Professional Practice
Climate and Biodiversity Action Discussion Guide for Chapters
What can your Chapter do to advance the three key goals of the ASLA Climate Action Plan in 2023 and get on a path to achieving the 2040 vision?
Three key goals:
- Practice: Scale Up Climate Positive Approaches
- Equity: Empower Communities to Achieve Climate Justice
- Advocacy: Build Coalitions for Climate Action
How can you help advance a chapter climate action strategy?
Ideas:
What events and educational opportunities can you organize?
Ideas:
How can you collaborate with allied professionals, academics, scientists, and climate justice leaders as part of your chapter's climate action efforts?
Ideas:
- Join and support external organizations and networks
- Examples: Chapter-level AIA COTE, ULI, APA, USGBC; Community groups and nonprofits
- Contribute to and support climate research projects at local universities
- Collaborate with academics on climate action projects
- Example: Contact Regional CELA Regional Directors and CELA Resilience and Climate Action Track Chairs
How can you partner with other chapters to focus on specific climate issues and impacts in your region?
Ideas:
- Leverage the ASLA Climate and Biodiversity Action Network (CBAN) to find like-minded members
- Co-organize a webinar series focused on regional climate impacts
- Example: The ASLA Great Lakes Region has organized the Great Lakes Region Climate Action Seminar for the past four years.
- Co-organize an in-person regional climate action summit
- Participate in a CBAN assembly at the ASLA conference
Reach out to us with any questions at propractice@asla.org.