Gil LopezHighland Lake, AL

Garden & Compost Assistant at Queens Library, Sales Associate at Green Mountain Energy Company, Continuing Education Teacher at CUNY City Tech, Entrepreneur at Nourishing Cities, Construction Manager at Future Green Studio

New York, New York

Architecture & Planning

Queens Library - Western Queens since Dec 2012
Garden & Compost Assistant Green Mountain Energy Company - Upper Manhattan since Feb 2012
Sales Associate CUNY City Tech - Metrotech, Downtown Brooklyn, NY since Apr 2011
Continuing Education Teacher Nourishing Cities - Queens, NY since Oct 2010
Entrepreneur Future Green Studio - Brooklyn, NY since Aug 2010
Construction Manager Hill International - 5Boros, NYC Apr 2010 - Mar 2011
Resident Engineer Green Drinks NYC - New York, NY May 2010 - Feb 2011
Event Coordinator Harmoni Market - Winter Park, FL Jun 2009 - Apr 2010
Cook Simple Living Institute - Orlando, Florida Area Oct 2008 - Apr 2010
Volunteer The Home Depot - Casselberry, FL Apr 2009 - Sep 2009
Associate Foster Conant & Associates - Downtown Orlando, FL Feb 2007 - Feb 2009
Associate Woolpert (formerly Miller Einhouse Rymer and Boyd - MER&B) - Orlando, Florida Area Feb 2005 - Feb 2007
Designer Karnes Landscapes - Hattiesburg, Mississippi Area Jan 2004 - Dec 2004
Designer/Technician The Landscape Studio Landscape Architecture LLC - Downtown Hattiesburg, MS Aug 2003 - Dec 2003
Intern Sandy Run Sod & Irrigation - Hattiesburg, Mississippi Area 2003 - 2003
Technician Thomas H. Eaves, RLA - Downtown Hattiesburg, MS 2002 - 2002
Intern Ware Landscape Service - Starkville, Mississippi 2001 - 2001
Nurseryman HomeWorks General Contracting - Hattiesburg, Mississippi Area 2000 - 2000
Apprentice

Green Worker Cooperatives Coop Academy 2012 - 2012
Workshop in Business Opportunities 2012 - 2012
Green Phoenix Permaculture 2011 - 2011
Permaculture Design Certificate, Permaculture Design Laguardia Community College 2011 - 2011
G|PRO, Construction Management Mississippi State University 1999 - 2003
Bachelor of landscape Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Philosophy

Construction Management, AutoCAD, SketchUp, Construction, Photoshop, Microsoft Office, Landscape Architecture, PowerPoint, Writing, Landscape Design, Public Speaking, Grant Writing, Urban Farming, Engaging Public Speaker, Site Planning, Site Plans, Parks, Landscaping, Skillshare Instructor, Teacher, Greenroofer

Urban agriculture, green infrastructure, regenerative/biophilic design, technology and materials; Transportation issues; Developing and leap-frogging nations/communities; slow food and salsa/swing dancing, Landscape/New Urbanism

Noteworthy mention in Dwell/Inhabitat ReBurbia design competition seen here: http://www.re-burbia.com/2009/08/04/links-farm-an-agri-urban-retrofit-project/ Guest writer for The BWM Guggenheim Lab Log - http://blog.bmwguggenheimlab.org/author/gil/ Featured Full Circle Series speaker at The Horticultural Society of New York Nov. 9th 2012 - http://c-realm.com/category/podcasts/full-circle/feed/ Successful Skillshare classes in Brooklyn & Queens - http://www.skillshare.com/profile/Gil-Lopez/5033827

1st place team @ the 2nd Annual Emerging Professionals Design Charrette - Growing Up: Greening the Urban Canopy
Urban Green (NYC Chapter USGBC)
The competition was a real time charrette where teams of four where given 3 hours to design and build a model for a conceptual solution that would green the rooftops of NYC public schools. My team included my friends Claudia Ray-Centeno and Daniel Goers as well as another participant assigned to our group. Judges: Gonzalo V. Cruz, ASLA, Associate Landscape Designer, AECOM Carly Jankens, LEED AP BD+C, Sustainability Consultant, Steven Winter Associates, Inc. Sarah M. Nugent, LEED AP BD+C, Sustainability Consultant, Steven Winter Associates, Inc. Stephen Ritz, Teacher/Administrator, Founder of Green Bronx Machine Vicki Sando, Environmental Science Program Developer, PS41, Founder of the GELL Project http://www.urbangreencouncil.org/UGCInteraction?key=dai2wh5zaEmA_2FaGRyeaLeg_3D_3D
Recipient of $3000 Community Improvement Grant
Citizen Committee New York City
I successfully wrote the application for a micro-grant which we received. This was for the community farm I am a part, Smiling Hogshead Ranch.

United States

United States