After being introduced by John Kaliski, Achva Benzinberg Stein discusses “processed landscapes.” which need human intervention to protect the natural functioning of the environment and to become self-sustaining. Stein stresses attentiveness to the specific character of a place, rather than trying to make every place the same. She argues that a processed landscape is not a bad thing, but that we must be careful not to homogenize. Stein presents a large scale project in India where she was hired to add decorative landscaping to a new industrial area, but pushed for a land management plan that created substantive benefits by mediating between the government and the factories. Stein discusses connecting landscapes now to landscapes of the past. She presents a project in San Francisco in which an ice enclosure shed alfalfa seeds as it melted.