. Haggard, California Energy Commission, Sacramento, California.

1979
Energy efficient neighborhood design. Sacramento Municipal Utility District,
     Sacramento, California
with J. Corbett and J. Hofacre. Village Homes' Solar House Designs. Rodale
     Press, Emmaus, Pennsylvania, 188 p.
Passive solar: an investment in jobs. Energy and Alternatives 2(4):29-30.
Patwin: an Energy Self-Sufficient New Town. prospectus for Mike Corbett and the
     Patwin Development Group, Davis, California 46 p.
How to build a waterwall. Solar Age 4(8):38-41.
Waterwall passive solar systems for new and retrofit buildings. pp 473-478. In
     Proceedings of the Third Passive Solar Conference, American Section
     International Solar Energy Association, San Jose, California.
Water wall solar home for the sunbelt. Solar Greenhouse Digest (Aug./Sept.):15.
with R. Boyd, J. Perkins, R.T. Laird, D. Huntsman, P. Staub, M. Zucker, and J.
     Baker. Quantitative Land Capability Analysis. USGS Professional Paper #945,
     Menlo Park, California. 115 p.
Waterglass. Haiku Poetry. PSI, Davis 59 p.

1978
The First Passive Solar Catalog. Passive Solar Institute, Davis, California, 72 p.
Natural cooling in California. pp. 475-480. In Proceedings ASISES Passive Solar
     Conference, Denver.
Natural cooling: practical use of climate resources for space conditioning in
     California. Pp 138-153. In E.F. Clark, and F. de Winter, eds. Proceedings of the
     3rd Workshop on the use of solar energy for the cooling of buildings, San
     Francisco, California, U.S. Department of Energy/University of Colorado,
     Boulder.
Bainbridge house: a passive house for the mass market. Alternative Sources of
     Energy 33:22-24.
with M. Hunt. California's solar tax credit. Solar Age (May):29-31.
with J. Reiss. Breadbox (solar water heater) designs. Alternative Sources of
     Energy 34:16-21, 46-47.
with M. DeAngelis and M. Hunt. Direct thermal systems, in the Solar Tax Credit
     Guidelines, California Energy Commission/Franchise Tax Board.
with M. Hunt. The Davis Experience. Solar Age 3(5):20-26.
Natural cooling. Solar Office, California Energy Commission, Sacramento, California,
     10 p.
The Indio cool pool experiment. Alternative Sources of Energy 32:6-10.

1977
California solar tax credits: passive solar section, California Energy Commission,
     Sacramento.
with J. Hammond et al. The Davis Energy Conservation Report: Practical Use of
     the Sun. Living Systems, Winters, California.

1976
Planning for energy conservation. Living Systems for the City of Davis, California,
     83 p.
with B. Melzer, M. Hunt, et al. Energy conservation in building: code workbook.
     Living Systems for the City of Davis, California.
with J. Hammond and B. Kopper. Cool Pool System. Living Systems, Winters, CA.
with B. Kopper. Energy Conservation for Small Towns. Small Towns 7(5):7-13.
Water conservation in development. Living Systems, Winters, California 10 p.
Towards an environmental new town. Council of Planning Libraries Exchange
     Bibliog. #967, 6 p.
Environmental new town -today? Seriatim 1(1):4-6.
Daylighting and wind sections, the site 1 building. Living Systems/Office of the
     State Architect.
Street design for energy conservation. Living Systems for the City of Davis,
     California.
Editor, Sacramento County Energy Conservation Building Code. Living Systems,
     Winters.
Sand and gravel resources and land use planning. Council of Planning Librarians
     Exchange Bibliography #1013, 10 p.
The Davis energy conservation building ordinances. Design and Environment
     (Summer): notes.

1975
Timber harvest plan: problems and potential. State Water Resources Control
     Board, Program Analysis Office, Sacramento, California.
Bikeway Planning and Design. Bainbridge, Behrens, and Moore, Inc. 105 p.
Jon Hammond: another quiet solar pioneer. Mother Earth News (Nov.) 36:120-125.

