- People -- Introduction
- Living Memorials: Acts of Social Meaning Create Places of Resilience
- People's Relationship with Trees
- Lessons from the Field: Living Memorial Stewards
Erika Svendsen
Living Memorials Project Team Member; Research Social Scientist, USDA Forest Service Northeastern Research Station
Erika Svendsen is part of the Living Memorials Project social and site assessment team working to collect information on living memorials throughout the country and developing technical transfer materials for groups interested in creating healing landscapes. Prior to her work at the Forest Service, Svendsen worked in the New York metropolitan area. She is the former director of GreenThumb, New York City's community gardening program. Recently, she worked for the Regional Plan Association to develop state programs that address issues of smart growth planning and public health. She was the environmental fellowship director for the Rockefeller Foundation Leadership and Development Program (LEAD). Svendsen has an undergraduate degree from Allegheny College, Pennsylvania, and a M.A. in Environmental Studies from the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies.
