FWTF 007 - Margot Jacobs

FWTF, with Finding Infinity

Meet Margot Jacobs for the latest FWTF podcast. Margot is a landscape architect, an amazing human, a creative activist and a soul dancer. Have a listen to Margot’s story, ️and hear about an amazing project she worked on recently to challenge the Dakota Pipeline creatively by demonstrating how much renewable energy could be generated with that same land using maps.

Margot Jacobs has a passion for designing meaningful spaces with and for people. She began her focus on sustainable systems-based solutions for resilient communities at the Swedish Research Institute (RISE). Drawing on her background in industrial design, research, and art, Margot designs and advocates for multiple-benefit landscapes including public parks, waterways, infrastructure systems and mixed-use developments in the US as well as Central and South America. She is currently leading the design for several mixed-use projects, parks, and green infrastructure along the LA River and in the Arts District. Committed to work that improves quality of life, she is active in water conservation, environmental justice, and pro-bono efforts. Her writing on the benefits of green infrastructure has appeared in the LA Times, Flaunt Magazine and the Stockholm World Water Week Proceedings. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Industrial Design from the Georgia Institute of Technology, her Master of Professional Practice in Interactive Telecommunications from NYU, and her Master of Landscape Architecture at UC Berkeley.