Upcoming ASLA Webinars: Explore History, Sustainability, and the Economic Value of Landscape Architecture

6/1/2025Leave a Comment

In recognition of Pride Month, 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.

Reflection of the Gay Rights Movement in the Memorial Landscape - 1.25 PDH (LA CES/HSW)

Wednesday, June 4, 2025

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

Free for ASLA members; $50 for non-members

Since Stonewall, the queer community has made significant progress toward a more equitable society. Join us today to explore the pivotal events that have shaped the trajectory of the gay rights movement and discover how they have inspired the creation of memorials that mark the history of the American landscape.

Presenters:

Yusheng Dent, ASLA, Associate, SWA Group
Cleve Jones, American Human Rights Activist, Author and Lecturer, Consultant
Chad Lord, Senior Director, Government Affairs, National Parks Conservation Association

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Harnessing the Power of Water Features & Water Harvesting Solutions: Innovative Resolutions for a Sustainable Future and Profitable Ventures - 1.0 PDH (LA CES/HSW)

Tuesday, June 10, 2025

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

Free for ASLA members; $50 for non-members

Learn to approach water with a proactive mindset, recognizing its essential role in sustaining life and the environment. This means promoting efficient design and construction methods, integrating smart water management solutions into landscape architecture and water features, and helping clients maximize returns through sustainable water use practices.

Presenters:

Jesse Wells, RLA, Vice President, inCon-trol Water Systems
Nick Phelps, PE, Vice President, inCon-trol Water Systems

Moderator:

Chris Davis, ASLA, PLA, Sr. Landscape Architect / Project Manager, JBI Partners

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A new webinar series: Making the Economic Case for Landscape Architecture

Join a collective learning experience for the landscape architecture community. We will explore how to better understand the many economic benefits of nature-based solutions that landscape architects plan and design.

The webinar series builds on the economic analyses ASLA released in 2024 and will help guide a new economic research plan for the landscape architecture community.

The series will explore:

How economists and project stakeholders (governments, developers, insurance companies, etc.) understand the economic benefits of nature-based solutions and landscape architecture
How landscape architects can better make the economic case for their projects
Potential areas of economic research that can be advanced by ASLA, the Landscape Architecture Foundation (LAF), the Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture (CELA) and landscape architecture educators, partner organizations (ULI, etc.), and economists and market researchers

The first webinar in the series:

How Economists Value Landscape Architecture - 1.0 PDH (LA CES/HSW)

Tuesday, June 17, 2025

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

Free for ASLA members; $50 for non-members

The landscape architecture community has made major strides in communicating the economic benefits of nature-based solutions and landscape architecture. Last year, ASLA published a series of economic research briefs that synthesized existing research on economic benefits. The research also explored the economic benefits found in the Landscape Architecture Foundation (LAF)’s Landscape Performance Series Case Study Briefs. Learn how to leverage economic frameworks to make the case for your project.

Presenters:

Megan Barnes, ASLA, Senior Program Manager, Landscape Architecture Foundation
Dr. Jennifer Egan, PhD, Program Manager, Environmental Finance Center, Environmental Economics & Conservation Finance, University of Maryland

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