Registration Eligibility
PA-DE ASLA Members and Nonmembers and Student Members and Nonmembers
Start Date
04/12/2021
End Date
04/30/2021
Description
The landscape architecture profession is collectively mobilizing to address the climate crisis and creating comprehensive tools and practices we all can use. Adaptation, mitigation, and re-envisioning our community infrastructure will be critical to creating resilient places for future generations. ASLA is developing programming and policies to help landscape architects lead the way in climate action, and working with allied organizations to advocate for the profession’s high-impact work that effects public health, safety, and welfare.
Distance Learning
Yes
Course Equivalency
No
Subjects
Energy Conservation / Renewable Energy
Health, Safety and Welfare
Yes
Hours
1.0
Learning Outcomes
After attending this course, participants will be able to
1. Explore the latest ASLA policy recommendations which address climate change, upgrading to a multimodal transportation network, fixing our nation’s water systems, recognizing parks and public lands as critical infrastructure, and achieving racial and environmental justice.
2. Bring awareness of current licensure defense and advocacy efforts for the profession’s high-impact work that effects public health, safety, and welfare.
3. Examine ASLA programs and legislative activity that relate to important issues addressed by the practice of landscape architecture, including climate change.
Instructors
Thomas L. Mroz, FASLA and Torey Carter-Conneen
Course Codes
Provider
Pennsylvania/ Delaware Chapter ASLA