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Honors
2005 Woman of Earth - Terre de Femmes award, Yves Rocher
Foundation
2004 Santa Clara University Global Social Benefits Incubator
Invitee
2003 Honorary Citizen of Nagakuta Japan, host community
for Aichi EXPO 2005
2003 Sea Change Residency fellowship awarded by Gaea Foundation
2002 Eco Innovator Shift digital culture magazine
2002: Accredited as Artist by NYC Department of Cultural
Affairs Art Resume
2001 I. D. Forty International Design selection of 40
Socially Responsible Designers
2001 Metropolitan Home's Design 100
1999 Art & Science Collaborations SolarScapes Co-winner
1998 KUDOS Award for "Connections" from Communication
Arts' Eco Critique.
1997 Designer-in-Residence at the Cooper-Hewitt, National
Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Exhibitions
2006 Treasured Maps, New York Public Library
2005 Green Map Hall, EXPO 2005's NGO Global Village, Aichi Japan
2004 Vibrant Communities, Green Maps of New York and the World,
Municipal Art Society
2002 Tokyo Art Jungle's Art Train & Tokyo International Forum
2001 "Re-F-Use", Cultural Connections' traveling exhibit,
Paris, Copenhagen, Utretcht
2000 "SolSpherica" three year outdoor interactive solar
exhibit at Liberty Science Center, NJ
(co-designed with Amelia Amon of Alt.technica)
2000 "Green Maps" at Environmental Grantmakers Association,
Mohonk NY
2000 "Green Maps" at Malmo Sweden's Central Library
2000 "Maporama" Queens Museum of Art, NY
1997-98 "Glamorous Green" Materials Connexion
1997 "Global Green Maps", NGO Forum, United Nations Climate
Change Conference, Kyoto
1997 "100 Show," American Center for Design, Chicago
1997 "Streetscapes & Furniture," Municipal Art Society
1995 "Hello Again, Recycling in the Real World", Fashion Institute
of Technology
1995-94 "Garbage! the History and Politics of Trash in NYC",
New York Public Library
1993 "Green October", Institute of Business Designers
1992 "Ecopolis", International Academy of Architecture, Rio DeJaneiro
1992 "The Power of Maps", Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum
1992 "Design New York", Municipal Art Society
1992 "Cheap Design", Gallery 91
Teaching
& Workshops
Spring 2002 and 2003 "Charting Sustainability in the Real
World" at New York University's Gallatin School of Individualized
Studies
1998-2006 Green Map Workshops for Teachers at the Cooper-Hewitt,
National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institute; Sustainability
Education Center of the American Forum for Global Education; SUNY/Purchase;
Grassroots; Henry Street Settlement.
1998 Photovoltatic/Photosynthesis Solar Street Furniture Design
and Recycled Design Workshops, Cooper-Hewitt, National Design
Museum, Smithsonian Institute
1997 Workshops for educators, tours for students, lectures,
planning, etc as .Designer in Residence, Cooper-Hewitt, National
Design Museum, Smithsonian Institute.
1995-96 Green Map workshop leader at the Tennendesign Forum in
Kyoto and at TU Delft in Holland with the O2 Global Network
1995-98 visiting instructor/guest critic in various design classes,
Parsons School of Design
1995 "expert" in EcoTourism workshop at Doors of Perception
3 on Eco-Info, Netherlands Design Institute, Amsterdam
1994 Workshops on designing with recycled materials at the Cooper-Hewitt
National Design Museum
Foundation studio at Parsons School of Design introducing solar-powered
and electric vehicles and the American Tour de Sol
1993 Public space recycling bin project at Pratt Institute; visiting
instructor for a workshop on Human Power at Carnegie-Mellon University
1992 Environmental Overview lecture series at The Cooper Union's
continuing education division
1990-92 Co-taught the project-oriented Design for the Environment
course with Mark Seltman at The Cooper Union's continuing education
division
Jurying
2005 Metropolis Next Generation
2001 American Colleges of Architecture Association's Design with
Steel Tubing.
2001 International Design Resources Awards (recycled content
products).
1998 National Art & Design Competition for Street Trees
1996-97 International Design Resources Awards (recycled content
products).
1993-97 American Marketing Association's Edison Awards.
