Equity and Climate Justice: Site Design and Planning Interventions Across Scales

Equity and Climate Justice: Site Design and Planning Interventions Across Scales

August 29, 2024 | 3:00 - 4:00 PM ET

ASLA Southeast Region Members: $25

Non-Members: $35

Join the Southeastern Region for the next webinar in our climate action series. How can we ensure that "equity" and "climate justice" are more than buzz words in our design and planning work? In this session, a panel of practitioners and project teams will reflect on previous and ongoing work that centers equity and climate justice as driving principles. Panelists will share lessons learned and strategies for community relationships, professional collaborations, planning methodologies, and design and engagement approaches.

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Credits: DBPR - 1 Credit Hour – Optional | LACES - 1 Credit Hour

DBPR Course #: Pending 

Meet Our Speakers:

Brenna Laffey, CDT

Design Workshop Foundation

As a planner and designer in our Raleigh Studio, Brenna’s experience and interests translate across multiple scales of intervention, from large-scale systems thinking, to place-making and crafting thoughtful details. With projects ranging from comprehensive planning to public gardens, parks, and mixed-use developments, she believes that design at any scale can be a powerful medium in addressing complex issues and advocates for equitable, meaningful, and sustainable solutions for resilient communities. Brenna is experienced in project management, geospatial analysis, community engagement, and graphic communication and has a passion for working with multi-disciplinary teams in the realm of resiliency and environmental justice.

Emily McCoy, ASLA, PLA, SITES AP

Design Workshop Foundation

As a landscape architect, educator and ecologist, Emily approaches every project as an opportunity to celebrate the intersection of natural and cultural narratives of place through design. Her professional practice and research spans internationally, leading conversations within the design and planning communities on maximizing landscape performance to perform social and environmental services. Throughout her career, she has worked on a wide range of award-winning projects across the world that are models for integrating environmental, social and economic sustainability.

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