ASLA Annual Meeting to Feature Vice President Al Gore
San Francisco to host largest gathering of landscape architects in history

Former Vice President Al Gore

ASLA has announced that former Vice President Al Gore will be the closing keynote speaker for its 2007 Annual Meeting on October 8 in San Francisco.  He will present An Inconvenient Truth, the visually stunning multimedia presentation that inspires audiences to confront environmental issues in the world today.

The Society's mission is to lead, educate, and participate in the careful stewardship, wise planning, and artful design of our cultural and natural environments.  In 1992, ASLA presented then-Senator and soon-to-be Vice President Al Gore with its Olmsted Medal, the highest honor the Society may bestow upon an individual outside the profession of landscape architecture.

“It was only the third time the medal had ever been presented and this early honor turned out to be very prescient given Al Gore’s steadfast leadership, vision, and stewardship of the environment,” said Nancy C. Somerville, executive vice president and CEO of ASLA. “His speaking tour and documentary have educated millions on what we must do to protect our planet for ourselves and for generations to come.  Landscape architects are on the forefront of designing our built environment and protecting our natural resources and his presentation will provide a rallying point for the profession.”