EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES
Ongoing UW Extension Classes and Certificates
Certificate in Therapeutic/Healing Garden Design, Autumn 
Certificate in Urban Green Infrastructure, Winter
Decision Making for Climate Change (online)
Environmental Law and Regulation
The Practice and Policy of Composting, Recycling and Waste Prevention (online or classroom)
Sustainable Transportation (online)
Urban Green Infrastructure (online)
Wetland Science and Management
Construction Site Erosion and Pollution Control (CESCL)
Summer Institute in Sustainability
Wetland Delineation Intensive
Ongoing UW Civil & Environmental Engineering Professional Development Programs
Construction Site Erosion and Pollution Control
Recertification of Certified Erosion and Sediment Control Lead (CESCL)
Cold Regions Engineering
Pavement Design (online)
Drilling and Blasting Techniques
System Safety and Reliability Analysis
Wetland Delineation Intensive
September-June 2010
Certificate in Low Impact Development, UW
In response to the growing need for sustainable design practices and protection of ecological systems, the University of Washington has developed the new Low Impact Development Certificate Program. You will study LID as a process that involves many stakeholders working across public and private sectors, and gain project experience by conducting actual fieldwork. Sponsored by the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, this 90-hour certificate program provides you with up-to-date knowledge of the science, policy, design, implementation and maintenance of LID projects.
Ongoing Study Tours
International Sustainable Solutions (i-Sustain) researches global best practices in Urban Sustainability and consults with public and private leaders who believe that cities are uniquely capable of increasing the well being of their citizens while decreasing the negative impacts on the environment.
Ongoing Victoria, Vancouver: Sustainable Urban Redevelopment
12/09 Denmark, Sweden: Sustainable Neighborhoods/Affordable Lifestyles
02/10 Havana, Cuba: Historic Preservation and the Neighborhoods of Havana
05/10 Israel, Jordan: The Sustainable Evolution of Ancient Lands The Sustainable Evolution of Ancient Lands
Ongoing Architectural Walking Tours
Through entertaining and informative guided walking tours, SAF awakens people to the profound influence of the environment that surrounds them, and inspires them to get involved in shaping its future. Through active participation with our built environment the shape of our communities will better reflect who we are and who we wish to be.
Ongoing – WASLA Volunteer Opportunity
WASLA’s committee’s include: Chapter Communications and Management, Governmental Affairs, Member Programs, Public Relations, Students and Emerging Professionals, Professional Practice and Continuing Education, and the Committee on the Environment. We are excited about the inquiries we received from last month’s newsletter and will be contacting volunteers to populate committees shortly.For more information on available committees please visit the WASLA website or call Len Zickler at 509-720-3910.
LECTURES, TOURS & EVENTS
February 17, 2010 – Mark Johnson, FASLA: “In Search of Sustainable Urbanism: Systems and Territories”
The Department of Landscape Architecture and Great City welcome notable landscape architect and founder of Civitas Inc. Mark Johnson, FASLA as he discusses approaches to Sustainable Urbanism.
Civitas has focused on the design of healthier, more livable and more sustainable cities for 25 years. Civitas projects have been at the leading edge of both the theory and practice of urban regeneration and landscape urbanism, with major transformative interventions achieved across the country. Mark Johnson will discuss the development of both theory and projects, shedding light on the most current work and thinking about what it really takes to design cities for the next generation of urban life. His work is currently addressing significant waterfront regeneration in San Diego, Los Angeles, Miami, St. Louis and New York; projects that reveal his thinking on the systems that make cities healthy and the territories that we design for living. Location: Architecture Hall, Room 147 UW, 6:30 PM
February 17, 2010 – Design Salon
Design Salon in conversation with Ray Gastil, Planning Director, City of Seattle Department of Planning & Development, and Shannon Nichol, ASLA, Partner, Gustafson Guthrie Nichol Ltd. Landscape Architects. Sponsored by AIA, 4:00-6:00pm
February 19, 2010 – Mark Reddington, FAIA: Recent Work
Mark Reddington, FAIA, joins us as the 2010 Dean’ Distinguished Lecturer, to discuss his award winning work as a partner in the Seattle-based firm LMN Architects. Kane Hall, UW 6:30pm
March 1, 2010 – Lively Cities” with Jennifer Wolch
Jennifer Wolch, Dean, College of Environmental Design at UC Berkeley joins us to discuss “How can environmental design move beyond existing practices in order to define a more inclusive model for a “post-green” world? Lecture registration opens shortly. Kane Hall, UW, 6:30pm – Online registration available soon.
