May 14, 2012
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via ASLA Oregon WVS Co-Chairs Arica Duhrkoop-Galas and Justin Lanphear
Dear friends and colleagues,
We apologize that May’s presentation date had to be changed from our typical third Thursday. We hope you will join us on Wednesday, May 23 instead. The noon time and the venue remains the same; McMenamin’s North Bank. Please let me know if you will be attending or not, so I can confirm our reservation.
Please join us for a presentation on “Nature’s Healing Properties: What is Needed in Healing Gardens for Veterans”. Michelle Parkins, MLA, ASLA, biologist and Navy veteran will present her findings on Healing Gardens. Michelle is a recent graduate of the University of Oregon’s Landscape Architecture program and is in the process of formalizing a presentation based on her thesis that she will co-present with Annie Kirk, B.S.W., MLA, ASLA, ANLD Associate APLD, owner of Red Bird Design, at the Chicago Botanic Garden’s July 2012 seminar program, “Healing Through Nature: Healthcare Gardens for Veterans and Children with Sensory Processing and Spectrum Disorders”. Michelle is specifically interested in creating spaces for veterans experiencing Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
ASLA Oregon, WVS Co-Chairs
Arica Duhrkoop-Galas
541.484.7367
Justin Lanphear
541.485.7385
May 7, 2012
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via Joyce Jackson, ASLA, Mt. Hood Section Co-Chair
Tour the June Delta Key Community Center –
A Living Building Challenge Demonstration Project
If you attended or missed but wanted to attend the Living Cities, How Do We Get There? session at the recent ASLA Oregon symposium and want to learn more about the living building challenge process, come to the MT Hood chapter meeting at the June Key Delta Community Center on May 31st.
Architect Mark Nye will be there to discuss how this community center was developed from an old gas station site and how it was transformed into a community asset with minimal environmental impacts.
Topics will include:
• An overview of the building and site’s fulfillment of the Living Building Challenge ‘petals’.
• Transformation of a brown field site to a usable property.
• Inclusion of the community in the programming and design process.
• Provisions for opportunities in urban agriculture and food education
• Collecting and reusing stormwater on site.
Spend an hour on the tour and then mingle with your colleagues at the Community Center.
(2) HSW PDH's are being offered at this event!.
Thursday, May 31 2012
5940 North Albina Ave., Portland, OR
Agenda:
5:30-5:45 - Gather together
5:45-6:45 - Tour and talk
6:45-7:45 - Social hour
Cost:
Free!
Maul Foster Alongi will be sponsoring the event by providing snacks and drinks.
Please RSVP to this event!
For more information and to RSVP email Joyce Jackson:
jjackson@maulfoster.com
May 2, 2012
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Event Notice:
AIA/APA/ASLA Urban Design Panel Central City 2035 Charrette
Date and Time: Thursday, June 7, 2012, 8am to 5pm
Venue: Museum of Contemporary Craft, 724 NW Davis, Portland, OR. (evening open house to follow)
Partner: Portland’s Bureau of Planning and Sustainability, Urban Design Studio
Interested in attending?
ASLA Oregon is accepting applications from our membership to represent our profession and fill 9 to 12 spots at this joint AIA/APA/ASLA event. Please provide a one page written description/application (include name, contact info, business, and short explanation of “why I am uniquely interested/qualified to participate”) on or before May 11, 2012 to ASLA Oregon Immediate Past-President Jim Hencke at hencke@pbworld.com. Applications will be reviewed at the May 14, 2012 ASLA Oregon Executive Committee Meeting and notice of selections will be made later that week.
Questions? Call Jim Hencke @ 503-478-2353.
April 30, 2012
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via Emily Hull, ASLA Oregon Education Chair / EP Committee Co-Chair
Spring 2012 LARE Section C & E Workshop
The workshop will benefit those preparing to take LARE sections C and/or E for the first time, those who are repeating the exam and seeking more study direction and those interested in connecting with potential study partners.
Download PDF Flyer for More Information
Register Today!