1994 NYC Dept of Sanitation's Ecologically Sound Packaging Design
Competition
1994 ADPSR/NY's Honor Awards.
Speaking
Engagements
4-06 New York Map Society
3-05 Building Energy, Boston
2-05 Planetwork, NY
11-04 EcoMetro, NYC
5-04 BALLE, Philadelphia
4-04 Convergence, Dublin
3-04 Building Green, Detroit
5-03 & 5-00 San Francisco
4-03 Social Venture Network Annual Conference, Rhinebeck NY
1-03 Rhode Island School of Design11-02 HearSay, Philadelphia
3-02 Portfolio & Views, California College of Arts &
Crafts
1-02 Keynoter at Alliance of New Jersey Eco Educators Annual
Conference
11-01 Design School, University of Michigan
6-01 DEMI Launch Event, London
6-01 Design for the Future, Seattle WA
6-01 Green Mapping at City Hall, Victoria BC Canada
2-01 Culture Jamming, New York University
2-01 Architecture School, University of Dublin
10-00 Industrial Design Class, University of the Arts, Philadelphia
PA
5-00 Planetworkers: Information Technology & Global Technology,
San Francisco
5-00 Advancing Community Sustainability, Roanoke VA
4-00 American Planning Association National Conference NYC
12-99 Urban Ecology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore
10-99 Vision Plus 7, Tokyo
10-99 Under the Sun, Cooper Hewitt's Solar Conference
4-99 Industrial Designers, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh
6-98 Introducing Mapas Verde (Green Maps), Ethics & Culture of
Sustainable Development Conference & ISPJAE Arquitectura, Havana
Cuba
4-98 Childrens' Neighborhood-scale Green Maps, American Planning
Association National Conference, Boston MA
4-98 Society & Technology, Art & Science Collaborations
4-98 O2 & the Green Map System, O2 Tenth Anniversary Symposium,
Copenhagen Denmark
4-98 Green Maps, Here & There, Malmo Academy, Malmo Sweden
10/12-97 EcoDesign, Hampshire College, Amherst MA and Cornell
U, Ithaca NY
3-97 Serious Fun, Industrial Designers Society of America Regional
Conference, Syracuse NY
4-97 My Approach, Sustainable Design Forum, Seattle Art Museum,
WA
2-97 My Green Eyed View of NYC, Wild City, New York
10-96 My Pathway, Bioneers Conference, San Francisco, CA
4-96 Green Design Day, Sheffield Hallam University, England
4-96 On Green Design in the USA, Fragments Symposium, British
Crafts Council, London
3-96 Design Adventures, University of Southwestern University,
Lafayette, LA
11-95 Production and Consumption, Feminist Perspectives on Design
and Technology CUNY, NYC
3-95 The Greening of NYC, International Union of Architects'
NGO Forum on the Future of Cities at the Social Summit, Copenhagen
3-95 My Work, Danish Design School, Copenhagen
8-94 My Approach to Design, Industrial Designers Society of America
National Conference, Detroit
11-94 Sustainable Design, Sustainable Communities Congress, Silver
Springs, MD
1992-4 Green Careers, New York University
10-94 Environmental Entreprenuering, Eco Expo East, Boston
4-94 Green Design in NYC, University of Washington, Seattle
1993 Green Apple Map, New York Map Society
1993 Eco Lifestyling, Barnard College
1993 Architecture & Ecology, HLW Architects
1992 The Earth Summit, International Council of Societies of
Industrial Design Congress, Ljubljana, Slovenia
1992 Eco/Socio Responsibility, Manhattan Institute of Management
1992 Welcoming Speech, Green Apple Design Tour, lower Manhattan
Consulting
2002-04, Wendy is on the ERDA award-winning Broward County
FL's Parks Art Master Plan design team, led by Lorna Jordan.
2001 Greening the Tenants, Green October
1997 Environmental Seminar, Patagonia
1994-97 Greening Program, Manhattan Plaza
1995-96 Recycled and Renewable Materials, S.I.T.E.
