The banner image for this site is by my colleague and friend Ryan Hodgson-Rigsbee, a New Orleans-based photographer with deep roots in Chicago and Oak Park. Much of Ryan’s work explores nature and the built environment within the urban landscape. Check out his super cool online photo ‘zine, Urban Nature, and dig his vision of the urban landscape. All rights reserved.

Credit for this website’s usefulness and shortcomings goes to its author (me). Please feel free to email me constructive criticism on what should go where, what’s missing, and what might get the proverbial heave-ho.

Official disclaimer: the views expressed in the blog section of this website are mine alone. They do not represent the position or opinions of Roosevelt University nor of the Sustainability Studies program.