April 16, 2012
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TRANSITION PLANNING FOR NEW AND EXITING LEADERS
A Town Hall with Internationally Acclaimed Consultant Hugh Hochberg
As more and more Baby Boomers retire in the Oregon architecture, engineering and construction (A/E/C), transition is becoming an industry norm. With this in mind, SMPS Oregon brings The Coxe Group partner Hugh Hochberg to Oregon for a ‘town hall’ style, interactive presentation on the do’s and don’ts of transition/succession planning.
This event is sponsored by:
Transition planning, also known as succession planning, is all the rage in Oregon’s architecture, engineering and construction (A/E/C) industry.
Firms such as FFA, Lease Crutcher Lewis, and Kennedy-Jenks Consultants have recently negotiated this great abyss with success but there are countless other firms in line behind them.
With this in mind, SMPS Oregon brings The Coxe Group partner Hugh Hochberg to Oregon for a ‘town hall’ style, interactive presentation.
Hochberg, an AIA Handbook of Professional Practice author, and a co-author of McGraw-Hill’s Success Strategies for Design Professionals will tap his 36 years of consulting to an estimated 800 A/E/C clients to provide Oregon Principals, Associates and Marketers with the ingredients of successful transition -- in Hugh’s words “how to make it happen.”
The Coxe Group partner will draw on concepts, case studies, and consulting experiences to provide the audience with real-life examples across a wide spectrum of situations and cultural dynamics.
The aim of the presentation will be to arm today’s and tomorrow’s leaders with the information they need to appropriately position their organizations -- and their careers - for the highest likelihood of success during transition.
Hugh’s “interactive” talk (participation required!) will address the components of transition, including:
• Ownership
• Management
• Governance
• Marketing
• Leadership
Hugh will make it a priority to pay very close attention to ownership – which he says often gets the most attention -- and leadership which, he describes as usually the most challenging and most critical to sustaining success.
Hugh adds that without a successful transition, firms languish and then disappear. He says to expect to walk away from this presentation with clarity about “what’s going well” in your firm in the context of transition and “what needs attention.”
Beer, wine & hors d'oeuvres will be available at this event.
WHEN:
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
4:30 pm Registration
5:00 - 6:30 pm Program
6:30 – 8:00 pm No-Host After Party
WHERE:
McMenamins Mission Theater
1624 NW Glisan
Portland, OR 97209
(503) 223-4527
PRICING:
Member: $45 (Only $35 if registered by May 2nd!)
Member Firm: $50 (Only $40 if registered by May 2nd!)
Non-member: $60 (Only $50 if registered by May 2nd!)
Group Discount: Receive a $10 per person discount when registering 5 or more people at one time!
RSVP:
On-line registration will close Tuesday, May 8th.
Late registrations will be subject to a $5 late fee per person.
Contact Viv Perry directly at vperry@froelich-engineers.com to request late registration,
but please register early to ensure your attendance!
More Information and RSVP
April 15, 2012
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via Robin Gyorgyfalvy, ASLA Oregon Chapter Public Awareness Representative
NAEP Conference being held in Portland on May 21-24:
Of particular interest to landscape architects is the Symposium for Advanced Topics in Visual Resource Impact Assessment being held on Monday, May 21, 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM. This day-long symposium targets visual resource specialists, public land managers, NEPA practitioners, and developers with a basic understanding of visual impact assessment (VIA) procedures.
More Information
April 15, 2012
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Summer 2012 Emerging Professionals (EP) 101 Series:
Local Innovation in Greenroofs: Wildlife, Plants and Technology
A Green Roof Tour and Roundtable Discussion
6:00-8:30pm
June 13*, 2012 (tentative as we confirm roof tour availability, check back for updates!)
$20 non-member / $15 members / $10 students and emerging professionals
PDH's available!
Hosted by the ASLA EP Committee and Columbia Green this summer's EP 101 Series Event offers a guided green roof tour, showcasing three of Portland’s most noteworthy ecoroofs, followed by a roundtable discussion touching on wildlife, plants and technology. Space is limited to 25 attendees so RSVP today! Attendees will be eligible to receive PDH credits. All are encouraged and welcomed to attend!
Tour stops may include: The Indigo + Multnomah County Library + Ecotrust Building + Ladd Tower
A Portion of this event is a walking tour – bring appropriate footwear and keep an eye on the forecast!
