A new webinar series from ASLA: Making the Economic Case for Landscape Architecture
Join a collective learning experience for the landscape architecture community. We will explore how to better understand the many economic benefits of nature-based solutions that landscape architects plan and design.
The webinar series builds on the economic analyses ASLA released in 2024 and will help guide a new economic research plan for the landscape architecture community.
The series will explore:
How economists and project stakeholders (governments, developers, insurance companies, etc.) understand the economic benefits of nature-based solutions and landscape architecture
How landscape architects can better make the economic case for their projects
Potential areas of economic research that can be advanced by ASLA, the Landscape Architecture Foundation (LAF), the Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture (CELA) and landscape architecture educators, partner organizations (ULI, etc.), and economists and market researchers
The first webinar in the series:
How Economists Value Landscape Architecture - 1.0 PDH (LA CES/HSW)
Tuesday, June 17, 2025
2:00 p.m. ET / 11:00 a.m. PT
Free for ASLA members; $50 for non-members
The landscape architecture community has made major strides in communicating the economic benefits of nature-based solutions and landscape architecture. Last year, ASLA published a series of economic research briefs that synthesized existing research on economic benefits. The research also explored the economic benefits found in the Landscape Architecture Foundation (LAF)’s Landscape Performance Series Case Study Briefs. Learn how to leverage economic frameworks to make the case for your project.
Presenters:
- Megan Barnes, ASLA, Senior Program Manager, Landscape Architecture Foundation
- Dr. Jennifer Egan, PhD, Program Manager, Environmental Finance Center, Environmental Economics & Conservation Finance, University of Maryland
Moderator:
- Torey Carter-Conneen, Hon. ASLA, Chief Executive Officer, American Society of Landscape Architects
This webinar series is underwritten by:
Thursday, June 26, 2025
1:00 p.m. ET / 10:00 a.m. PT
Free for ASLA members; $50 for non-members
Part of the Biodiversity & Climate Action 101 for Landscape Architects Webinar Series. Registrants will receive access to the recording.
Hear from Canadian landscape architects working in local and regional government on how to overcome national obstacles and advance biodiversity and climate goals. Learn about Nunavut’s Climate Adaptation Plan, Vancouver’s Blue Green systems, and Toronto’s performance requirements for low carbon, resilient, and biodiverse development – which have all been led by landscape architects. Discover new ways to move forward policy and action in an equitable way at the local and regional levels.
Presenters:
- Cameron DeLong, Director of the Climate Change Secretariat, Government of Nunavut
- Cameron Owen, Senior Urban Designer + Landscape Architect | Urban Watersheds, City of Vancouver
- Jane Welsh, Project Manager, Environmental Planning Unit, Toronto City Planning
Moderator:
- Amy Syverson-Shaffer, ASLA, RLA, SITES AP, Sustainability Leader, Landscape Forms
This webinar series is underwritten by: