Timothy Beatley at PennDesign

Teresa Heinz Professor of Sustainable Communities
School of Architecture
University of Virginia
Timothy Beatley is Teresa Heinz Professor of Sustainable Communities, in the Department of Urban and Environmental Planning, School of Architecture at the University of Virginia, where he has taught for more than twenty years.
Much of Beatley's work focuses on the subject of sustainable communities, and creative strategies by which cities and towns can fundamentally reduce their ecological footprints, while at the same time becoming more livable and equitable places. He has written more than fifteen books on these subjects and writes a regular column for Planning Magazine, called Ever Green. He also recently collaborated on a documentary film about green cities, entitled The Nature of Cities, which has been shown on PBS (Public Broadcasting System) stations all over the U.S.
Beatley holds a PhD in City and Regional Planning from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.