Membership

Alan Chenoweth

Alan Chenoweth

As a founding member, Alan Chenoweth has been a constant and dedicated supporter of the Institute. Alan has remained extraordinarily generous with his time, and always willing to provide invaluable guidance and advice to the Institute and all its Members. Alan’s professionalism and integrity has been constant and invaluable to the Institute.

Alan was instrumental in establishing the Certified Environmental Practitioner Scheme and the EIANZ Merit Awards. His dedication to the EIANZ has greatly contributed to the success of the SEQ Division, the CEnvP Program and the Institute as a whole.

Alan Chenoweth BAgSc GDLA MURP FAILA FEIANZ FAIH FPLA MPIA is a Senior Consultant to Cardno, a Registered Landscape Architect and Certified Environmental Practitioner, with over 40 years experience in consultancy, public service, research and teaching. This has covered plant sciences, environmental impacts, visual assessment, park and recreation planning, landscape design, conservation and land development, community consultation, and generally the integration of ecological and amenity studies with town planning.

With qualifications in agricultural science, landscape architecture and planning, a Churchill Fellowship in social housing and past service on the Queensland Board for Urban Places, Alan brings a balanced and multi-disciplinary approach to land use, urban design and development issues. He has acted as expert witness (mainly ecology and visual amenity) in more than 200 Court Appeals, and has won several planning awards for innovative approaches to ‘green planning’.

Alan served on the Certification Board of the Environment Institute of Australia and New Zealand (EIANZ) from 2004-19 including 4 years as Chair, is a Fellow of four professional institutes and has served on the Management Committee of Environmental Defenders Office (Qld). He is currently undertaking PhD research at Griffith University into the ethics of professional environmental practice