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Publications & Presentations
 
  • Scherch, J. (2010). Social Work within Tibetan Refugee Settlements: Challenges and Opportunities for Sustainable Development. Paper proposal for 56th Annual Program Meeting of the Council of Social Work Education (CSWE), Portland, OR, October.
  • Article featuring Jonathan's collaboration with Tibetan farmers in India. An Invitation from Tibet Government in Exile. (2009).
  • Scherch, J. & Phelan, T. (2009). Bamboo as a Catalyst for Change. Interview (audio podcast) with Terry Phelan, WebTalk Radio.
  • Scherch, J. (2009). Social Work and Agroforestry: Towards an integral practice model for sustainable futures. Paper Proposal accepted for the 2nd World Congress of Agroforestry, Nairobi, Kenya, August.
  • Scherch, J. (2009). Whither Our Embrace of Bamboo: Observations from Forest, Farm and Factory. International Journal of Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability, 5(4), pgs. 163-178. In association with the 5th Conference convened at University of Technology, Mauritius, January.
  • Scherch, J., Niebler, J., McGann, S. & Keller, J. (2008). Northwest Food, Northwest Gardens: learning from one another as we go. Panel presentation for Seattle Bioneers, October, Seattle, WA.
  • Scherch, J., Davis, G., Fox, M., Garfunkel, J. (2008). A Journey Towards Becoming a Sustainable School. Presentation for Environmental Education Association of Washington (EEAW) Annual Conference. November, Wenatchee, WA.
  • Scherch, J. (2008). Invited Lecturer, "Living Sustainably: Strategies of Consumption & Collaboration", Dynamic Sustainability Summer Series of The McGregor Institute for INtellectual Development (MIIND). Yellow Springs, Ohio, August.
  • Scherch, J. (2008). Designing for Abundance: Exploring Opportunities for Northwest Integrated Resource Systems.  Presentation for Snohomish County Sustainable Development Taskforce, February.
  • Scherch, J. (2008). Poverty Alleviation and Urban/Rural Reciprocities: Designing, Learning, Collaborating for Eco-City Dhaka, Bangladesh. Paper accepted and presented for EcoCity World Summit 2008, San Francisco, CA, April.
  • Scherch, J. (2008). Repointing the Ivory Tower: Designing for Relevancy, Efficacy, Humility in view of The Great Turning. Journal of the World Universities Forum, 1(5). Paper delivered for the World Universities Forum, Davos, Switzerland, January.
  • Scherch, J. (2007, 2004, 2000). Riverton: Envisioning a Sustainable Community. In D. Fauri, S. Wernet & F.E. Netting's (Eds.) Cases in Social Work Macro Practice, 3rd Edition. New York: Allyn & Bacon. ISBN-10: 0205498477.
  • Scherch, J. (2007). Global Opportunities, Local Commitments: Exploring Pathways to American Markets for Bamboo Shoots. Keynote Address for International Workshop on Bamboo, Zhejiang Forestry University, Lin'an, China, November.
  • Scherch, J. (2007). People, Places, Permaculture: Revealing patterns of resources, relationships & realities. Invited Speaker for Northwest Ecobuilding Guild Annual Retreat, October.
  • Scherch, J. Bullert, B.J. & Keller, J. (2007). Green Dreaming: Envisioning Sustainability Around You.  Presentation for the Seattle-Bioneers Conference, October.
  • Scherch, J. (2007). Creating a Cool School: 10 Activities to Transform your School, Better your Budgets, Inspire Hope & Teach Solutions to Global Warming. Unpublished material.

