| Resources: Links |
Social/Professional Networking
ASLA National
Sustainable Design
Publications
Complete Streets
Affiliated Professions
|
| |
Social/Professional Networking
|
| Back to Top |
ASLA National
For more than 100 years, the American Society of Landscape Architects has promoted the landscape architecture profession and advanced the practice through advocacy, education, communication, and fellowship.
- Annual Meeting and EXPO
More than 6,000 landscape architecture professionals from across the U.S. and around the world gather annually to enjoy the fellowship of our profession, reconnect with the fundamental elements of design, and earn professional development hours.
- Membership
As the national professional association for landscape architects, ASLA has more than 18,000 members and 48 chapters, representing all 50 states, U.S. territories, and 68 countries around the world. ASLA members enjoy many benefits and discounts with their annual dues. Two of the most important benefits, as indentified by members, are ASLA's efforts to raise awareness of the profession, and legislative advocacy on issues that matter most to the profession.
- Advocacy
(ASLA Northern California Chapter's Advocacy Page is here)
The ASLA Advocacy Network provides you with the information and tools you need to quickly and effectively communicate with your policymakers about issues important to you and to the profession.
- PPN’s
ASLA's Professional Practice Networks - see above
- LAND e-Newsletter
- The Dirt
ASLA’s blog, The Dirt, connects you to news on the built and natural environments. The Dirt offers up-to-date landscape architecture, sustainability, and environmental news from the U.S. and around the world.
|
ASLA’s Twitter Pages
|
| Back to Top |
Sustainable Design
- Sustainable Sites Initiative
The Sustainable Sites Initiative is an interdisciplinary effort
by the American Society of Landscape Architects, the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center at The University of Texas at Austin, and the United States Botanic Garden to create voluntary national guidelines and performance benchmarks for sustainable land design, construction, and maintenance practices.
- LEED certification
LEED is an internationally recognized green building certification system providing third-party verification that a building or community was designed and built using strategies aimed at improving performance in energy savings, water efficiency, CO2 emissions reduction, improved indoor environmental quality, and stewardship of resources and sensitivity to their impacts. Developed by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), LEED provides building owners and operators a concise framework for identifying and implementing practical and measurable green building design, construction, operations, and maintenance solutions.
- U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) National
The Washington, D.C.-based U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) is a 501 c3 non-profit organization committed to a prosperous and sustainable future for our nation through cost-efficient and energy-saving green buildings. With a community comprising 78 local affiliates, more than 18,000 member companies and organizations, and more than 140,000 LEED Professional Credential holders, USGBC is the driving force of the sustainable design industry. USGBC leads an unlikely diverse constituency of builders and environmentalists, corporations and nonprofit organizations, elected officials and concerned citizens, and teachers and students.
- U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) Local Chapters
- CALGREEN
The CALGREEN Code is the nation’s first statewide green building standards code and will take effect in California on January 1, 2011.
- Bay-Friendly Landscaping & Gardening Coalition
- Storm Water & Low Impact Development (LID) Design Resources
- U.S. EPA Guide: Types, Applications, and Design Approaches to Manage Wet Weather
- San Mateo County Sustainable Green Streets and Parking Lots Design Guidebook
- Low Impact Development (LID) Approach to Land Development
As defined by the U.S. EPA, LID is an approach to land development (or re-development) that works to manage storm water as close to its source as possible using natural techniques.
- WhollyH2o
Wholly H2o is an organization built on active partnerships with governmental agencies, non-profits, businesses, and individuals. Wholly H2o aims to provide services, support, and education regarding appropriate management of water resources.
|
| Back to Top |
Publications
|
Complete Streets
- National Complete Streets Coalition
In communities across the country, a movement is growing to complete the streets. States, cities and towns are asking their planners and engineers to build road networks that are safer, more livable, and welcoming to everyone.
|
Affiliated Professions
|
| Back to Top |
|
|
