Registration Eligibility
Registered Landscape architects and ISA certified arborists
Start Date
01/08/2021
End Date
01/08/2023
Description
This course provides the reader with a focus on trees with heat tolerance, carbon neutrality, and riparian buffers to give the landscape architect tools and methods to combat climate change and address global warming in practical ways.
Distance Learning
Yes
Course Equivalency
No
Subjects
Horticulture / Plants
Sustainable Development & Design
Water / Stormwater Management
Health, Safety and Welfare
Yes
Hours
1.0
Learning Outcomes
1. Readers will be provided with a list of trees that are adaptable to a wide range of temperatures.
2. Landscape architects will be able to reduce the carbon footprint associated with tree planting, care and removal using techniques based on US Forest Service and academic research.
3. A discussion of riparian buffers offers the landscape architect information on how to promote healthy streams, support diversity in fish populations and minimize stream bank erosion that affects the health of wildlife and water quality.
Instructors
Articles edited by Len Phillips and Richard Gibney RLA - ISA with sources cited
Course Codes
GCE: 1-1901
Provider
gibneyCE.com