*Note: Date has been changed from June 14 to June 13!
Register as an Emerging Professional (link coming soon)
RSVP Today! (link coming soon)
DONATE $150 to support this event as an EP Continuing ED Sponsor
Contact Christopher Olin for more information
April 15, 2012
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via ASLA Oregon WVS Co-Chairs Arica Duhrkoop-Galas and Justin Lanphear, ASLA
Dear friends and colleagues,
There are quite a few events happening during the month of April that we would like to bring to your attention.
First, and foremost, we would like to encourage you to attend the Oregon ASLA Symposium on April 21. Due to this event falling in the same week we would normally hold our section meeting, we are opting to cancel our meeting in the hope that you will be even more likely to venture up to Portland for this wonderful Saturday happening.
The annual HOPES conference is taking place once again on the University of Oregon campus April 13 & 14, with some very interesting speakers. The theme this year is DIRT. Diana Balmori speaks on April 13 and Walter Hood speaks April 14. See http://hopes.uoregon.edu/ for more information.
Jeff Howe will be speaking at the University of Oregon on April 27 at 4:00 pm. Paula Morgan is scheduled to speak May 25 at noon. More details to follow.
Mid-term studio reviews in Lawrence Hall are scheduled for early May; please contact the UO Department of Landscape Architecture if you would like to offer yourself as a reviewer. Ron Lovinger is teaching a studio on the “butterfly” parking structure within our downtown park blocks, and there might be a different topic to suit your fancy. Remember; hours spent in the classroom can be applied to some of your your PDH requirements.
We are looking forward to better weather this summer and would like to prime you to start thinking about projects tours. What do you want to see? What can you offer? Please keep this in mind as we plow through the next couple of months at warp speed.
ASLA Oregon, WVS Co-Chairs
Arica Duhrkoop-Galas
Justin Lanphear, ASLA
For More Information Contact Arica Duhrkoop-Galas
April 15, 2012
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via Jim Larson, Cascadian Nurseries
Sign-up today for Landscape Field Day - May 17, 2012!
Please RSVP for seminars at: Seminar RSVP
Click on the link for more information and for seminar schedule: 2012 Landscape Field Day.
Continuing education credits are available for OLCB, ASLA, and APLD.
We also need a head count for lunch. RSVP by May 10th: jlarson@cascadiannurseries.com
More Information and to RSVP
April 7, 2012
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via Christopher Olin, ASLA Oregon Chapter Communications Chair
April is Landscape Architecture Month!
ASLA Oregon is pleased to announce our Spring 2012 Chapter lineup of Portland Events!
Join fellow like-minded student and professional peers in networking, learning and fun!
To learn more, register for events, find resources and subscribe to our mailing list visit www.aslaoregon.org.
Download Upcoming Events Flyer PDF - 11x17 Screen
Download Upcoming Events Flyer PDF - 11x17 Print
Visit ASLA Oregon's NLAM Page
Visit ASLA Oregon's Online Event Calendar
March 30, 2012
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MARCH 2012
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04.20 | ASLA Oregon North Park Block Design Charrette
04.20 | ASLA Oregon Emerging Professionals Social
04.21 | ASLA Oregon Enlightened Landscape[s] Symposium
04.26 | UO A&AA Career Symposium
04.26 | Pine Nursery Design Charrette
04.26 | FLO's Birthday!
06.14 | ASLA Oregon EP 101 Series: Greenroof Tour + Roundtable - PDH Opportunity!
OTHER UPCOMING OPPORTUNITIES
03.31 | Community Horticultural Therapy Program
04.04 | Community Trees Field Class
04.13 | BCSLA Annual Conference
05.02 | Living Future unConference
05.03 | UFIS Soils and Urban Tree Conference
05.17 | Landscape Field Day
06.02 | Portland Memory Garden PDH Seminar
06.03 | Portland Memory Garden Open House
06.07 | Oregon Urban & Community Forestry Conference
08.05 | Transportation Research Board Meeting
ASLA OREGON CHAPTER 2012 SYMPOSIUM
Elevate your understanding of landscape by taking it to a higher level. ASLA Oregon invites you to expand your thinking over two days of inspired guest speakers, discussions and a design charrette. Join us for learning and networking opportunities, as well as the opportunity to earn valuable professional development hours (PDH’s).
download promotional mailer PDF
more information + registration - REGISTER BY 3/30 FOR EARLY BIRD RATES!
