by Gifford Bautista Every third Tuesday, of every month, the ASLA-NCC Emerging Professionals group has a happy hour event where young professionals can network with other emerging or established professionals in the Bay Area. On Friday, March 17th, the ASLA-NCC Emerging Professionals group got together on St. Patricks Day [...]
by Elizabeth Boults The Landscape Architects Technical Committee (LATC) is reviewing existing education and training requirements for licensure "to ensure that there are no barriers to the landscape architect profession for qualified individuals." ASLA California Council has drafted a response opposing any broadening of the existing requirements, with suggestions [...]
by Katrina Majewski Social media: Is A) an easy way to check out funny cat gifs and brownie recipes? or B) a tool for connecting and communicating? The correct answer is both! The ASLA Northern California Chapter (#ASLANCC) has been continuing to focus on the latter, especially in April, [...]
by Andy Nowak If the ASLA-NCC Sharks Game was a success last season, then you could call this year's Sharks Night a slap shot, 5-hole, sellout! The game was indeed a sell-out for ASLA-NCC which included members from the event's generous sponsors: Belgard, Coldspring, Landscape Forms, Miracle Playsystems, Park [...]
Not just for Plant Establishment anymore, but also for Erosion Control, Storm Water Management and Green Infrastructure by Ron Alexander The use of recycled organics is one of our nation's greatest assets, and we can utilize them to address several of societies vexing challenges. The commercialization of composting as [...]
The American Society of Landscape Architects has elevated 28 members to the ASLA Council of Fellows for 2016 with 4 of them being from the Northern California Chapter. Fellowship is among the highest honors the ASLA bestows on members and recognizes the contributions of these individuals to their profession [...]
On Tuesday night, December 6, ASLA-NCC held its annual Presidents' Reception at the new Berkeley Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive. We celebrated the investiture of our 2016 Fellows-Cathy Blake, Tom Leader, David Meyer, and Gary L. Strang-and honored our Jot D. Carpenter Medal recipient, Chip Sullivan. A jazz quartet comprised [...]
This past year was an eventful, highly productive and distinguished one for the Northern California Chapter. We made progress on all fronts with a very dedicated Executive Committee team. We focused on our goals of advocacy, leadership, education and communication. Advocacy Chiye Azuma from ASLA-NCC served as President of [...]
Climate Change: One-on-One ASLA-NCC was pleased to host a panel of environmental designers and design activists who engaged our members in a conversation about climate change in a way that recognized the issue is not just a global one, but a human one. Sponsored by StopWaste.org, the well-attended [...]
CCASLA is the acronym for the California Council of the American Society of Landscape Architects. Its membership is comprised of two elected members from each of the four California Chapters of ASLA (San Diego, Southern California, Sierra and Northern California). Collectively, the members of CCASLA work together with the [...]