ASLA Oregon Climate and Biodiversity Action Hub
This website is a dynamic, evolving resource for landscape architects and the broader design community. It offers region-specific tools and insights to help address critical climate challenges across Oregon and the Pacific Northwest.
Explore Climate Resources
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Carbon-conscious products and materials to reduce emissions.
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Climate-forward plant selection, supporting thriving habitats.
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Strategies for designing inclusive, adaptive human communities.
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An Oregon-specific look at current and future climate challenges.
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Explore fire ecology, safe design, and fire as a tool.
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Tools for reducing and measuring carbon in design practices.
Our Role in Climate Action
Landscape architecture can respond the challenges of climate change through both Mitigation and Adaptation:
Mitigation refers to actions that combat the ongoing accumulation of anthropogenic greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Landscape architects reduce greenhouse gas emissions by minimizing the carbon intensity of their projects, specifying low-carbon materials, and designing landscapes that sequester carbon. Forests, grasslands, and wetlands are natural sinks for atmospheric carbon, and landscape architects support mitigation when they support these systems.
Adaptation is how human and natural systems change in response to new conditions. Landscape architects contribute to resilient and climate-adapted communities by designing for vulnerable populations, protecting biodiversity, and creating infrastructure capable of withstanding climate extremes. This work should promote public health by improving water and air quality, mitigating urban heat, and fostering social resilience.
Who We Are
The ASLA Oregon Climate and Biodiversity Action Committee was established to build local capacity for mitigating and adapting to climate change, and providing local responses in the areas of practice, equity, and advocacy. We will support national efforts by looking at regional needs and providing regionally specific resources to our practitioners.
Our Focus
This guide focuses on the unique climate challenges facing Oregon and the Pacific Northwest, providing tools and insights tailored to our region. We have created this Resource Guide to connect landscape architecture professionals with vital knowledge and tools to address the climate crisis through mitigation and adaptation strategies.
Get Involved or Share Your Expertise
Join the conversation with BCAC! Whether you have questions, want to share resources or climate action stories, or are looking for ways to get involved, your voice matters. Help us grow this guide and build a stronger climate community together.