Practice

CBAC: Subcommittee Initiatives (2024-2025)

Carbon Drawdown Subcommittee

• Equip industry partners for alignment with Climate Action Plan decarbonization goals. Scale-up use of robust environmental product data and collaboration with product manufacturers.
• Educate ASLA members on renewable energy.
• Update and add sections to Decarbonizing Specifications: A Guide for Landscape Architects, Specifiers, and Industry Partners  
• Advocate for Horticultural Life Cycle Assessment / Environmental Product Declaration (LCA/EPD) reporting standards for the nursery trade and an associated product category rule
• Finalize recommended carbon workflow and standardized reporting
• Investigate biodiversity and carbon reporting requirements for ASLA Awards submissions

Biodiversity Subcommittee 

• Develop a biodiversity action resource for ASLA members
• Process 2024 biodiversity survey results
• Curate a biodiversity presence at the ASLA Conference
• Support ASLA’s webinar series by developing biodiversity sessions
• Advise on program and communication strategies for the UN Convention on Biological Diversity 
• Advance the global movement to protect at least 30 percent of terrestrial, coastal, and ocean ecosystems by 2030 (30x30).
• Coordinate involvement of ASLA members in IUCN expert commissions
• Communicate the importance of taking action on biodiversity to the public

Leadership & Communications Subcommittee 

• Achieve 38 ASLA Chapter Chairs / Committees by 2025
• Achieve 100 percent Chapter representation in the ASLA Climate Action Network (CAN) by 2025
• Update CAN resources
• Advance academic collaboration within the CAN  
• Advise on development of climate and biodiversity sections of new ASLA.org
• Advise on ASLA climate and biodiversity communications strategies
• Identify priority global partner organizations
• Expand collaboration with the Canadian Society of Landscape Architects (CSLA)

Climate Agency & Community Resilience Subcommittee

• Build on initial strategy and plan for ASLA collaboration with Indigenous landscape architects on climate action, equity, and justice. Identify partnership opportunities and build relationships with Native members and organizations.
• Develop summary of 2024 survey results
• Organize and release case studies collected through the survey
• Develop 101 document for ASLA members on climate equity and justice principles and best practices from existing publications

Subcommittee Initiatives (2023-2024)

Subcommittee Initiatives (2022-2023)

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