Joseph O. Evans III, LEED AP - BD+C, Sustainability and Resilience Planning, Environmental Design, Horticulture, Arboriculture Joseph Evans is an interdisciplinary artist environmental designer and specialist in sustainable development and resilience, bringing advanced design techniques and innovative building and site technologies to projects aimed at achieving a high degree of sustainability. Evans offers a distinctive perspective to teams focused on pushing the boundaries of conventional practices, while providing solutions to society’s most pressing ecological challenges. As a co-founding principal of Evans + Lighter, he holds licenses as a Horticulturist, Arborist, and is a LEED Accredited Professional with a specialization in Building Design and Construction. Joseph's systems design approach capitalizes on his diverse skill set and expertise, allowing him to humanize highly technical projects and transform them into engaging, sustainable environments, all while optimizing performance and cost efficiency. Evans and his firms have been awarded numerous national, and regional awards in planning and landscape architecture. Notably, in 2020, Joseph Evans was honored as an Urban Hero for his unwavering dedication to fostering a just, equitable, and sustainable New Orleans. Credentials: • Fellow of the Loyola Institute of Environmental Education • Permaculture Design Certificate • LEED AP with specialty in Building Design and Construction Louisiana Landscape Horticulturist LH-4062 Louisiana Arborist 24-2804 Experience: Evans + Lighter Landscape Architecture Partner/Principal 2013 - Present FutureProof - Sustainability Master Planners Partner/Principal 2006-2013 Selected Projects -Landscape, Ecological Infrastructure: Timber Creek Recreation Project, Army Corps of Engineers, Austin TX Isle de Jean Charles: National Disaster Resilience Competition - Isle de Jean Charles, LA Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans Administration Green Roof- New Orleans LA Hagen-Lafitte Green Infrastructure Project - New Orleans LA Medard Nelson School, New Orleans LA Academy of the Sacred Heart, New Orleans LA Common Ground Relief Wetlands Nursery, New Orleans LA Joan Mitchell Foundation Center, New Orleans, LA. Greater New Orleans Water Plan, Jefferson, Orleans, and St. Bernard Parishes LA. Project Home Again, New Orleans, LA. United States Coast Guard Integrated Support Command, New Orleans, LA Selected Projects - Sustainability Planning / LEED Project Administration National Academies of Science: Supporting the Isle de Jean Charles Community Resettlement through Cross-boundary Networks and Knowledge Synthesis Keller Library, New Orleans, LA. McMain School, New Orleans LA Thomas Hall Renovation, Loyola University New Orleans, LA Mesquite Mine, Gold Mine Decommissioning and Transition to Renewable Energy - Imperial County, CA United States Coast Guard Integrated Support Command, New Orleans, LA Project Home Again, New Orleans, LA Marines Forces Reserve Headquarters, New Orleans, LA Federal City: Military Base Repurposing, New Orleans, LA Dillard University - Owners Representative for New Construction and Planning, New Orleans, LA L.B. Landry School, New Orleans, LA Selected Presentations: American Geophysical Union: Moderator: “The Anthropocene Comes Home: Innovation and Adaptation in Louisiana.” American Anthropological Association: “Resettlement as an Act of Cultural Survival: Isle de Jean Charles Biloxi-Chitimacha-Choctaw Tribal Leaders and Partners” American Institute of Architects, New Orleans: “Advancing Ecological Infrastructure and Integrated Water Management”. American Planning Association: “Gentilly Resilience District” Parkway Partners: “Green Infrastructure for Urban Farmers” Parkway Partners Green Keepers: “Introduction to Green Infrastructure” and “Large Scale Water Systems” Cornell University: “The New Orleans Water Plan” with David Waggonner Graduate School USA: “Stormwater and Development: New Methodologies for Growth” AIA New Orleans: Center for Design “Systems Thinking and Integrated Design Process” Building Resilience Workshop, Panelist “District Level Adaptation Planning” Green Legal Matters Conference: “LEED by Example” AIA New Orleans: Center for Design “Case Study, Regenerative Landscape Design - US Coast Guard Service: New Orleans Reforestation Plan : Advisory team New Orleans Water Collaborative: Charter member Groundwork New Orleans : Past-President and Technical Advisory Committee Horizon Initiative: Water Committee American Institute or Architecture’s Center for Communities by Design: Sustainable Design Assessment Team Enterprise Green Communities: National Advisor New Orleans Healing Center: Board of Directors New Orleans Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance: Advisory Panel LEED-Neighborhood Development: Regional Task Force Member Building Resilience Workshop: Co-organizer