2012 sponsorship opportunities
become a 2012 supporting sponsor for just $100!
Your company name will be featured on the event program!
PRESENTING SPONSOR
ASLA Oregon Chapter is pleased to announce our
2012 Enlightened Landscape[s] Symposium Presenting Sponsor:
Buell Recreation, LLC specializes in providing a variety of commercial quality park and playground products to public and private organizations throughout the western United States. We pride ourselves in representing proven manufacturers with the highest standards of integrity, who develop safe, durable and innovative products.
Learn more about Buell Recreation
View 2012 ASLA Oregon Chapter Sponsorship Opportunities
View 2012 ASLA Oregon Chapter Sponsors Page
landbytes
Launched in July of 2011, LANDbytes is ASLA Oregon Chapter's premier e-publication showcasing articles, briefs, reviews, spotlights and more! New this month:
Get Ready! Landscape Architecture Month is Coming!
By Rebecca Wahlstrom
Happy Birthday, FLO!
By Rebecca Wahlstrom
April is Landscape Architecture Month!
NLAM, 04.26, and YOU
Executive Committee Call for Volunteers
Communications Committee Call for Volunteers
Summer Internships
New Landscape Architecture Flyers!
ASLA Notes and Numbers Facts and Figures PDF
KEEPING YOURSELF CURRENT
Please help us keep our mailing list current.
Send updates or corrections of your contact information to info@aslaoregon.org.
Contact Us
Executive Committee and other contact information is available at the Chapter Website.
For mailing and other administrative inquiries about the chapter, contact:
ASLA Oregon Chapter
147 SE 102nd Avenue
Portland, Oregon 97216
phone: 503.227.6156
fax: 503.253.9172
info@aslaoregon.org
Follow Us
Oregon ASLA Facebook Page
Oregon ASLA on Twitter
Oregon ASLA Blog
LANDbytes
Event Calendar
Check out the online Calendar of Events for the most up-to-date listing of opportunities!
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March 29, 2012
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via Beth Flanagan, International Living Future Institute
Join Cascadia Green Building Council May 2-4 for Living Future 2012, where the green building movement’s leading thinkers and practitioners come together to share their deep expertise and dearest hopes, to leap ahead as a movement and as a society. Living Future is where cutting edge practice meets inspiration and where visionaries get down to business. This three-day unConference has earned a reputation as the must-attend event for many of the green building movement's most innovative and influential leaders. This years conference will take place in Portland, Oregon and is themed “Women Reshaping the World”. For more information please go to the Living Future 2012 Website.
For questions please contact Beth Flanagan at beth.flanagan@gmail.com
Quick Links:
Living Future Website
Registration
Program and Speakers
Keynote and Reception, Dr. Vandana Shiva
March 18, 2012
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LARE EXAM Spring 2012: We are looking for 1-2 workshop instructors!
Have you recently passed Section C and E of the LARE exam? If so, we need you! ASLA Oregon is looking for practitioners/instructors to lead a one day workshop to assist fellow landscape architects who are preparing for the exam in June. The workshop will be held the end of April/May depending on available schedule.
ASLA Oregon will offer reasonable compensation for your time.
Interested?
contact:
Emily Hull
ASLA Oregon Chapter
Educaton Chair / EP Committee Co-Chair
hulle@pbworld.com
503.417.9364
March 17, 2012
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National Landscape Architecture Month 2012 (NLAM) Quick Links:
NLAM HOMEPAGE
NLAM PUBLIC AWARENESS CAMPAIGN
NLAM POSTERS FOR DOWNLOAD
CAREER DISCOVERY ACTIVITIES
NLAM 2011 RECAP
FREDERICK LAW OLMSTED & THE CAMPAIGN FOR PUBLIC HEALTH
APRIL 2012 National, State and Local Activities:
04.04.12 COMMUNITY TREES FIELD CLASS
04.20.12 ASLA OREGON NORTH PARK BLOCK DESIGN CHARRETTE
04.20.12 ASLA OREGON EMERGING PROFESSIONALS SOCIAL
04.21.12 ASLA OREGON ENLIGHTENED LANDSCAPE[S] SYMPOSIUM
04.26.12 AND YOU
04.26.12 THE UNDERSTORY
04.26.12 UNIVERSITY OF OREGON A&AA CAREER SYMPOSIUM
Questions? Interested in getting involved with NLAM?
