TEACHING & ADVISING

  • • CALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF THE ARTS, Adjunct Faculty 2013-present - Special Programs Industrial Design, 2005-06 - Interdisciplinary Studies, Curriculum Development

    • ACADEMY OF ART UNIVERSITY, Adjunct Online Faculty, Fashion 2008-2020 - Sustainable Design undergrad/graduate courses, Curriculum Development

    • STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Lecturer, 2002-2006 - Mechanical Engineering Design Division - first sustainability course in that division

  • • FREEPORT SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD, 2019-present, current Co Chair, Maine

    • JUROR - SCHOLASTIC ART AWARDS, San Francisco Region, 2023

    • GRANT READER - PATAGONIA, Northeast Region, 2022, 2023

    • GIFTED AND TALENTED ADVISORY COMMITTEE, RSU5 school district, 2011-2016 - Program Development, wrote k-12 Academic and Arts Plans submitted to Maine Department of Education

    • ODYSSEY OF THE MIND, 2010-12 - Freeport Middle School coach (problem solving competition)

    • ZERO WASTE CHALLENGE, 2011 - Freeport Middle School advisor, Chewonki and Poland Spring Water sponsors

    • BUSINESSES FOR SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY (BSR), 2008 - Content Consultant, “Evolving Design: Building Organizational Capacity to Make More Sustainable Products”

    • STANFORD UNIVERSITY, 2004-06 - Eco Design and Sustainability advising for Joint Program in Design; Co-coordinator of 2003 Liu Lecture and Workshop series

    • LOWELL CENTER FOR SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION (University of Massachusetts, 2004-05, Advisory Board, Overbrook Design Competition

    • FRENCH AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, 2004,05 - Event volunteer, room parent, San Francisco

    • CAPP STREET PROJECT, 1989 - Volunteer Artist - Ann Hamilton piece, Marin Headlands, CA

  • • CENTER FOR MAINE CONTEMPORARY ART - Artist Panel, April 6, 2023

    • ON SUSTAINABILITY RESEARCH NETWORK - 17th International Conference on Environmental, Cultural, Economic & Social Sustainability - Accelerating the Transition to Sustainability: Policy Solutions for the Climate Emergency, 2021 - Poster Session and Presentation (virtual due to Covid), Amsterdam

    • RUBBERCON 2020 - Environment & Recycling: A Strategic Challenge for Rubber Materials, 2021 - Poster Session and Presentation (virtual due to Covid), Paris

    • SUSTAINABLE FASHION, TEXTILES, AND MATERIALS, 2008 - Guest Speaker, California College of the Arts, SF, CA

    • AIGA Y13 CONFERENCE: SEEDS OF CHANGE, 2008 - Guest Speaker, Design Workshop instructor, San Diego, CA

    • INDUSTRIAL DESIGN SOCIETY OF AMERICA - ENTREPRENEURSHIP PANEL, 2005 - Guest Speaker, Hewlett Packard, Palo Alto, CA

    • INDUSTRIAL DESIGN SOCIETY OF AMERICA - NATIONAL EDUCATION CONFERENCE, 2004 - Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA

    • ENGINEERS FOR A SUSTAINABLE WORLD CONFERENCE, 2004 - Guest Speaker, Design Workshop instructor, Stanford University, Stanford, CA

    • SUSTAINABLE DESIGN SUMMIT, 2004 - Co-organized, presented, and facilitated 2 day event, California College of the Arts, SF & Sunset Publishing headquarters, Menlo Park, CA

    • INDIAN POINT INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT & APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE, 2004 - Georgetown, ME

    • ECO EXPO, 1996 - Guest Speaker, Panelist, Los Angeles, CA

    • PACIFIC RECYCLERS CONFERENCE, 1995 - Guest Speaker, “Manufacturing Recycling - Private Ventures”, Anaheim, CA

  • • CALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF THE ARTS, July 2022, 2023 - 3 hour workshop.

