Valerie Moye
About Valerie's Work
Valerie Moye links sustainability science, urban planning, and information technology to create resource efficient cities. She completed a master’s degree in environmental management with an emphasis on sustainable urban and industrial systems. Her primary interest lies in measuring and communicating the resource consumption, or environmental footprints, of different types of human settlements. In her Master’s work, Valerie investigated how academic concepts such as urban metabolism can be translated into useful tools for sustainable development organizations. She has a keen interest in using Web 2.0 technologies and social entrepreneurship approaches to scale urban sustainability solutions at national and global scales. Valerie led a project to develop an open data standard for community greenhouse gas emissions. Valerie researched coupled energy-water-materials footprints and industrial symbiosis potential in Indian cities as part of an international NSF research team. Valerie was the President of the Land Use and Urban Coalition at Yale (LUCY), member of the Industrial Environmental Management student group, and writer for the Yale Environment Review. Valerie’s interest in urban sustainability blossomed during her two years at the City of Chattanooga’s Office of Sustainability where she developed a sustainability metrics program for the city. She also served two years as a Peace Corps volunteer promoting solid waste management in a rural Peruvian town. Valerie holds a B.S. in Environmental Studies: Ecology and Biodiversity from Sewanee: The University of the South.
