Wisdom of Place: Recovering the Sacred Origins of Landscape - Zoom Webinar

A Pathway to Enchantment: Every day of our lives we are in the presence of genius—what our ancestors called the genius loci, or spirit of place. But do we recognize it? Can we still hear the mountain, see the wind, feel the forest—without an app? At this moment of profound environmental disruption, we must reawaken our sense of the earth’s abiding intelligence and relearn the sacred language of nature.

Throughout time people have shaped their environments according to their first-hand experiences and instinctive understandings of natural phenomena – what is called the genius loci, or “spirit of place.” Recognizing and honoring the genius loci is the first step in preserving the ecological integrity of a place. Chip and Elizabeth will discuss the many global myths, legends and folklore that are based on a deep understanding of the Earth’s spirits, and present a new framework for their application and interpretation.

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CHIP SULLIVAN is an artist, landscape architect, author, and emeritus professor in the College of Environmental Design at UC Berkeley, who has devoted his career to promoting landscape architecture as an art form. Chip has earned national and international recognition for his expertise in landscape representation as well as innovative energy-conserving design. He is author of Drawing the Landscape; Cartooning the Landscape; Field Sketching for Environmental Designers, and co-author with Elizabeth Boults of Illustrated History of Landscape Design, and Wisdom of Place. He is a Fellow of the American Academy in Rome, the American Society of Landscape Architects, and the Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture.

ELIZABETH BOULTS is a licensed landscape architect and educator with over 25 years of professional and academic experience. Her areas of focus are landscape history, representation, and site design. She is a SITES (Sustainable Environmental Design) Accredited Professional who maintains a landscape design practice founded on promoting environmental consciousness and ecological narratives. She is co-author with Chip Sullivan of Illustrated History of Landscape Design, and Wisdom of Place.  Elizabeth holds a leadership position with the American Society of Landscape Architects, and is lecturer in Human Ecology at University of California, Davis.

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