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ASLA RECEIVES NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR
THE ARTS GRANT
Society Will Use $22,000 to Educate Public about Green
Roofs
WASHINGTON, Dec. 15, 2006---The American Society of Landscape
Architects Library and Education Advocacy Fund (ASLA Fund)
will receive a $22,000 grant from the National
Endowment for the Arts (NEA) for outreach and education
programming surrounding the Society’s new green
roof demonstration project, completed in April.
The grant will fund an exhibit, a student workbook, and a
discovery program to help raise awareness of how green roofs
improve air and water quality, reduce the urban heat island
effect, manage stormwater run-off, replace bio-habitat, and
provide esthetic amenities to tenants and neighbors and economic
benefits to developers and building owners.
“One of the main reasons ASLA decided to build a green
roof on our headquarters was to show people what a green roof
looks like and demonstrate the many environmental and economic
benefits,” said Nancy C. Somerville, executive vice
president/CEO of ASLA, who also serves as president of the
ASLA Fund. "Not only will this grant enhance the experience
for our green roof visitors, it will enable us to reach audiences
of all ages across the country and around the world who may
not be able to visit our project in person.”
About the ASLA Fund
The ASLA Library and Education Advocacy Fund seeks to expand
the body of knowledge of the landscape architecture profession,
to promote the value of landscape architecture, and to increase
public understanding of environmental and land use issues
and principles. The ASLA Fund supports ASLA research, library,
archives, awards, and professional education programs. The
ASLA Fund is a 501 (c) 3 organization and contributions are
tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law.
About ASLA
Founded in 1899, ASLA is the national professional association
for landscape architects, representing more than 17,000 members
in 48 professional chapters and 68 student chapters. Landscape
architecture is a comprehensive discipline of land analysis,
planning, design, management, preservation, and rehabilitation.
ASLA promotes the landscape architecture profession and advances
the practice through advocacy, education, communication, and
fellowship. Members of the Society use their “ASLA”
suffix after their names to denote membership and their commitment
to the highest ethical standards of the profession. Learn
more about landscape architecture online at www.asla.org.
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