R. Alfred “Alfie” Vick

Georgia Power Professor in Environmental Ethics and Director of Environmental Ethics Certificate Program

R. Alfred “Alfie” Vick
R. Alfred “Alfie” Vick

Georgia Power Professor in Environmental Ethics and Director of Environmental Ethics Certificate Program

 

 

 

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Denmark Hall, Office 203
Athens, Georgia 30602

Alfred Vick is the Georgia Power Professor in Environmental Ethics at the University of Georgia and Director of the Environmental Ethics Certificate Program. He is a licensed landscape architect and a LEED Fellow. His work focuses on preserving and enhancing the functioning of natural systems while effectively and attractively integrating human use. At the University of Georgia’s College of Environment & Design he teaches landscape ecology and sustainable design, collaborates with other researchers in the Sustainability and Landscape Performance Lab and serves on the Faculty of the Institute of Native American Studies. His academic research focuses on green infrastructure and sustainable site design, native plant communities, and American Indian ethnobotany. He earned a BS in Engineering Psychology from the University of Illinois and a Master of Landscape Architecture degree from the University of Georgia. He continues to practice professionally and his work has included several LEED-certified buildings such as the LEED Platinum headquarters of the Southface Energy Institute in Atlanta, Georgia. Alfred is past-Chair of the Sustainable Sites Technical Advisory Group for the US Green Building Council, Founding Chair of the Athens Branch of the US Green Building Council and has served on the board of several environmental organizations.

Personal Interests

Gardening, hiking, ice hockey, Brazilian jiu jitsu

Professional Registration

Professional Landscape Architect (Georgia, Mississippi); LEED AP BD+C; LEED Fellow; CLARB Certified

Organizations
  • American Society of Landscape Architects
  • US Green Building Council
Selected Grants and Funded Projects
  • Revising Georgia’s Nonpoint Source Management Program Plan Georgia Environmental Protection Division, Co-PI, $75,000 February 2014 – August 2014
  • The Impact of Climate Change on Tribal Resource Management in the Southeast US Forest Service grant, Co-PI, $35,000 2011
  • Increasing the Sustainability of Distribution Warehouse Centers Technical Assistance Grant, Co-PI, $107,632 2008
Education
  • MLA, University of Georgia (1998)
  • BS, Liberal Arts & Sciences – Engineering Psychology, University of Illinois – Urbana-Champaign (1993)
Scholarly Interests

Professor Vick’s research focuses on green infrastructure and sustainable site design, landscape performance, native plant communities, and Cherokee ethnobotany.

Awards & Recognition
  • Landscape Architecture Foundation Case Study Investigation (CSI) Research Fellow, 2018
  • Cherokee Nation Sevenstar Stalwart Award, 2014
  • University of Georgia Teaching Academy, 2013
  • Outstanding Faculty Member – Sustainable UGA Awards, 2013
  • Distinguished Faculty Member – CED Alumni Association, 2013
Lectures & Videos

Biophilic Solutions Podcast, Episode 36 – Native Plants, Wildness, and Landscape Architecture with Alfred Vick

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/native-plants-wildness-and-landscape-architecture-with/id1559748185?i=1000577073824

Serenbe Stories Podcast, Season 2, Episode 6 – Alfred Vick Eats Plants (And Talks Environmental Ethics):

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/alfie-vick-eats-plants-and-talks-environmental-ethics/id1478453001?i=1000467213178

 

Publications
  • Alexander, Clark; Bledsoe, Brian; Calabria, Jon; Gambill, Jill; Landry, Craig; Santiago Collazo, Felix; Smith, Alison; Vick, Robert. 2022. Tybee Natural Infrastructure Master Plan.
  • Vick, R.A. 2021. The Black Drink Throughout Cherokee History. Native American Food Ways in a Global Economy. Michelene Pesantubbee and Michael Zogry, Co-editors. SUNY Press. Albany, New York.
  • Smith, A., Rivero, R. and Vick, R.A. 2020 Exploring adaptation challenges and collaborative solutions in a USA Coastal Region through Geodesign. The International Geodesign Collaboration: Changing Geography by Design. Editors: Orland, B. Steinitz, C. and Fisher. ESRI Press, Redlands, California.
  • Nelson, jace; Stephens, Timothy; Bledsoe, Brian; Bringolf, Robert; Calabria, Jon; Freeman, Byron; Hill, Katie; Mattison, William; Melchionni, Brian; Skaggs, Jon; Vick, Robert; Wenger, Seth. 2020. Review of Special Provisions and Other Conditions Placed on GDOT Projects for Imperiled Species Protection
  • Shields, Rachael, Jon Calabria, Brian Orland, and Alfred Vick. “Historic Fourth Ward Park, Phase 1 Methods.” The Landscape Performance Series. Landscape Architecture Foundation, 2018. https://doi.org/10.31353/cs1381
  • Shields, Rachael, Jon Calabria, Brian Orland, Alfred Vick. “University of Georgia Science Learning Center Methods.” The Landscape Performance Series. Landscape Architecture Foundation, 2018. https://doi.org/10.31353/cs13901
  • Vick, Robert; McDowell, Rob; Risse, Mark; et.al. 2014. Georgia’s Statewide Nonpoint Source Management Plan – Urban.
  • Vick, R.A., Calabria, J., Echols, S., Ogden, M., Yocca, D. 2012. Site Design: Water. Sustainable Sites Handbook. Meg Calkins, Editor. John Wiley & Sons. New York.
  • Calabria, J., Vick, R.A., and Cassity, P.W. 2011. UGA’s Green Infrastructure Plan: Student Envisioned. 2011 Georgia Water Resources Conference Proceedings.
  • Vick, R.A. Cherokee Adaptation to the Landscape of the West and Overcoming the Loss of Culturally Significant Plants. American Indian Quarterly Vol 35. No. 3 (Summer 2011). University of Nebraska Press.
  • Vick, R.A. The Plant Communities of the Trail of Tears: Overcoming Relocation and Reestablishing a Connection to Place. Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture 2008 Conference Proceedings.
  • Vick, R.A. Low-impact Land Development: The Practice of Preserving Natural Processes. Chinese Landscape Architecture. Volume 25/166. (translated by CAO Juan)
  • Wenger, S.J., Carter, T.L., Vick, R.A., and Fowler, L.A. 2008. Runoff Limits: An Ecologically-based Stormwater Management Program. Stormwater 9: 1-10.
  • Vick, R.A. Low-impact Land Development: The Practice of Preserving Natural Processes. Journal of Green Building. Volume 1, Number 4.
  • Vick, R.A. 2006. Site Design for Stormwater Management. Landscape Architectural Graphic Standards. Len Hopper, Editor. John Wiley & Sons. New York.

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