Contact ASLA Oregon Communications Chair Christopher Olin for more information!
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A Whole New National Landscape Architecture Month:
Public Health & Active Living 2012
Now is the time. Childhood obesity surges to epidemic proportions, healthcare costs push even higher and divisive politics provide no solutions. Meanwhile an interdisciplinary profession continues to rise offering solutions to these stark problems:
- Two out of every three American adults twenty years or older are overweight or obese (Flegal, 2010).
- Since 2000, antidepressants have become the most prescribed medication in the United States (Olfson and Marcus, 2009).
- In 2007, 16 percent of the United State’s gross domestic product – $2.3 trillion – was spent on health care (Orszag and Ellis, 2007).
Landscape architects will join across the country during the month of April to educate the public as to how their profession is well poised to address these troubling issues.They’ll hold public events showcasing just what can be done through hands on work with the public, speaking engagements and design charrettes. For an idea, check out this slideshow of 2011’s events.
With the theme of Public Health and Landscape Architecture, National Landscape Architecture Month 2012 welcomes these new and necessary discussions about the profession. Besides all the same great activities from years past, National Landscape Architecture Month joins in the public awareness campaign. On 04.26.12, the profession will publically celebrate Frederick Olmsted's birthday, considered the founder of modern landscape architecture, by once again taking to the streets from coast to coast telling people why landscape architecture matters just as they did on 08.17.11. Since 08.17.11 was just the beginning, expect more this time around. The call to celebrate his birthday could not be more in line with the theme as Frederick Law Olmsted and the Campaign for Public Health points out, Olmsted’s roots in landscape architecture first started with his dedication to public health.
The prevalence of low-density, automobile-dependent communities has resulted in unsustainable lifestyles that increasingly threaten human health and well-being. In addition to inflating housing and transportation costs and increasing carbon emissions, disconnected communities reliant on cars create sedentary lifestyles. The lack of access to environments that encourage daily exercise, provide clean air and water and offer affordable services and nutritious food has meant growing epidemics of depression, obesity, diabetes, asthma, and heart disease.
Working with landscape architects, communities can promote human health and well-being by encouraging the development of environments that offer rich social, economic, and environmental benefits. Healthy, livable communities improve the welfare and well-being of people by expanding the range of affordable transportation, employment, and housing choices through "Live, Work, Play" developments; incorporating physical activity into components of daily life; preserving and enhancing valuable natural resources; providing access to affordable, nutritious, and locally produced foods distributed for less cost; and creating a unique sense of community and place.
Landscape architects help communities maximize opportunities for daily exercise like walking and biking. Landscape architects encourage communities to move towards compact, transit-oriented land-uses by designing Complete Streets and other transportation networks that connect mixed-use developments, neighborhood schools, and a range of affordable housing choices. They assist communities in developing healthy green buildings and open spaces that promote efficient water and energy use and provide substantial amounts of vegetation to clean air and cool temperatures. In doing so, these communities can avoid the expensive health epidemics associated with automobile dependence, sedentary lifestyles, along with the high costs to the environment brought by dysfunctional patterns of living.
PUBLIC HEALTH & COMMUNITY DESIGN
With health epidemics associated with sprawl on the rise, there is growing demand for communities that get people moving and reduce the onslaught of depression, obesity, diabetes, asthma, and heart disease. Communities can also be designed to reduce traffic fatalities and crime rates. When communities take these issues seriously, they become people-friendly places that promote healthy living and feel safe and secure.
