ASLA Climate & Biodiversity Action Plan Launch

Saturday, October 11, 2025

10:00 AM - 10:45 AM CT

Location: Practice Basecamp (EXPO)

Presenter(s)

Meg Calkins, FASLA, FCELA (she/her/hers)

Professor of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning
North Carolina State University
Raleigh, North Carolina
Diane Jones Allen, ASLA

Principal Landscape Architect
DesignJones LLC
New Orleans, Louisiana
Jennifer A. Dowdell, ASLA (she/her/hers)

Practice Leader: Landscape Ecology, Planning, & Design
Biohabitats Inc.
Baltimore, Maryland
Mariana Ricker, ASLA, PLA

Principal
SWA Group
Andrew W. Wickham, ASLA, PLA, LEED AP (he/him/his)

Project Leader
LPA Design Studios
Sacramento, California

Join members of the ASLA Climate & Biodiversity Action Plan Task Force as they unveil the new goals and actions for 2026-2030. The scope of the new plan has been expanded – the climate and biodiversity crises will be treated as equal priorities, and the focus will be on actions that tackle both crises in an equitable way.

The ambitious plan seeks to transform the practice of landscape architecture by 2040 through actions taken by ASLA and its members focused on biodiversity and ecological restoration, climate mitigation and adaptation, equity, and economic development.

The ASLA Climate & Biodiversity Action Plan will be available for download on Saturday, October 11 at asla.org/climate-biodiversity.