Start Date
01/26/2025
End Date
01/25/2026
Description
NOTE: This workshop is organized by the Conway School of Landscape Design. BSLA is collaborating as an educational partner (as we often do) in order to provide quality continuing education offerings to our members and our professional landscape architecture community. The discussion will be recorded live on January 26, 2023. The recording will be available to view on-demand, online afterward.
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A panel discussion exploring equity, climate change, and urban planning.
Description:
So much of the work that happens in the fields of landscape design and planning is determined by the decision makers. Who are they? When those positions don’t represent the people and places being directly impacted, the result is environmental and social dissonance. Conway invites three leading voices in the fields of environmental justice and urban planning to share their thoughts on this topic: Magdalena Ayed, Executive Director, The Harborkeepers; Bobby Boone, Founder and Chief Strategist, &Access; and Vernice Miller-Travis, Executive Vice President, Metropolitan Group.
Conway alum Beth Schermerhorn ’13, owner of the Cambium Collective, and her colleague Asha Carter will co-moderate the panel discussion.
Distance Learning
Yes
Course Equivalency
No
Subjects
Urban Planning & Design
Health, Safety and Welfare
Yes
Hours
1.50
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this session, participants will
1. define environmental and social "dissonance," as related to landscape design and planning
2. describe how environmental justice communities have been historically negatively impacted by both the physical landscapes in which they live, as well as by the standard processes in which those places are designed and planned.
3. articulate three tools, techniques, or approaches to incorporate environmental justice into landscape design processes, and to bring more voices into the planning conversation
Instructors
Magdalena Ayed, Executive Director, The Harborkeepers; Bobby Boone, Founder and Chief Strategist, &Access; and Vernice Miller-Travis, Executive Vice President, Metropolitan Group. Moderated by Beth Schermerhorn, CSLD '13 & owner, the Cambium Collective
Course Codes
Provider
Boston Society of Landscape Architects