A recent study from the Victoria Transport Policy Institute demonstrates that people who "drive less, exercise more, and live longer, are generally healthier than residents of communities without high-quality public transportation." Lansdcape architects design multi-modal sustainable transportation infrastructure such as public transit, which force people to walk and climb stairs, and well-lit, tree-lined streets with sidewalks and bike lanes, which enable safe and convenient physical activity. These systems provide healthy alternatives to automobile transportation. In addition, landscape architects create parks, green streets, and even green roofs, which encourage physical activity by making outdoor spaces more attractive, cooler, with cleaner air.
Communities can also invest in healthy green schools built along new and improved transportation infrastructure and connected to neighborhoods via sidewalks, bike trails, transit service, and roadways that provide safe routes to school. Landscape architects design green school campuses with indoor and outdoor learning environments, which are also available for community activities.
In addition, landscape architects work with communities to create urban agriculture projects that provide access to safe, affordable, and nutritious food that is locally produced and distributed. These initiatives make productive use of vacant lots and derelict spaces, transforming them into safe environments for youth education and community interaction. They can provide resources for green hospitals where studies have shown that organic food gardens help patients recover faster.
See the full article at ASLA.org
March 14, 2012
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via Maria Cahill
Happy Oregon Arbor Week!
Community Trees Field Class
Join me for a field class on urban forestry to learn about planning, design, & construction strategies critical to increasing long-term tree canopy in urbanized settings. You'll learn about what trees need to survive and thrive and how you can make good decisions about locating new trees and preserving and protecting existing trees. (However, don't ask me to identify or recommend tree species. This isn't my expertise and won't be part of our discussion unless someone with a horticulture background signs up.)
Cost: $10
How: We'll visit trees around Multnomah Village on foot. Wear comfortable shoes and dress for the weather.
When: Wednesday, April 4th
Where: Starting at the Multnomah Center: 7688 SW Capitol Hwy, Portland, OR (If you're driving, there should be parking available on the street or in front, behind or to the south of the Arts Center.)
Registration: http://www.greengirlpdx.com/Events.htm
March 11, 2012
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via Mary Vogel, PlanGreen
March 15th: CNU Cascadia Low Carbon Neighborhoods Micro-Charrette: Participatory Workshop on the Seattle 2030 District in South Lake Union, 1-5 pm, South Lake Union Discovery Center, Seattle WA. Engage in collective brainstorming and dialog exploring opportunities for the South Lake Union neighborhood of Seattle to achieve 2030 District energy, water, and transportation goals. Attendance is limited for this advanced workshop. Info and registration: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/109540
March 16th: CNU Cascadia Regional Summit: Envisioning Resilient Communities, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle WA. Join us for educational sessions, keynote presentation by Prof. Patrick Condon and expert panel, and tours of Downtown Bothell and Seattle Waterfront. Info and registration: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/109540
Mary Vogel, CNU-A
PlanGreen and Chair, Advocacy & Alliances CNU Cascadia
A Woman Business Enterprise/Emerging Small Business in Oregon
503-245-7858
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January 26, 2012
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Portland Memory Garden Celebrates a Decade of Achievement
Press Release, February 2012
The Portland Memory Garden in southeast Portland will be celebrating its 10-year anniversary with a two-day event called Founders’ Day.
On Saturday, June 2nd from 8:30am to 5:00 pm, the Friends of the Portland Memory Garden will sponsor a panel-discussion seminar at Good Samaritan Hospital that will include a keynote address by Susan Rodiek.
On Sunday, June 3rd the Friends will host a celebratory open house in the Portland Memory Garden from 12:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m., which will include guided tours, free nature crafts, music, and refreshments. Both events are open to the public, though registration is required for the Saturday Seminar.
The Portland Memory Garden, located off S.E. Powell at 104th Avenue, was designed to meet the special needs of those with memory disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease and to provide respite for their caregivers. The garden was dedicated in May 2002 and is one of eight “memory gardens” in the U.S., and one of only two built on public land. Last year the Portland Memory Garden was chosen as the recipient of the annual Therapeutic Garden Design Awards sponsored by the American Horticultural Therapy Association.
