Experience

The principal, Dr. J. Scott Carley, is an environmental educator, systems ecologist and knowledge architect with over twenty years of experience in designing and developing computer- and Internet-based systems and processes that support instructional design, collaborative learning, curriculum development, professional development/training and strategic planning in the environmental, telecommunications, healthcare and energy industries and in education and government.

His professional career has emphasized

• the development of web-based support systems for college students, working professionals and researchers,
• the technical and policy aspects of the management of renewable natural resources (esp., wildlife, fisheries, forests), and
• the environmental aspects of regional planning and growth management.

With broad background and experience in theoretical chemistry, philosophy, systems ecology, natural resource management, regional planning, education and web-based technologies his interests now range over the application of nonequilibrium thermodynamics to ecology, economics and social/cultural dynamics (i.e., organomics), industrial ecology, life cycle analysis, computerized decision support for natural resource management and urban/regional planning, temporal geographic information systems, socio-linguistic models of collaborative learning and research, and the foundations and applications of second order cybernetics.

Clients have included BC Hydro, Environment Canada, Statistics Canada, NWT Dept. of Renewable Resources, BC Ministry of Environment, University of British Columbia, King County Environmental Division, King County Planning and Community Development Division, US West NewVector Group, ESSA Ltd., Generation 7 Power Company and the City of Seattle Department of Design, Construction and Land Use.

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