ASLA Oregon calls for more ambitious climate action.
At the 2022 Conference on Landscape Architecture, ASLA released its ambitious Climate Action Plan with a bold vision for 2040: placing landscape architects as leaders in addressing the challenges of global climate change and the global loss of biodiversity, and making the industry (including built projects) carbon neutral by 2040. The plan has a triple focus on Practice, Equity, and Advocacy.
Climate Action Survey
Thanks to everyone who completed the climate action survey. The results are now available here.
Climate Action Committee
Our Climate Action Committee was established to build local capacity for mitigating and adapting to climate change, and providing local responses in the areas of practice, equity, and advocacy. We will support national efforts by looking at regional needs and providing regionally specific resources to our practitioners.
CLIMATE ACTION COMMITTEE GOALS
Provide tools to empower local Landscape Architects and designers to address climate change in their professional work
Foster discussions about climate action among our community
Host collaborative conversations with other disciplines on climate related projects
WANT TO GET INVOLVED OR SIGN UP FOR OUR EMAIL LIST? Email climateaction@aslaoregon.org
CLIMATE ACTION ACTIVITIES: Check our Events Page for upcoming events
Resources & Publications
Scroll below for the following categories: Toolkits/Design Tools, Oregon/PNW, National, International
TOOLKITS/DESIGN TOOLS
Climate Positive Design / Pathfinder Tool
A web-based tool for landscape architects to measure the carbon footprints of their projects, and find a path to carbon-neutral or carbon-positive design outcome https://climatepositivedesign.com/
The Climate Explorer
Explore future climate scenarios for any county in the US https://crt-climate-explorer.nemac.org/
The Climate Toolbox
A collection of tools for visualizing past and projected climate and hydrology in the US.https://climatetoolbox.org/
Tally
An app to calculate the environmental impacts of your building material selections directly in an Autodesk® Revit® model https://choosetally.com/
OREGON/PNW-SPECIFIC INFORMATION
Sixth Oregon Climate Assessment
A technical report conducted by the Oregon Climate Change Research Institute (OCCRI) to assess the state of climate change science and the likely effects of climate change within Oregon.
https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/technical_reports/gt54kw197
Climate Friendly and Equitable Communities
Rules to Oregon’s transportation and housing planning to reduce climate pollution from transportation
https://www.oregon.gov/lcd/CL/Pages/CFEC.aspx
NATIONAL
ASLA Climate Action Plan (text)
https://www.asla.org/climateactionplan.aspx
ASLA Climate Action Plan (video summary)
National Climate Action from ASLA
https://www.asla.org/climateaction.aspx
National Climate Change and Resilience Resources
https://www.asla.org/guidesandtoolkit.aspx
Climate Mapping for Resilience & Adaptation
https://resilience.climate.gov/
US Climate Resilience Toolkit
Nature Based Solutions Roadmap
https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Nature-Based-Solutions-Roadmap.pdf
Nature Based Solutions Resource Guide
https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Nature-Based-Solutions-Resource-Guide-2022.pdf
INTERNATIONAL
International Federation of Landscape Architects Climate Action Commitment
https://www.iflaworld.com/ifla-climate-action-commitment-statement
COP26 Communique
An international consortium of architects and allied professionals committing to actions that can cap global warming at 1.5 celsius, and calling on governments to do the same.