The Friends of the Portland Memory Garden is a non-profit organization formed in 2008 that, along with Portland Parks and Recreation and the help of volunteers, maintains the garden.
The Friends also sponsors regular activities led by registered horticultural therapists and geared to those with memory disorders and their caregivers.
Participants will earn 6 HSW PDH’s if they participate in the entire days events.
For more information or to volunteer contact Brian Bainnson
www.portlandmemorygarden.org
503-256-8955
January 10, 2012
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Elevate your understanding of landscape by taking it to a higher level. ASLA Oregon invites you to expand your thinking over two days of inspired guest speakers, discussions and a design charrette. Join us for learning and networking opportunities, as well as the opportunity to earn valuable professional development hours (PDH’s).
promotional mailer PDF
more information + registration
2012 sponsorship opportunities
2012 supporting sponsor - only $100!
Your company name will be featured on the event program!
January 10, 2012
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via Jenni McNeal @ BestOnlineColleges.com
Plant Pathologist – Do you want to be one?
Plant pathologists are medical doctors for plants. They study the diseases suffered by plants, primarily in agricultural crops. Plant pathologists do the same thing for plants that veterinarians do for animals, but they are far more important. After all, while the death of Fido is surely a tragedy, it has never resulted in a widespread famine. Plant pathologists work to find the best means of control and prevention of plant disease, protecting the environment and ensuring a nation's adequate supply of food. To be a good plant pathologist, one needs to learn, and be able to integrate, plant science, environmental science, microbiology and other various disciplines. Due to the complexity involved and the education required, a career in plant pathology offers great challenge and substantial reward.
How are plant diseases controlled?
According to a career overview from the American Phytopathological Society (APS), diseases in plants are caused by a variety of living organisms, which are called pathogens. These pathogens include parasitic plants, phytoplasmas and different types of fungi. Additionally, the APS states that diseases in plants are also brought on by "nonliving agents," specifically pointing out pollution, nutrient imbalances and environmental factors. Plant pathologists manage disease by altering the pathogen, the environment or the host plant. Developing a resistant strain through breeding, for example, would be one way of altering the host plant, while implementing pesticides controls the pathogen or its environment. The ultimate goal for a plant pathologist is finding a way to effectively control plant disease without financially crippling the growers or harming consumers or the environment. Due to the importance and difficulty of this goal, extensive research has to be conducted before any control method can be safely recommended for an entire crop. When in the field, plant pathology professionals work alongside insect, weed and crop management experts, as well as plant breeders, to develop economical and environmentally-friendly ways to conserve resources, protect the environment and keep food safe for human consumers. The responsibility is a large one.
What kinds of problems do plant pathologists face?
Plant pathologists are constantly met with new challenges and obstacles to overcome. Many people are unaware of how many problems crops can face, even those that are seemingly easy to grow. According to an online publication by North Carolina State University's Department of Plant Pathology, potatoes alone struggle with numerous problems in North Carolina, where 80 percent of the crop is used for potato chips. Season after season, North Carolina's potato crop continues to struggle with weeds, disease, insects, imbalanced soil fertility and poor stand establishment.
Job security and diversity for plant pathologists
For plant pathologists, there is no end of the line. New diseases continue to develop, and old diseases often decide to toughen up, gaining immunity to control methods that once worked like charms. So long as plants remain and people continue to eat, jobs for plant pathologists are here to stay. Without plant pathologists to diagnose and manage such problems, farmers would face huge losses and the food supply would be severely affected. Careers in plant pathology don't have to be pursued on the farm. In fact, there are many different types of work available for these professionals. According to the APS, plant pathologists can seek careers with universities, diagnostic laboratories, biological control companies or even government agencies like State departments of agriculture and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Job duties can also vary. Pathologists can find jobs researching, teaching, consulting and inspecting crops for the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), further diversifying the position and offering pathologists a wide scope of career options.
What is required to be a plant pathologist?
Nearly every field of plant pathology will require a degree. Luckily, many universities offer a variety of different degrees in plant pathology. For example, according to North Carolina State University's list of degrees and requirements, there are several degrees available for those interested in plant pathology:
Plant Pathology Minor
To receive a Plant Pathology Minor degree, students have to complete at least nine course-credit hours. These hours must be completed in letter-grade graduate level courses in plant pathology.
