Kathleen Wolf

Seattle

Dr. Kathleen Wolf is a Research Social Scientist at the College of the Environment, University of Washington, and a key collaborator with the US Forest Service Pacific NW Research Station on urban forestry studies. She consults as a research advisor with the the TKF Foundation’s NatureSacred program. Dr. Wolf’s research explores the human dimensions of urban ecosystems. She has also worked professionally as a landscape architect and as an environmental planner. Kathy’s professional mission is to discover, understand and communicate human behavior and benefits, as people experience nature in cities and towns. Moreover, Kathy is interested in how scientific information can be integrated into local government policy and planning. She has served with national organizations that promote nature in cities, such as the Transportation Research Board national committee on Landscape and Environment, and the Sustainable Sites Initiative. For more information see: www.naturewithin.info; and the Green Cities: Good Health project: www.greenhealth.washington.edu