"I am a doctoral student in the School of Social Ecology, supervised by Dr. Daniel Stokols. I primarily focus on research in environmental psychology, and specifically on the extraordinary transcendent experiences which may occur in different built and natural environments, and how these may contribute to the development of pro-environmental value orientations and behaviors. My academic background in environmental psychology and professional background in planning and green building are serving as a great contribution to the science team’s goals of analyzing sustainability sister city analysis. As such, the primary questions I am contributing to are: What are the demographic, contextual, political and psychological variables which may enhance or impede the development, implementation and continuation of a sustainability focused inter-city partnership?"