Registration Eligibility
ASLA online learning opportunities are open to all. ASLA members may purchase this presentation at a reduced rate. This is a 2023 conference session.
Start Date
11/07/2025
End Date
11/06/2027
Description
As climate change promises to reshape working landscapes in far-reaching ways, the need for landscape architects to meaningfully engage with the spaces and systems of agricultural production is becoming increasingly urgent. Through a diverse set of case studies, this panel explores new frameworks for cultivating climate justice in rural communities.
Distance Learning
Yes
Course Equivalency
No
Subjects
Agriculture / Local Food Production
Rural Landscape
Site Planning
Health, Safety and Welfare
Yes
Hours
1.25
Learning Outcomes
Understand the legacies of power and exploitation in working landscapes and the strategies for addressing them.; Recognize the unique challenges faced by agricultural communities in responding to, planning for, and anticipating climate change.; Appreciate the opportunities for and barriers to robust community engagement in rural areas.; Understand equitable and sustainable paradigms of agricultural production and the social and political movements behind them.
Instructors
Forbes Lipschitz, ASLA; Alison B. Hirsch, ASLA; Thomas Woltz, FASLA
Course Codes
Provider
American Society of Landscape Architects