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CURATOR @ 2016 INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE
Joshua has been announced as a Curator for the 2016 International Festival of Landscape Architecture led by Creative Director Professor Richard Weller in Canberra, 27 – 30th October, 2016. The festival is themed NOT IN MY BACKYARD Adventures into the profoundly frightening, deeply uncertain and yet somehow incredibly optimistic landscapes of the 21st century. The four-day […]

YIELD OPERATIONS RESEARCH PRESENTED IN THE NETHERLANDS
Josh verbally presented a research paper at the AESOP 6 Sustainable Food Planning Conference ‘finding spaces for productive cities’ held from 5-7 November in Leeuwarden in the Netherlands. The paper, Yield Operations: (Re)Fitting Urban Agriculture in Existing Green Spaces for Economic and Other Benefits explored the potential for urban agriculture to generate income in existing […]

GROW FOOD NOT LAWNS ARTICLE
Joshua was interviewed for an article “Grow Food Not Lawns: The Fertile World Of Foodscaping”, published in Australian health magazine Wellspring, Eco Issue 2014. The article discussed the foodscaping phenomenon in Australia. Download the article here: wellspring_2014_winter_Grow Food Not Lawns

CULTIVATING THE CITY
Cultivating the City: A Delectable Feast for All the Senses: Joshua spoke at this Landscape Institute event in at the Dalston Eastern Curve Garden, London on Saturday 14 September 2013. The event covered a range of topics on urban food production including built and un-built projects & visions, ranging through policy, technology, community and art. […]

FOOD RESEARCH TRENDING
Josh’s urban agriculture and food system research has been picked up by various sources and trended on twitter. This reflects increased awareness and interest in the integrity, ethics and resilience of our food systems, and also the quality of food on our plates. See articles here: Gardening, the Root of Community http://www.balancebydeborahhutton.com.au/gardening-the-root-of-the-community/ The Next Trend […]

DESIGN SOUTH AUSTRALIA PUBLICATION
Design Atlas South Australia: The Integrated Design Commission has been busy advocating for the design industry in SA, recently producing Design South Australia, profiling a breadth of design talent in SA and featuring The Plan radio show (p.94). Joshua (together with John Byleveld, Martin Ridge and Angelique Edmonds) is a founding member of weekly chat […]

FARMING THE CITY ARTICLE PUBLISHED
‘Farming the City: Harvesting a City’s Natural Resources’ published in special edition of Collect Magazine: Joshua was interviewed and provided material for an article by Collect Magazine titled ‘Farming the City: Harvesting a City’s Natural Resources’. It was published in a special edition in July 2012 titled ‘On Great Cities and the Coffee Shop’ which […]

LATERAL THINKING LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS EVENT
In response to AIA SA President Nick Tridente’s comment on The Plan that “landscape architects could not think laterally”, Joshua was one of four ‘Lateral Thinking Landscape Architects’ who presented at the BARC event.

GREEN GROWTH RESEARCH DELEGATION TO SOUTH KOREA
Joshua was invited to attend a delegation to South Korea as an ‘Emerging Researcher in Urban Design’ with a delegation of Australian researchers for the third Australia-Korea International Green Growth Workshop and Impacts of Climate Change on Urban Living conference (from 11- 18 May 2012). The workshop, co-organised by the National Academy of Engineering of […]

FOOD SENSITIVE PLANNING & URBAN DESIGN WORKSHOP
Joshua presented at the Victorian Eco-Innovation Lab (VEIL) + Heart Foundation’s Food Sensitive Planning and Urban Design Workshop held in Adelaide on the 22 November 2011. VEIL & the heart Foundation have been doing excellent work on urban agriculture including a Food-sensitive planning and urban design publication and a food map.