CSLA Resource Library

Growing evidence supports the benefits of nature on mental health, highlighting the need for landscape architects' involvement. The diversity in the practice enables landscape architects to actively contribute to improving the health and well-being of Canadians by making natural spaces more accessible.

CCDI has developed a one-of-a-kind glossary of terms. This comprehensive glossary aims to provide a reference for anyone interested in terminology used within inclusion, diversity, equity, and accessibility (IDEA). It is our goal to create a comprehensive and accurate glossary, however there can be definitions that have evolved or have nuances that are missing. The nature of language is such that the meanings of words are often very subjective and based off context. If you notice something that should be added, updated, or removed while engaging with this glossary, please reach out to us at research@ccdi.ca.

By changing the way we practice by incorporating community-driven and participatory design principles into our work, we have the incredible opportunity to address social justice issues through landscape architecture and bridge the divide between what our profession has become and the communities we wish to serve. This webinar is follows up on the work and research of an LACF 2021 grant project, Co-Design Now! 

"The ASLA Climate Action Plan is rooted in three key goals and six key initiatives of IFLA Climate Action Commitment. 

Our Vision for 2040: All landscape architecture projects will simultaneously:  Achieve zero embodied and operational emissions and increase carbon sequestration; Provide significant economic  benefits in the form of measurable ecosystem services, health co-benefits, sequestration, and green jobs; Address climate injustices, empower communities, and increase equitable distribution of climate investments; and Restore ecosystems and increase and protect biodiversity. 

Goals Include: Practice: Scale Up Climate Positive Approaches; Equity: Empower Communities to Achieve Climate Justice; Advocacy: Build Coalitions for Climate Action"

This book/webpage assesses and illustrates innovative and practical worldwide measures for combating sea level rise from the profession of landscape architecture. The work explores how the appropriate mixture of integrated, multi-scalar flood protection mechanisms can reduce risks associated with flood events including sea level rise. Because sea level rise is a global issue, illustrative case studies performed from the United States, Korea, Australia, New Zealand, Thailand, Japan, China, and the Netherlands identify the structural (engineered), non-structural (nature-based), and hybrid mechanisms (mixed) used to combat sea level rise and increase flood resilience. Galen Newman, Zixu Qiao

The purpose of this Field Guide is to help landscape architecture professionals and students become better climate advocates individually, as well as through firms, public institutions, nonprofit organizations, community groups, and ASLA’s chapters. For each of the plan’s six key initiatives, you can explore key climate actions to take: On your own, With your firm / organization, And with your community

Co-design Now! is a map-based, spatialized resource - that highlights community groups, local initiatives, and grassroots organizations, all in one place. This project aims to amplify the work of community organizations and initiatives across Toronto’s Neighbourhood Improvement Areas to foster engagement between them and designers to strengthen the resiliency of placemaking and city-building practice. Through the process of crowdsourcing information on grassroots organizations and placemaking initiatives, we hope this resource will expand and deepen cross-disciplinary relationships and raise awareness for design as a vehicle for activism.

Colleen Mercer Clarke's Lecture at the University of Guelph on why nature plays an important role in our changing world, and what landscape architects can accomplish towards reducing emissions, sustaining nature, and improving well-being.

AILA’s Climate Positive Design Series will help guide your climate positive journey, we have three separate documents, targeting three specific areas of our work and practice. Volume 1 provides clear, simple advice on what Australian landscape architects can do to understand and deliver climate positive design through good planning, design, documentation, construction and renewal.  

AILA’s Climate Positive Design Series will help guide your climate positive journey, we have three separate documents, targeting three specific areas of our work and practice.  Volume 2 outlines the steps your practice, business or organisation can take to achieve carbon neutral certification and beyond to become climate positive.  

AILA’s Climate Positive Design Series will help guide your climate positive journey, we have three separate documents, targeting three specific areas of our work and practice.  Volume 3 sets the framework, guidance and time frames for the AILA Executive and State groups to roll out climate positive design to members, and provide engagement and policy direction.   

"AILA’s Climate Positive Design Video Series will help guide your climate positive journey. Watch the climate positive design short explainers, on: 

• What does climate positive design mean?
• How to measure your projects carbon.
• One big tree is worth a thousand small trees.
• Understanding carbon drawdown
• Understanding greenhouse emissions
• Advocacy
• Top Six Things you can do
• Mitigation toolkit
• Calculating your greenhouse emissions (custom elements)"