David A. Bainbridge, M.S.

Vice-President for Sustainability Emeritus
Past Director, Kisho Kurokawa Green Institute

Professor David Bainbridge has over 40 years of experience in sustainable management. A researcher, author and consultant in sustainable management, David A. Bainbridge was educated at the University of California in San Diego, Earth Sciences, and U.C. Davis in Ecology. He has published 17 books, contributed or written many book chapters on restoration, resource management, and sustainable building, and more than 300 articles and reports, for audiences ranging from the Wall Street Journal to the Tree Planter’s Notes. He started his first business while he was in graduate school, creating one of the first companies involved in environmental impact analysis and reporting in California. His interest in environmental planning led to a position at Living Systems, an innovative design firm in Winters, California where he was involved in research and development of passive solar systems and guidelines for energy efficient development. He has served as an advisor for the California Energy Commission (where he was honored for his work on the state solar tax credits), California Department of Transportation, and National Affordable Housing Coalition, and created the Passive Solar Institute. His early research was honored by the American Solar Energy Society when he was selected as the passive solar pioneer for 2004. He was hired to assist development of the interdisciplinary Dry Lands Research Institute at U.C. Riverside, where he was coauthor of the groundbreaking guide to sustainable agriculture for California in 1991. His desert restoration work then led him to San Diego State University and finally to Alliant International University, where he developed the AIU Sustainable Management program. He has developed and taught courses on sustainable management, restoration ecology, sustainable resource management, environmental accounting, and ecotourism.