The climate crisis is already reshaping our landscapes and cities in Southern California. It is predicted to bring increased heat, drought, wildfire, risk of flooding, and sea level rise over the coming decades. It will continue to affect the health and welfare of millions of people, the future of the agricultural economy of the state and food supply for the United States, and the extinction and ecological displacement of the flora and fauna that make California the most biodiverse state in the country.

The Landscape Architecture profession can address this climate crisis by its ability to synthesize the complex relationships between environmental, social, cultural, and natural systems. Our profession can provide climate adaptive solutions for all populations of our world and strategies to reduce greenhouse gases and use plants wisely to sequester carbon.

OUR GOALS

• Educate and create awareness of the current and future impacts of the climate crisis.
• Inspire climate action locally, nationally, and internationally.
• Foster interdisciplinary collaboration to establish dialogues and actions toward holistic solutions and community engagement.
• Demonstrate how landscape architecture as a profession can help guide us to a better future.

RECENT NEWS:

ASLA SoCal Welcomes New Climate Action Chair

Alyssa graduated from Barnard College/Columbia University with a double major in Middle Eastern Studies & Philosophy.  She left her graduate studies at Columbia’s SIPA to pursue a career in fashion. She enjoyed a 13 year career  producing shoots for Vogue Paris, as a Style Editor for Vanity Fair and  a stylist for Interview Magazine, Revlon, Vogue Italia, US [...]

Webinar: Tools to Protect Biodiversity and Further Climate Resilience

Summary California’s 30x30 Initiative highlights the pathways to conserve 30% of the State’s land and coastal waters by 2030 to protect biodiversity. In doing so, climate resilience and public outdoor access goals are also furthered. Working together, the State of California and Esri created CA Nature, a suit of authoritative data and interactive tools [...]

9th Annual Net Zero Conference Wrap Up

SoCal ASLA’s Climate Action Committee Chair, Ronnie Siegel, organized a session of four landscape architect presenters for the 2022 Net Zero Conference at the LA Convention Center on Sept. 15, 2022.  The session’s title was Landscape Architecture—Design for Resilience.  The summary of the talks were that Landscape Architecture is at the confluence of carbon, climate, [...]

ACTIONS:

RESOURCES

Climate Change Education:

Wildfire Resilience

Biodiversity, Drought, and Urban Heat

CHAIR:
Alyssa Moffitt, Associate ASLA

Committee University Reps

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo – David Watts, ASLA
USC – Alison Hirsch, ASLA
UCLA Extension – Stephanie Landregan, FASLA
Cal Poly Pomona – Barry Lehrman, ASLA

UPCOMING EVENTS

There are no upcoming events.

PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS AND INSTITUTIONS:

  • ASLA, Climate Action Committee
  • Institute of the Environment and Sustainability at UCLA
  • Los Angeles Regional  Collaborative
  • USGBC-LA
  • NAMLA
  • Cal Poly Pomona, Department of Landscape Architecture
  • Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, Department of Landscape Architecture
  • USC, Department of Landscape Architecture
  • UCLA Extension