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Christine Muehlman Gyovai is the Principal of Dialogue and Design Associates and an Associate at the Institute for Environmental Negotiation at the University of Virginia. Ms. Gyovai is certified in mediation and permaculture design, and has over ten years of experience in facilitation and training with a focus on increasing community and environmental sustainability. She is a member of the National Roster of Environmental Dispute Resolution And Consensus Building Professionals with the US Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution. She holds a M.P. in Urban and Environmental Planning from the University of Virginia and a B.S. in Environmental Studies from Burlington College. Prior to joining the Institute, Ms. Gyovai directed a nonprofit organization, Communities United for Sustainable Progress, and has done facilitation, mediation, and taught environmental education in San Luis Obispo, California.  

San Luis Sustainability Group Since 1976, the San Luis Sustainability Group, based near San Luis Obispo, California, has focused on designing a variety of building types with the common thread of being environmentally friendly with regard to function, process, and composition. Their buildings range in size from small cottages of 400 square feet to large scale commercial complexes that incorporate energy efficient design techniques such as passive solar heating, passive cooling and day lighting, as well as the use of green building materials and/or integration of photovoltaic electricity generation. In addition, San Luis Sustainability Group provides sustainable planning, research and consultant services that promote building practices to better integrate human activities with the natural environment. 

Website www.slosustainability.com
Email SLOSG@slonet.org

• Practice: Bringing people together to develop sustainable solutions.
• Capacity Building: Providing people with learning opportunities to be creative and collaborative learners.
• Knowledge building: Building understanding of best collaborative processes.

Website www.virginia.edu/ien
Email envneg@virginia.edu