Samir Doshi, Gund Graduate Student Fellow, discusses his doctoral research on using an ecological design approach to landscape and economic restoration in Appalachia. Read more about Samir's work and that of the Gund Institute's Ecological Design program in Beyond Coal: a Resilient New Economy in Appalachia in Solutions. (Link: magazine.thesolutionsjournal.com/node/706) Summer 2010 A Production of the Gund Institute for Ecological Economics, an affiliate of the Rubenstein School for Environment & Natural Resources at the University of Vermont The Gund Institute is a transdisciplinary research, teaching, and service organization focused on developing integrative solutions to society's most pressing problems. We conduct integrative research and service-learning projects on a broad range of topics, offer hands-on learning through our problem-solving workshops and courses, develop online teaching resources and international collaborations through metacourses, and support professional and graduate education through our Graduate Certificates in Ecological Economics and Ecological Design. Learn more about the Gund community of students, scholars and practitioners by exploring our news, publications, and video archives, then contact us to help us build a sustainable, widely shared quality of life. For more information visit: uvm.edu/giee/