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Green Futures Lab Students Win Climate Solutions Prize

Did you know that UW Green Futures Lab Scan Design Interns won one of the two Climate Solutions prizes, as part of CBE’s Climate Solutions symposium this past spring?!  There were over 40 entries and Constantine Chrisafis’ (MLA/MUP ’25) posters describing our Designing the Climate Responsible City project and publication won the prize in the Communications category. The content and graphics included Erin Irby’s and Sarah Lukin’s (both MLA ’23) research and design from 2022-23, and added Constantine’s and Briana Weeke’s (MUP ’24) investigation and communications from this…

Internship Opportunity with Seattle Public Utilities

Seattle Public Utilities (SPU) is seeking two (2) interns for the Drainage and Wastewater (DWW) Line of Business to support the DWW Policy Program.   Policy interns will be responsible for supporting policy development by collaborating with staff across DWW, SPU, and broader City family to facilitate policy development, research policy issues, evaluate potential solutions, prepare briefings, and help to develop recommendations. Policy topics will generally focus on stormwater and wastewater system management and maintenance, and may include green stormwater…

Grounding the Green New Deal: A Summit on Design, Policy, and Advocacy

April 9, 12-5pm*  National Building Museum, 401 F St NW, Washington, DC *Doors open at 11am for pre-event exhibit and networking. There will be a post-summit reception until 7pm. More panelists confirmed! Hear from influential leaders working on issues of climate and equity: Bryan Lee Jr, Kate Orff, Colette Pichon Battle, Nikil Saval, Billy Fleming, Dana Bourland, Anne Whiston Spirn, and more. There is an essential role for the built environment disciplines to play in addressing the climate crisis and translating the…

CALL for Applications: Drawing in Design Spring Workshop (due Friday 3/18)

DRAWING IN DESIGN WORKSHOP APRIL 22 – 24, 2022 Drawing offers a practice for thinking and an important mode of communicating ideas in design. Since 2016 the Department of Landscape Architecture, in collaboration with our professional partners, has convened a quarterly series of public lectures and weekend workshops for students that focus on representation in design. This quarter we will be led by Milenko Matanovic (https://www.milenko-art.com) We will draw to keep our minds, eyes, and hands coordinated. We will render the first…

Queer Trans Ecologies and River Justice

*Note: This is a presentation by Landscape Architecture Adjunct Assistant Professor Cleo.   Queer Trans Ecologies and River Justice Cleo Wölfle Hazard with Stephanie Clare https://townhallseattle.org/event/cleo-wolfle-hazard/ Friday, March 11, 2022, 7:30PM The Forum 1119 8th Ave (Entrance off Seneca St.) Seattle, Washington 98101 A livestream of this event will be available. From the grasslands of the Columbia Plateau to the rich valleys west of the Cascade Mountains, There are over 70,000 miles of rivers in Washington state. Rivers are vital to our…

The Forest History Society Presents:

“Frederick Law Olmsted: Bringing Nature to the City” by Laurence Cotton Monday, February 14th from 1:00 to 2:30 pm, Eastern This 90 minute presentation is approved for 1.5 Units of CFE Credits from the Society of American Foresters. April 26, 2022 marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of Frederick Law Olmsted, the master designer of public parks and a founder of the field of landscape architecture. Join historian and filmmaker Laurence Cotton (originator of and consulting producer to the PBS…

Design for the Common Good: Exhibition, Conference, Conversations

I am pleased to share details about a series of upcoming events in March on community and public interest design that you can join online. All are companion events for the current Design for the Common Good exhibition in Denver — https://www.msudenver.edu/cva/exhibitions/archive/design-for-the-common-good/ Structure for Inclusion Conference, March 4-5, 2022 Program: https://designcorps.org/sfi/ Register (free if you register as a member of the Pacific Rim Community Design Network) at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/structures-for-inclusion-conference-2022-tickets-219964889907 Design for the Common Good Online Conversation I: March 3, 2022 https://www.designforthecommongood.net/news/events/03-03-online-conversations/ Featuring speakers including Akiko…