Registration Eligibility
ASLA online learning opportunities are open to all. ASLA members may purchase this presentation at a reduced rate. This is a 2022 conference session.
Start Date
12/12/2024
End Date
12/11/2026
Description
Interspecies dynamics are playing an increased role in designed landscapes, but animals can have both positive and negative impacts. An ecologist and two designers will discuss ways of collaborating with wildlife and enhancing public attitudes towards truly ‘living’ landscapes. Can animal agency improve resilience in the time of climate change?
Distance Learning
Yes
Course Equivalency
No
Subjects
Sustainable Development & Design
Health, Safety and Welfare
Yes
Hours
1.50
Learning Outcomes
Understand the role of wildlife in landscape aesthetics, performance and climate change mitigation, and the range of ways that landscape architects are designing for wildlife to enhance built landscapes.; Outline principles of ecological design that advance animal agency and understand the ways animals can enhance landscape design function and appeal.; Explore the complex realities and challenges of designing landscapes that support both wildlife and people, including ways that animals can negatively impact landscape designs and sustainability.; Examine how to design landscape features to encourage animal presence and learn differences in habitat requirements for representative species.
Instructors
Stacy Passmore, Assoc. ASLA, AICP, LEED AP; Steven N. Handel, Hon. ASLA; Gena Wirth, ASLA
Course Codes
Provider
American Society of Landscape Architects