Lectures Archives - ASLA Northern California Chapter

Life in the Time of ICE

Webinar 1: Be Prepared https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxbvhWscQrw&t=5s Webinar 2: Be an Advocate https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bJY0NnC7yc&t=535s Webinar 3: Learn https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bkd19f-CrV8&t=20s Resources: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1laOsqfvMJNVtMjAwF1Hy4LJmRD1ArFbLPN5LwpF0aHY/edit?usp=drive_link Preparedness Fact Sheet: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1x3R0mKqBQQZ6JQ-C45_lQEv9DxZD5MjZ/view?usp=drive_link Know Your Rights Sheets https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/114xWzLWdEnYiobX_syiOd4EdiLmOKhSC?usp=drive_link

kari2026-07-21T11:16:01-07:00July 21st, 2026|

Landscape Design with Northern CA Plants Webinar

Benefits of native plants will be compared to introduced plants for butterfly caterpillars and pollen specialist bees. Each of California’s butterfly caterpillars evolved to eat a small set of native plant leaves, as Monarch butterfly caterpillars co-evolved to eat only milkweed leaves. https://youtu.be/MLat7cSN-1I

executivedirector2025-08-21T12:06:28-07:00August 21st, 2025|

ASLA-NCC 2024 JEDI Scholarship for Emerging Professionals

The JEDI Committee is excited to present the second ASLA-NCC Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Scholarship. The scholarship was created in response to reducing barriers of entry into ASLA for BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, AANHPI, MENA, etc.) and LGBTQ+ individuals in order to concretely support the growth of Emerging Professionals from diverse backgrounds while promoting the JEDI [...]

executivedirector2024-06-27T15:36:05-07:00June 27th, 2024|

ASLA-NCC JEDI Lunch with Leaders Designing for Neurodiversity Panel Discussion

Panelists discuss Designing for Neurodiversity providing insights and experiences in designing for neurodiversity.

executivedirector2024-05-24T13:42:19-07:00May 9th, 2024|

ASLA-NCC Lunch with Leaders – Connecting Science and Practice: Navigating Tradeoffs and Co-Benefits of Biodiversity and Health

Learn about incorporating biodiversity and human health considerations into greenspace design and planning. Hear from a group of cross-disciplinary experts from the San Francisco Estuary Institute, covering high-level biodiversity frameworks to multi-scalar strategies supporting site and detailed design. Explore how the institute bridges science research and implementation through past [...]

executivedirector2024-04-09T12:18:49-07:00March 20th, 2024|

Lunch with Leaders How the Sunnyvale and So. SF Civic Centers Benefited from a Holistic Approach

Learn about how SmithGroup and civic leaders developed and built recent projects with human-centered values to serve their communities and the accomplishments these collaborations have made from early planning through to construction and completion. The newly completed Sunnyvale and South San Francisco Civic Centers were designed with all disciplines, [...]

executivedirector2024-02-01T19:58:40-08:00February 1st, 2024|

ASLA-NCC Biodiversity & Climate Action Virtual Meet-up #1: Let’s All Be Climate Champions!

The ASLA Climate Action Plan sets ambitious goals for landscape architects to advance climate responsive practices by 2040. Learn how we can all move forward on climate action by joining us for an overview of the specific objectives and mission of the Plan, and hear from ASLA CEO Torey Carter-Conneen on ASLA's [...]

executivedirector2024-04-09T12:16:45-07:00January 22nd, 2024|

Lunch with Leaders Webinar Placemaking in Public Spaces with Ashley Langworthy

Ashley Langworthy, Director, Western Region of BRV, will share the importance of passionate and engaged management of public realm spaces, and how programming creates a lasting, emotional connection for visitors to a park and is critical to long-term park success and vitality. She will share ‘boots on the ground’ [...]

executivedirector2023-08-09T20:00:06-07:00June 21st, 2023|

Lunch with Leaders – Industry Icons A Landscape Architect is a Landscape Architect But…

Immediate Past President of ASLA Eugenia Martin, FASLA, will discuss the 1973 report on Women in Landscape Architecture by the ASLA Board of Trustees Task Force headed up by the late President Darwina Neal, FASLA. Looking at contemporary data on enrollment, employment, and licensure, Martin will consider the progress [...]

executivedirector2024-02-01T20:09:46-08:00April 6th, 2023|

ASLA-NCC Walking Tour of Salesforce Park: San Francisco’s Urban Forest and Botanical Garden in the Sky

In July ASLA-NCC along with PWP lead designers of Salesforce Park, Adam Greenspan and Cornelia Roppel, for a tour of the 5.4 acre park located on top of the Salesforce Transit Center in downtown San Francisco. The integrated park has become the central public open space in a new [...]

executivedirector2022-10-20T16:51:55-07:00October 19th, 2022|