ASLA Listens
Student members are welcome to join the ASLA Listens forum! Join the discussion about important topics in landscape architecture and share ideas with staff and leaders about ways ASLA can better support members.
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
Last week, the Trump Administration released a final rule that would gut the most important provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). This is the latest move in a series of attempts to destroy America’s bedrock environmental protections, including using the pandemic as cover and an excuse to suspend portions of NEPA last month. [...]
ASLA and CELA Oppose Trump Administration Non-Immigrant Student Exemption Modifications
The American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) and the Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture (CELA) strongly oppose the United States Department of Homeland Security’s modification of temporary exemptions for nonimmigrant students taking online courses during the fall 2020 semester. The modification forbids nonimmigrant students now taking full course loads online to remain in the [...]
Students on F-1, M-1 Visas Won’t Be Able to Remain the US If Fall Classes Are Online
On Monday, July 6, 2020, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced that International Students in the United States whose schools have ruled for online-only classes in the Fall 2020 semester must leave the United States, or may face immigration consequences. This is counter productive for the following reasons: International students contribute ~$41 billion dollars [...]
Naturescape: A Vision for Open Space at the University of California, Irvine
The University of California, Irvine (UCI) has embarked on a once-in-a-generation opportunity to holistically re-imagine the campus’ open space resources, collectively referred to as Naturescape. The UCI Naturescape Vision was completed in 2018 to optimize the interconnected open spaces on the 1,500-acre campus to serve and enhance research, teaching, community engagement, wellness, and sustainability, and to reflect and [...]
Climate Change, Local Sustainability Efforts and Landscape Architecture
In this presentation we discuss climate change, local sustainability efforts, how Landscape Architects will be the key to humanity’s future and how you can get involved. In 2018, the United Nations' International Panel on Climate change (IPCC) released their special report recommending keeping the world at 1.5 degrees C above pre-industrial levels by 2050. [...]
Webinar: SketchUp + 3D Rendering – Introductory Level
Tim Zhang led us through the SketchUp and Lumion process beginning with a black and white site plan and moving step-by-step to an illustrative rendering and 3D model. This webinar explained the basics of SketchUp and Lumion and shared shortcuts designed to help you produce professional level presentation renderings and 3D models. About [...]
ASLA Call To Action
On June 5th ASLA, with help of The Black Landscape Architects Network (BlackLAN), released a statement joining with millions around the world mourning the racialized murder of George Floyd. They pledged to deepen their partnership with BlackLAN and to build a sustainable plan of action to help guide the profession and address the wants and [...]
Great American Outdoors Act
On June 17, the U.S. Senate passed the Great American Outdoors Act with a 73-25 vote. This legislation, endorsed by ASLA, would fully and permanently fund the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) ending the yearly legislative battles to provide programmatic funding. The measure also includes provisions to help the National Park Service and other [...]
AIA Los Angeles Wants Your Help
On behalf of Christopher Hawthorne, Chief Design Officer for Mayor Garcetti, I am reaching out to solicit your firm’s involvement to help support the expansion of the Al Fresco Outdoor Dining Initiative in response to our ongoing pandemic crisis. Is your firm willing to help provide pro-bono services to help LA-area restaurants expand their dining capacity into [...]