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Upcoming ASLA Webinars: Infrastructure Week & Biodiversity & Climate Action Series

ASLA 2023 Professional General Design Honor Award. Grand Junction Park and Plaza. Westfield, Indiana. DAVID RUBIN Land Collective / Alan Karchmer

In recognition of Infrastructure Week, ASLA offers a rebroadcast of this session, previously presented at the 2024 ASLA Conference on Landscape Architecture. Please check your LA CES PDH record (under the "Professional Development" tab in your ASLA member account on asla.org) if you are not sure whether you've already earned PDH for this presentation.

Rebroadcast: The Curation, Choreography, and Culture of Linear Landscapes - 1.25 PDH (LA CES/HSW)

Wednesday, May 14, 2025

1:00 p.m. ET / 10:00 a.m. PT

Free for ASLA members; $50 for non-members

Linear landscapes—streets, utility corridors, trail systems, waterfronts—are some of the hardest spaces to design but often have the most impact on community and ecological health and well-being. Panelists will share how framing linear landscapes through curation, choreography, and culture yields exceptional design solutions for these spaces.

Presenters:

  • Megan Born, ASLA, Associate Partner, Field Operations
  • Nate Cormier, ASLA, PLA, LEED AP, Managing Studio Director, RIOS
  • Cindy Zerger, ASLA, PLA, Urban Design Practice Lead, Toole Design Group

Moderator: 

  • Roxanne Blackwell, Esq., Hon. ASLA, ASLA’s Managing Director of Government Affairs

Landscape architects’ leadership in advocacy is especially urgent now, as green infrastructure and bicycle projects face new challenges. A recent U.S. Department of Transportation memo threatens to strip these essential projects of federal funding—undermining efforts that promote public health, equitable mobility, and climate resilience.

This is not just a policy shift, it’s a call to action. Linear landscapes and green infrastructure are often led by landscape architects, and their future depends on our collective voice. Recently, nearly 1,654 landscape architecture advocates signed ASLA’s letter to U.S. DOT Secretary Sean Duffy highlighting the benefits of bicycle projects and green infrastructure. Webinar participants will also learn how to take additional advocacy steps to defend this critical infrastructure that shapes healthier, more connected communities.

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Navigating Environmental Product Data: A Guide for Landscape Architects, Specifiers, and Industry Partners - 1.0 PDH (LA CES/HSW) 

Thursday, May 15, 2025

2:00 p.m. ET / 11:00 a.m. PT

Free for ASLA members; $50 for non-members

Part of the Biodiversity & Climate Action 101 for Landscape Architects Series. Registrants will receive access to the recording.

The materials and products landscape architects specify significantly impact a project’s global warming potential, biodiversity, and air and water quality. This webinar will show you how to interpret environmental product declarations (EDPs) and how EPDs relate to other types of environmental product data. With the right data, product specifiers can assess a product's environmental impacts, make informed decisions, and align with ASLA Climate Action Plan goals.

Presenter: 

  • Sasha Anemone, ASLA; Senior Designer; Salt Landscape Architects
  • Meg Calkins, FASLA, SITES AP; Professor of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning; North Carolina State University
  • Amy Syverson-Shaffer, ASLA, RLA, SITES AP; Sustainability Leader; Landscape Forms

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This webinar is underwritten by Landscape Forms

If you missed any previous presentations in the Climate & Biodiversity Action 101 for Landscape Architects Webinar Series, the recordings are now available on-demand.

Visit www.asla.org/onlinelearning for all upcoming webinars and virtual events.

 

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