1995 Children's Product Consulting, Kathryn Schenker Associates
1993-5 Waste Reduction Projects, Times Square Business
Improvement District
1994 Resource Efficient Retrofit consulting, Paul Laird
Architects
1994 Greening Consulting Team, Herald Square Hotel
1993 Green Concepts for the Municipal Bldg. Plaza, NYC
Department of General Services Design Division (pro bono)
1992 Marine Infrastructure Products of Recycled Plastic,
Utility Plastics
1991 Exhibit Research, Lightwheels
Selection
of Articles by Brawer
(published in USA publications unless noted. Several are linked
to our Articles page)
3-05 Foreword to Energetic Green Map Movement book by the Society
of Wilderness, Taiwan
11-04 New York Story in the
Green Map Atlas (Wendy was also Project Manager
6-01 We Chart the Earth, Whole Earth Magazine's Viridian
Design issue
1-01 "On Eco-Design" Environmental Grantmakers Association
Journal
7-99 "Eco Design Links" Eco Design Tools by
Eco Committee of Industrial Designers Society of America
12-97 "ID: Force of Nature?" Industrial Designers Society
of America NY Newsletter & ID Forum Online
5-97 "The BioFach Report", In Business
7-96 "The Web as a Metaphorof Our Time",frogdesign's rana
4-96 "Provoking, A Report", Innovation
1-96 "Wish List for Eco Design Education", Whole Earth Review
11-95 "Residential Recycling: Manhattan Plaza", Metro Planner
6-95 "Green Design in NYC", Design World, Australia
4-95 "Materials are the Message for European Green Products",
In Business
1-95 "The Green Apple Map", Places
4-93 "Eco Design in Berlin", EcoDesign Forum, Australia
4-93 "Recycling Plastic", Innovation
91-93 Several Articles, Institute of Business Designers SEED
Memberships
2005 Design Ignites Change Task Force.
2004-05 Neighborhood Energy Network, NYC.
2002 - 05 Social Venture Network - BALLE Adisory Board.
1995-05 Time's Up! member, 6BC Garden member.
1993-05 Member of the O2 Global Network, an international ecological
designers group. US Liasion to Global Net
Founding member of O2
NYC in 1995. Chair of O2 NYC in 1996. NYC Board 2005.
1993-05 Business Member of Co-op America.
1993-02 Board of Directors, Architects, Designers, Planners for
Social Responsibility, NY Chapter.
1997-99 Professional Designers Centennial Committee, Cooper-Hewitt,
National Design Museum.
1993-95 Chair of the Industrial Designers Society of AmericaÉs
Committee on Environmental Concerns. Member of IDSA 1989-99.
1991-96 Manhattan Citizens Solid Waste Advisory Board.
1992-95 IDSA's Alternate Delegate to the American Institute for
Pollution Prevention.
1994 Modern World Design certified as a Woman-Owned Business
Enterprise by New York State.
Reviews
(sorry not updated yet in eons! Recently
updated linked list of articles, books, etc about Green Map System
are listed here
and quoted here)
Magazines
8-97 "Green Maps," House Beautiful
7-97 "Painting the Map Green," "New Age Journal"
6-97 "Green Cartology," "E Magazine"
3-97 "Mapping Progress", Metropolis Magazine
11-96 "Eco Spots", I.D. Magazine
6-96 "Mapping Green Progress", Town & Country Planner,
UK
4-96 "Tennendesign's Green Map Workshop", River, Japan
12-95 "Eco Products On Line", In Business
12-95 "Green Mapping: Tool for Liveable Cities", Green Design
Quarterly, Canada
6-95 "New Paradigms American Style", Co-Design, England
6-95 "The Green Apple", UIA News, Denmark
4-95 "Green Map Attack", Science World
4-95 "She Makes the Apple A Little Greener", Artur, Denmark
1-94 "Give and Take", I.D. Magazine
7-94 "Design for the Environment Not Yet Mainstream", Business
and the Environment
5-94, "Eco Design Tour Around the World", Nikkei Design,
Japan
1-94, ""At The IDSA Conference", Design Korea, Korea
12-93 "Everyone Deposits, Anyone Redeems", BioCycle
9-93 "Grappling with the Apple", Garbage
5-93 "Cover Story", Pronto, Japan
9-91 "Modern World Protagonists", ECO
Newspapers
9-27-93, "Woman Confronts Disposable Society", NY Daily News
2-26-92 "A Walk on the Greener Side of the Big Apple", Earth
Summit Times
9-5-91 "Cast-Off Convertibles", NY Newsday
9-21-90 "Why are Designers Down in the Dumps?", NY Daily News
Books
1999 Design and Feminist, Rothschild, et al
1996 Ecology of Design, by AIGA
1995, Green at Work II, by Susan Cohn, Island Press
1995, Choose to ReUse, by Nikki & David Goldbeck, Ceres
Press
1993, Making Less Garbage, by Bette Fishbein and Caroline
Gelb, Inform Inc.
Broadcast
5-97 "Green Maps," Green TV (cable
4-97 "Green Map System Interview with Susan Szenasy," WBAI
3-97 "Green Apple Map", WNYC-AM
4-94, "Times Square's Take Out Less Waste Reduction Campaign",
CNN News
9-93, "Green Apple Map", New York One News
4-93, "The Greening of NYC", WFMU-FM
1-93, "Green Apple Map", WBAI-FM
6-92, "Consumerism", Manchete TV, Brazil