CBAC: Progress Updates (2025-2026)

Biodiversity Subcommittee

Developed a prototype Biodiversity Wiki to organize national, regional, and chapter biodiversity resources
Developed advocacy strategy and policy positions for the UN Convention on Biological Diversity, in coordination with the International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA).
Developed webinar on the Biodiversity Primer for Landscape Architects: Essential Knowledge to Inform Meaningful Action and co-led development of webinar on the Rights of Nature.
Co-led development of a roadmap for a new Landscape Architecture 2040 Commitment Program.
Developed recommendations for new biodiversity criteria for the updated ASLA Professional and Student Awards program.

Climate Subcommittee

Published Landscape Architecture 2040: Guide to Site Carbon Assessment v1, the first standardized methodology for measuring the embodied carbon emissions, operational carbon emissions, and carbon storage of site projects.
Published v2 of Decarbonizing Specifications: Guidelines for Landscape Architects, Specifiers, and Industry Partners, with ten new and updated sections and new email template for concrete specifiers.
Co-led development of a roadmap for a new Landscape Architecture 2040 Commitment Program.
Developed a three-part series of blog posts on the environmental impact of data centers.
Developed recommendations for new climate criteria for the updated ASLA Professional and Student Awards program.

Equity Subcommittee

Developed an Indigenous-led four-part webinar series and Conference gathering to educate non-Indigenous landscape architects on Indigenous cultures and worldviews, leadership, sovereignty, stewardship, and approaches to co-design.
Led development of webinars on How to Prioritize Justice and Community Through Landscape Architecture and provide Equitable Access to Biodiverse Landscapes; co-led development of webinars on the Rights of Nature and Heat Equity.
Developed recommendations for new equity criteria for the updated ASLA Professional and Student Awards program.

Advocacy Subcommittee

Published the guide Leading with Performance and Tradition: How to Talk About Climate & Biodiversity with Conservative Communities.
Led development of the webinar Small Landscape Architecture Firms Take Action on Climate & Biodiversity.
Advised on social media campaigns on the ASLA Climate & Biodiversity Action Plan; advocacy strategies of ASLA Climate & Biodiversity Action Fellow; and communications strategies for ASLA delegations to UN Convention on Biological Diversity and UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.
Served as selection panel for ASLA Climate & Biodiversity Action Fellow
Led quarterly meetings of the ASLA Climate & Biodiversity Action Network and expanded the network to include small landscape architecture firms.
Led Practice Basecamp sessions at the ASLA 2026 Conference.
Achieved 33 chapters with Climate & Biodiversity Action Chairs and Committees by end of 2026.

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