THE FUTURE of the landscape architecture profession lies in taking a leadership role in the stewardship of the environment, and planning walkable, urban communities.
"The most important issue facing landscape architects and all environmental planners and designers in the 21st century will be precisely the integration, perhaps by shotgun, of current economic / political thinking with ecological reality.
Landscape architects should be in the vanguard of the environmental movement, discovering ways to help design environments that at the most fundamental level 'do no harm' - and beyond that, in ways large and small, contribute to the renewal of the earth and of the human spirit.
THE ONLY WAY to design environments that 'do no harm' and are sustainable is to design environments that don't require everyone to own and drive a car.
Cars cause of a multitude of problems at many levels of society. They are causing massive damage to the planet and us along with it. We as a profession need to realize this, and that the only real solution to our problems is to design dense, walkable environments where cars are not necessary for everyone.
"The most important issue facing landscape architects and all environmental planners and designers in the 21st century will be precisely the integration, perhaps by shotgun, of current economic / political thinking with ecological reality.
Landscape architects should be in the vanguard of the environmental movement, discovering ways to help design environments that at the most fundamental level 'do no harm' - and beyond that, in ways large and small, contribute to the renewal of the earth and of the human spirit.
THE ONLY WAY to design environments that 'do no harm' and are sustainable is to design environments that don't require everyone to own and drive a car.
Cars cause of a multitude of problems at many levels of society. They are causing massive damage to the planet and us along with it. We as a profession need to realize this, and that the only real solution to our problems is to design dense, walkable environments where cars are not necessary for everyone.
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