    • SAN FRANCISCO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT - 2020 - Created K-5 Downloadable Online Curriculum located at “Every Day is Earth Day Challenge” website.

    • HAYSTACK MOUNTAIN SCHOOL OF CRAFTS, Deer Isle, ME - Faculty - 2011 - 2 week workshop, mixed media/rubber

    • MAST LANDING SCHOOL, Freeport, ME - 2009 - 2 hour workshop, 3rd-5th graders

    • AIGA Y13 CONFERENCE “SEEDS OF CHANGE”, San Diego, CA, 2008 - Design Workshop, 3 hour

    • CALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF THE ARTS, 2004-2008 - 3 week in-class workshop in sustainable fashion class

    • FRENCH AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, San Francisco, CA, 2005 - 2 hour workshop, Kindergarten

  • • HAYSTACK MOUNTAIN SCHOOL OF CRAFTS, 2012/13/14 - “New Works” Faculty Retreats, Deer Isle, ME

    • THE HOTCHKISS SCHOOL, 2007 - Concerning Conservation, Guest lecturer and Panelist, Lakeville, CT

    • CALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF THE ARTS, 2004-06 - Guest lecturer in Industrial Design, Guest 2 week workshop in Sustainable Fashion, San Francisco, CA

    • SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY, 2005 - Guest lecturer, Industrial Design

  • • CLIMATE ACTION PLAN 2023 - Assisting and advising in the development of town plan as co-chair of Sustainability Advisory Board, Freeport, ME

    • RUBBER IMPACT PROJECT - focused on assessing/disrupting the bike tube waste stream for reuse/upcycling in San Francisco and beyond, research/analysis, design/art activism, community partnerships, education, 2019-present, www.rubberimpact.org

    • THE NATURAL STEP (TNS) (international sustainability think tank and advisory services organization), San Francisco, CA, 2004-06 - Sustainable Design Specialist

    • THE FOLCROM, San Francisco gallery and performance space, 1988-91, Co-founder & artistic director

RUBBER SPECIFIC WORKSHOPS

Over the past several decades USED RUBBER USA pioneered the use of reclaimed inner tube and eco textiles in craft, design, retail stores, wholesale, and online, but, it would take far too long for my own rubber design company’s manufacturing needs to make a dent in the tremendous amount of waste rubber that passes through our transportation systems. In order to promote regenerative efforts and after seeing a few dozen designers inspired by my work, I decided to take this rubber reclaim, reuse and recycling concept right back to the streets by teaching methods for reusing this alternative raw material. Since 2004, I have conducted rubber recraft workshops, classes and projects at colleges, universities, art schools, and conferences, as well as with kids at the elementary school level.

Education and communication have always been essential in promoting my USED RUBBER USA’s products, but I also discovered that the very concept itself—recrafting waste rubber from the transportation industry into stylish products for the fashion industry—provided an excellent vehicle for conveying broader ideas related to sustainability, recycling, reclaim and reuse. Issues of design, sourcing, contracting, fabrication, marketing, management, and communication all provide opportunities for sustainable thinking. I am pleased to be able to pass along the benefit of many years of experience in this area and with this specific material.

LENGTH OF WORKSHOPS: From 2 hours to 2 week intensives

MAIN MATERIAL: Reclaimed post consumer bicycle and motorcycle inner tuber rubber

DOWNLOADS: K - 5 Curriculum, University Level Industrial Design Bike Inner Tube and Cardboard Chair Project

Industrial Design Class, California College of the Arts, San Francisco

Mixed Media Rubber 2 week workshop, Haystack Mountain School of Craft, Maine

Interdisciplinary Studies Class, California College of the Arts (CCA), San Francisco

Kindergarten, French American International School, San Francisco

Sustainable Fashion Class, CCA, San Francisco

The primary goal for the rubber workshops is to change people’s perceptions about what defines a raw material and encourage individuals of all ages to explore new concepts for material life spans and positive cycles of reuse.