1974
Trail management. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America (Autumn)
     55(3):8-10.
Yosemite bikeway: a sketch plan. Bainbridge, Behrens, and Moore, Inc., Broderick.
     6 p.
Core area improvement: a plan for the City of Davis. Bainbridge, Behrens, and
     Moore, Inc., Broderick.
with M. Moore. Bicycle paths: a primer for community action. Bainbridge, Behrens,
     and Moore, Inc., Broderick, CA.
with M. Moore, B. Wagstaff, and B. Stenman. Fresno County regional bikeways:
     preliminary plan. Bainbridge, Behrens, and Moore, Inc., Broderick/Fresno.
Putah Creek Bikeway. David A. Bainbridge Environmental Planner, Davis, California,
     Davis, 29 p.
with M. Moore. Bicycle touring. Bainbridge, Behrens, and Moore, Inc., Broderick, 
     4 p.

1973
Wilderness management: A Call for Innovation, Bainbridge, Behrens, and Moore,
     Inc., Davis.
Environmental impact: Richards Boulevard Undercrossing. David A. Bainbridge
     Environmental Planner, City of Davis, California. (numerous other EIS)
Wilderness ethics. Bainbridge, Behrens, and Moore, Inc., reprinted California Aggie.

1972
Environmental inventory of San Diego County--earth sciences section. San Diego
     County Environmental Development Agency, San Diego, California.
Editor, Reader for Environmental Impact Analysis Workshop, University of
     California, Davis, Extension, 30p.
Man and the city: the human ecosystem. Bainbridge, Behrens, and Moore, Inc.,
     Davis.
The conservation element and the general plan. Bainbridge, Behrens, and Moore,
     Inc., Davis.
Guidelines for the preparation and review of environmental impact statements: a
     proposed section of the conservation element, Davis, California. Bainbridge,
     Behrens, and Moore, Inc., Davis 15p.

1971
Guidelines for the preparation and evaluation of environmental impact reports.
     Assembly Committee on Environmental Quality, Sacramento 12p.
Guidelines for geologic reports. Environmental Development Agency, San Diego
     County, San Diego.
Legislative comment. In EIS Workshop Proceedings. University of California, Davis,
     Extension.

1970
The Coastal Lagoons of San Diego County, County of San Diego Environmental
     Task Force, San Diego, CA.

RECENT PRESENTATIONS:
Going commercial with straw bale construction. California Straw Builders
     Association Meeting, Imperial Beach, 2000.
Soil surface modification to improve grass establishment. California Native
     Grassland Association Meeting, Rancho Penasquitos 2000.
Educating design professionals for sustainability. American Solar Energy Society,
     Madison, WI 2000.
Understanding disturbance. Desert section, workshop on the revision of the
     Manual of California Vegetation, Joshua Tree National Park, January, 2000.

AWARDS:
Top 40 socially conscious designers. International Design Magazine 2001.
Best club USIU 1997-1998 - Environmental Club.
Special commendation from the California Energy Commission for work on the
     State Passive Solar Tax Credit Regulations.
Northern California Section, American Planning Association: Meritorious Program
     Award for Land Use Capability Manual.
American Institute of Planners, award for Energy Conservation in Davis, Living
     Systems.
San Francisco Book Festival, Honoree for The Second Passive Solar Catalog.

MEMBERSHIPS AND ASSOCIATIONS:
American Society for Ecological Economics (founding member)
California Straw Building Association (founding member)
American Solar Energy Society
North American Association for Environmental Education
Society for Ecological Restoration
American Society of Agricultural Engineers
California Licensed Foresters Association, Associate
Forest History Society
Environmental History Society
Society for Range Management
Association for pre1840 Experimental Archeologists
San Diego Historical Society

CONSTRUCTION AND DESIGN EXPERIENCE:
Many years experience in design, construction, and fabrication. Development of instruments and equipment for field research, irrigation, and solar design. Design and construction work on residential and commercial projects, both new and retrofit.

 


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