The Leaf Island Team

Igor Bronz develops the design and technical specifications of Leaf Island’s ecologically-regenerative green technologies. His thesis involves the development of mathematical models for calculating the stormwater uptake efficiency of green infrastructure projects. Igor earned his MS in Applied Geosciences with a focus on Geotechnical Engineering and Hydrogeology from the University of Pennsylvania. 

Chief scientist and designer for our green technologies, Paul is a developmental plant biologist/ecologist, professor, green infrastructure pioneer, founder of The Gaia Institute. Dr. Mankiewicz has designed and built some of the first green roofs and swales in NYC, and has been instrumental in developing the framework for what constitutes effective green infrastructure throughout his academic discipline, professional career and from a policy perspective.

Overseeing Leaf Island strategy and scale as stakeholder facilitator, Joshua is a filmmaker, educator and co-director of the Center for the Force Majeure. Joshua Harrison’s work centers around bringing together artists, scientists, engineers, planners and visionaries to design regenerative systems and policies that address issues raised by global temperature rise at the scale that they present. The Center has active projects in the US, Sweden, Scotland and South Korea. In particular, Josh leads the Living Forest Project, a multidisciplinary group working with the US Forest Service, the State of California,  local communities, business and policy leaders to build a systems approach to the fire and water crises in California. Living Forests is working to build the planning infrastructure for a wood-based circular economy in the dryland forest regions of the western United States. .