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Spotlight on Sustainability at the 2006 ASLA Annual Meeting & EXPO and 43rd IFLA World Congress
Education and field sessions will cover issues from residential design to global issues of sustainability.
Leading experts in sustainable design will be on hand to lead education programs and answer questions at the 2006 ASLA Annual Meeting & EXPO and 43rd IFLA World Congress. The meeting will be held October 6–10 in Minneapolis.
Green Roof Sessions
On Saturday, October 7, the experts who designed the green roof for the ASLA headquarters building will discuss the project and describe the context, design process, plant selection, implementation, and ongoing quantitative analysis of the project's environmental and structural impact.
On Friday, October 6, Green Roofs for Healthy Cities, an international organization dedicated to increasing the proliferation of green roofs, will present two intensive, eight-hour green roof design courses. In the introductory course, attendees will get an overview of the tools and techniques needed to meet green roof project objectives. The intermediate course will provide an in-depth discussion of implementation issues. Register early, as space is limited.
Open Forums on Sustainability
Two open forums focusing on sustainability will be held on Saturday, October 7:
EPA Greenscapes: Building Sustainable Sites from the Ground Up—Soil
EPA Greenscapes: Building Sustainable Sites from the Ground Up—Water
Exciting Education Sessions
Water, brownfields, plants, and restoration are just a few of the subjects addressed by engaging programs throughout the meeting:
ASLA Green Roof Project
Millennium Report
Stormwater: Landscape Architects’ Role and a Neighborshed Approach to Stormwater Management
Sustainable Community Planning in China
Right Tree, Right Place: Selecting Trees for Urban Spaces Within An Urban Tropical Environment
SITES: System Integration Tool for Environmentally Sustainable Sites
Hong Kong Wetland Park—A MultiDisciplinary Exercise in Sustainability
LandTech: Wetlands Mapping
Planning and Redeveloping Brownfields
Defining Ecological Restoration Success: Principles, Project Case Studies, and Global Implications
Soil Biology—Sustainable Landscape Design and Management in the Public Urban Environment
Sustainability for the Virginia Capitol Square
Fascinating Field Sessions
Part education session, part professional tour, three of the 2006 field sessions will highlight local sustainable landscape architecture, providing a behind-the-scenes look at a number of extraordinary projects. Field session space will be limited, so register now to reserve your tickets:
Innovative Stormwater Treatment
A Sustainable Approach to Residential Landscape Design
From Waste to Amenity: Stormwater Treatment and Reuse in Minneapolis's Heritage Park
One of this year’s tours, Conservation Development, will highlight innovative conservation development projects currently underway in the Twin Cities. Space will be limited, so register now to reserve your tickets.
Register now and save $100.
The most popular host hotels will fill up quickly, so please reserve your room today.
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