Environmental Leadership Program

Todd Baylson is Manager of Open Space Planning with the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society's Philadelphia Green Program, located in Philadelphia PA. Philadelphia Green works with government agencies, political leaders, community organizations, residents and others to plan and implement greening projects and initiatives, support community development, host educational offerings about greening topics like how to plant and maintain trees, and plan for a greener and brighter future for Philadelphia. Using a variety of types of technology and other tools as well as his background in urban planning, Todd supports the operations of the various programs and projects of Philadelphia Green and helps to document the wide breadth of the organization's work and its impact. As an ELP fellow Todd hopes to explore the potential for a new kind of 21st century environmentalism that would tweak and better align individual self interest and the environmental agenda in order to empower and grow the environmental movement. Born and raised in the East Falls neighborhood of Philadelphia, Todd is recently engaged and plays drums in two bands: Mellow Veneer (www.myspacecom/mellowveneer) a unique contemporary soul band, as well as The Bro's Perspective, a jazz-funk-fusion trio.