March 20, 2010 – 2010 Spring Symposium – American Garden Design from Dumbarton Oaks to Living Roofs
Speakers – Judith Tankard: Designing Women: Beatrix Farrand and Ellen Shipman, Craig Bergmann: Contemporary Traditional Gardens, Bernard Trainor: Contextual Design in California, Paul Kephart: An Integrative Approach to Living Architecture
Bastyr University Auditorium, 14500 Juanita Drive NE, Kenmore
March 24 – Annie Leonard: The Story of Stuff
Sustainability and environmental health expert Annie Leonard created an Internet sensation with her video The Story of Stuff, a look at the underside of our production and consumption patterns that has drawn more than 7 million views. Leonard, a former coordinator of the Funders Workgroup for Sustainable Production and Consumption, says basic stuff is a necessity—but consumerism and overconsumption have hidden costs to our health, environment, and the lives of millions of people who live and work in dangerous, dehumanizing conditions to sustain a dysfunctional “take-make-waste” paradigm. Presented by the Town Hall Center for Civic Life with University Book Store. Series supported by The Boeing Company Charitable Trust and RealNetworks Foundation.
May 1 – IslandWood Dinner in the Woods
The evening will begin with a roving reception that allows guests to discover and learn more about IslandWood’s spectacular campus including the garden classroom with its wood-fired cob oven, art studio, and the Ichthyology Inn, our new lodge. The reception will be followed by a sit-down dinner, a short,12 item, live auction and a Raise-the-Paddle for Kids.
CONFERENCES & WORKSHOPS
February-June – Pomegranate Center, Multiple Victories Workshop
The Multiple Victories Workshop is a five-session series that gives you tools to help engage your community, create common goals, and build ownership and momentum in your neighborhood project.
March 25, 2010 – Up Roots Presentation
Jim Urban, FASLA, will present principles from his latest book, Up by Roots: Healthy Soils and Trees in the Built Environment, in a one-day, hands-on workshop. This event is designed to introduce key concepts used in site assessment and give attendees experience performing basic soil analyses. “Up By Roots” will focus on site assessment and plant selection and has applications in site development, landscape design, tree protection, and plant health care. Edmond Community College
March 30, 2010 – Installing Rain Gardens and Cisterns
NHS Hall, UW Center for Urban Horticulture, Sponsored by Seattle Public Utilities
For licensed professionals only. Pre-registration required – space is limited.
May 5-7 – Living Future
The Living Future Program Task Force is now accepting submissions for potential educational sessions from across the region and beyond. Living Future is an unconference for a reason – we are looking for creativity, depth, and innovation in both session topics and format.
This year’s educational program theme is “Building Hope: Revaluing Community”. The Living Future Program Task Force invites submissions for interactive presentations, tours, and experiential activities that encourage a hopeful embrace of the region and planet’s economic, ecologic and social challenges, and offer solutions addressing these challenges at the site AND community scale.Early bird registration expires February 28 & the deadline for submissions is October 30.
May 19-22 – Congress for New Urbanism Conference
Organized with assistance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Congress for the New Urbanism 18, “New Urbanism: Rx for Healthy Places,” will present new research and innovative techniques for assessing the health impact of land use, transportation planning, and community design decisions — from fine grained to mega-regional scales. Share the opportunities and challenges of designing and retrofitting communities that make it easier for people to live healthy lives — CNU’s 18th annual Congress in Atlanta.
DESIGN COMPETITIONS & AWARDS
February 22 (Deadline) – Green Alleys Competition
Alleys are a key resource in Seattle. Traditionally restricted to service uses, the Clear Alleys Program has opened up opportunities to use alleys in different ways. This design competition is focused on potential new uses that in combination could add functionality to our transportation and ecological systems as well as improving the aesthetic and community-building elements of our City.