  • Scherch, J. (2007). Invited Speaker for Food, Farming, Culture and Education Summer Institute, Bainbridge Island, WA, July.
  • Scherch, J. (2007). Bamboo for Sustainable Development in China & Beyond. Public Presentation, Global Issues & Perspectives Series, Antioch University Seattle, April 11.
  • Scherch, J. (2006). Sustainable Campus as Curriculum: Contiguous Education, Resource Abundance -- the Fruits of Ecological Design. Paper proposal accepted for Asia-Pacific Programme of Educational Innovation for Development (APEID) 10th International Conference, "Learning Together for Tomorrow: Education for Sustainable Development" in Bangkok, Thailand. December.
  • Scherch, J. (2006). From Rhizome to Renaissance: Engaging Integral Bamboo Systems for Sustainable Development. International Journal of Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability, 2(4). Paper accepted and presented at Annual Conference in Hanoi, Vietnam, January, 2006.
  • Scherch, J. (2006). Invited Speaker for Citizenship in a Global Age: A Pacific Northwest Perspective. Seattle, July.
  • Scherch, J. (2006). Diverse Origins, Common Paths: Tibetan sustainable settlement projects and their relevancy to urban Indian livelihoods. Paper proposal accepted for the International Conference on Sustainable EcoCity Development (EcoCity 6), Bangalore, India, August.
  • Scherch, J. & Stark, T. (2005). The Joys of Rainwater Harvesting: An Appreciative Inquiry of Northwest Practices and Benefits. At North American Rainwater Catchment Systems Association (ARCSA) Annual Conference, July, Seattle.
  • Scherch, J. (2005). Sustainability in Exile: Envisioning Permanent Culture in Tibetan Refugee Settlements. International Journal of Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability, 1(1). **Runner-up, 2005 Annual Prize for Excellence, for the best paper submitted to the International Journal of Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability -- selected on the basis of its contribution to new thinking in the field. Paper accepted and presented at Annual Conference in Honolulu, Hawaii, February, 2005.
  • Scherch, J., Fraser, T., Lee Bradley, A. & Nolt, J. (2005). Models of Sustainability. In John Nolt's (Ed.) A Land Imperiled: The Declining Ecological Health of Southern Appalachia. Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press. ** Nominated for the 2005 Weatherford Award of the Appalachian Studies Association. ISBN: 1-572-33326-X.
  • Scherch, J., Tsering, L. & Hall, M. (2004). Outcome Report. for 2004 Permaculture Design Workshop, Tibetan Central Authority, Bylukuppe Settlement, Karnataka State, India.
  • Scherch, J., Phelan, T. & Broili, M. (2003). Teamwork on a Sensitive Site: The Markley Residence. (A strawbale home project, on a wetland border, featuring permaculture design concepts) for Northwest Ecobuilding Guild Annual Retreat, October.
  • Scherch, J. (2003). Washington's Future: No Time or Resources to Waste. An abridged version appeared in the July 17 edition of the Daily Journal of Commerce.
  • Scherch, J. (2003). Surfaces for Salmon: Integrating roofscapes, hardscapes and landscapes for effective stormwater management. Poster accepted for Green Rooftops for Sustainable Development, The First North American Green Roof Infrastructure Conference, Awards and Trade Show, Chicago.

  • Scherch, J. et al (2003). What's Missing Here: A Look at Green Design Integration. Student Initiated Ecological Design Forum, College of Architecture & Urban Planning, University of Washington, December.
  • Scherch, J., O'Brien, K. & Stieg, C. (2002). Ecological Footprinting of Green Buildings. Presentation & Slides for Environ Design 6, Seattle, April.
  • Scherch, J. (1999). Sustainable Business Principles: New Approaches for a New Era. An abridged version appeared in the March 22 edition of the Puget Sound Business Journal.
  • Scherch, J. (1999). LED There Be Light. Home Power Magazine. 73, October / November, 88-90.
  • Scherch, J. (1998). Eco-village Development: A Report from Southern Appalachia. In Marie D. Hoff's (Ed.). Sustainable Community Development: Studies in Environmental, Economic, and Cultural Revitalization. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press LLC. ISBN: 1-574-44129-9. "This is one of the better texts on sustainable rural development in offering a theoretical background, case studies, and logical suggestions for replication." From Sustainable Rural Community Development: An annotated bibliography" (Carrol-Larson, R. & Newman, B., 2007, p. 11).
  • Scherch, J. (1998). Environmental Problems and Vulnerable Populations: Developing a Social Work Response Grounded in Bioregionalism. (Presented for the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Sociological Society, April, Kansas City, MO).
  • Scherch, J. (1997). Living Responsibly: A Study of Sustainable Living in East Tennessee and the Southern Appalachian Bioregion. (Doctoral dissertation, University of Tennessee). 246 pp. Abstract in Dissertation Abstracts International, 59 (1998):325A. 
  • Scherch, J. (1997). Book Review of The Global Environmental Crisis: Implications for social welfare and social work (Marie D. Hoff & John G. McNutt, Editors, Ashgate Publishers, Brookfield, VT). Journal of Community Practice, 4(1), 137-140.
  • Nolt, J.; Bradley, A.L.; Knapp, M.; Lampard, D.E. & Scherch, J. (1997). What Have We Done? The Foundation for Global Sustainability's State of the Bioregion Report for the Upper Tennessee Valley & Southern Appalachian Mountains. Washburn, TN: Earth Knows Publications. ISBN: 0-964-46592-2.
     
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