Making Tree Equity a Reality
November 13, 2024 | 2:00 - 3:30 PM ET
ASLA Southeast Region Members: $25
Non-Members: $35
Join the Southeastern Region for the next webinar in our climate action series, Making Tree Equity a Reality. Cities need more trees and canopy coverage to take action in battling extreme heat and climate change, while ensuring residents receive equitable access to essential ecological services. This presentation delves into urban forestry and tree equity, demonstrating how urban tree planting creates lively, functional spaces while highlighting federal efforts that lead to effective local strategies and the critical role landscape architects play.
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Credits: DBPR - 1.5 Credit Hours – Optional | LACES - 1.5 Credit Hours
DBPR Course #: 14541; LACES: Health, Safety, and Wellness
Meet Our Speakers:
Rachael Carroll
Trees Atlanta
Rachael Carroll is the Community Engagement Manager at Trees Atlanta. Rachael focuses on increasing community participation and facilitating collaborations that result in more trees for neighborhoods. She is responsible for engaging with stakeholders, organizing events, and overseeing engagement efforts that represent the priorities and needs of each community. Rachael is from Orlando, Florida, and is currently pursuing a Master of Public Administration with a concentration in Urban Planning from Clark Atlanta University. She is committed to advancing communities through advocacy and legislation, focusing on integrating sustainable practices into public policy and enhancing community resilience through effective urban planning and healthy urban forests.
Steve Sanchez PLA, ASLA, LEED
Principal, HGOR
As a leader at HGOR, Steve has been promoting the SEE philosophy since the firm’s founding in 1992. Throughout his career, Steve has acquired an in-depth understanding of the natural environments of the southeast and brings that knowledge to the specific challenges presented in our developed landscapes. Steve holds a reputation as a leader in sustainable design through his incorporation of creative stormwater management, ecosystem regeneration, canopy re-establishment and introduction of cultivar species into the commercial trade and has been recognized for outstanding work within this realm.
Steve is a registered Professional Landscape Architect in Georgia, Louisiana, Tennessee, North Carolina and South Carolina with a Bachelors Degree in Landscape Architecture from Louisiana State University. In addition to training and mentoring emerging professionals within HGOR, Steve is proud to contribute to the advancement of the profession through membership in the American Society of Landscape Architects, Urban Land Institute, Georgia Native Plant Society, and Trees Atlanta where he was a Board Member from 2008 to 2014.
Always seeking the balance between the social needs of the client and stakeholders and the health of our urban campus environments, he has emphasized how creative design can capture many of the services provided by the natural ecosystems and in an aesthetic and manageable expression. Across all project types, Steve creates performance landscapes capable of providing a multitude of environmental services in a clear and attractive design with emphasis on long-term sustainability.
Gaylan Williams PLA, LEED, LA
AJCF
Gaylan Williams is a professional landscape architect, licensed arborist, and LEED® accredited professional. His resume includes over fifteen years of practice working on climate adaptation and hazard mitigation projects in southern cities like Atlanta, Houston, and New Orleans. Williams’ work in urban areas has elevated his outreach approach and engagement skills. He sees all projects through a lens of equity, specifically with regards to community education and understanding of sustainability strategies.
With a balance of theoretical knowledge and practical experience, Williams places sustainability metrics as a critical component in his approach to resilience-oriented site design and city planning. Williams believes that landscape performance is fundamental to modern urban landscape design and development; therefore, he continuously implements low impact development strategies in all his project work and lesson plans. Williams holds degrees in landscape architecture (BLA) as well as urban design (MSAUD) from Louisiana State University and Georgia Institute of Technology, respectively. Williams also received a doctoral degree (PhD) in urban forestry from Southern University in 2022.
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