Master of Plant Pathology
A Master of Plant Pathology (MPP) degree is harder to get, but it is a non-thesis degree, which takes off a bit of the pressure. Students have to complete 30 course credit-hours, which includes all core courses and the successful completion of between three and six hours of non-thesis research.
Master of Science
Getting a Master of Science degree is challenging. Like the requirements for the Master of Plant Pathology degree, students seeking a Master of Science degree must complete 30 course credit-hours, complete all core courses and have six credit hours in additional graduate plant pathology courses. Additionally, students are required to write a Master's Thesis on original research and obtain at least six course credits in Master's Thesis Research.
Doctor of Philosophy
The requirements for a doctorate in plant pathology are demanding. Students aiming for their doctorates must complete a minimum of 72 course credit-hours, only 18 of which can come from a master's degree, complete all core courses and have a minimum of 12 credit-hours in additional graduate plant pathology courses. In addition, students must craft a Doctoral Dissertation based on original research. It may seem like a lot of work, but the compensation is generous. Depending on the level of education and experience, the average pay for a plant pathologist is between $25.88 and $35.26 per hour. This is between $5,023 and $6,132 per month. Plant pathology is an essential part of maintaining the world's food supply. Pathologists often work with various agricultural specialists to find safe and economic ways to control disease. Pathogens and other environmental factors cause diseases in plants, and pathologists control them by changing the host plant, the pathogen or the environment. A career in plant pathology will require a degree, but many universities offer them.
Questions? Contact Jenni McNeal @ BestOnlineColleges.com
December 20, 2011
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On Friday, February 3rd ASLA Oregon and the Student ASLA at the University of Oregon are sponsoring the Nineteenth Annual Shadow Mentor Day. For one day, students will experience the working world of landscape architecture by shadowing professionals. A learning experience for students and practicing landscape architects alike, this event has always been a great success. Students gain valuable insight into the multifaceted work landscape architects do in a day. Some students will see what it is like to work in the office while others will experience a day out in the field.
If you have not received an invitation to participate and would like to, please contact Claire Maulhardt at clairem@greenworkspc.com.
December 20, 2011
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Landscape Architecture Mentor Program
In April 2011, the ASLA Public Practice Advisory Committee posted a note in LAND E-News "Wanted: Examples of Landscape Architecture Mentor Programs." The PPAC goal was to showcase and search for shining examples of Mentor Programs that pair practitioners with students or provide excellent networking opportunities between seasoned and emerging professionals. As a result of the outreach effort, a white paper and matrix are now available with some excellent models for Mentor Programs that involve ASLA chapters, universities, private firms, and local, state, and federal agencies. As a living document, the next action is to include other Mentor Programs that have had great success or are just getting started and are looking for some guidance. Our committee request to each state is to provide us with feedback and let us know how and what your LA Mentor Program is doing. Thank you for adding your successes to this national effort.
Robin Gyorgyfalvy, ASLA, PLA
ASLA Oregon Chapter
Public Practice Advisory Committee Chair, 2011-12
(541) 383-4786
rgyorgyfalvy@fs.fed.us
Download the Mentor Programs White Paper
Download the Mentor Programs Matrix
November 27, 2011
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via Metro Nature in Neighborhoods November eNewsletter
2011 Oregon Landscape Expo
December 1, 2011
Oregon Convention Center, Hall E
777 NE Martin Luther King Blvd., Portland
Class topic areas include business/marketing, irrigation, maintenance, construction and sustainability.
Learn more
Fill out a registration form
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November 27, 2011
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Landscape Architects still needed for the Architects in Schools Program!
The Architects in Schools Program is still in need of volunteer landscape architects for the 2011-2012 school year! Architects in Schools matches professional landscape architects with 3rd through 5th grade teachers for a 6 week classroom residency at no cost to the schools. The program is based on a curriculum guide that teachers and their partner landscape architect can use to compliment existing curriculum. The curriculum uses architectural concepts to teach math, science, social studies, language arts and other disciplines and includes 'green' designing concepts. Landscape architects can receive 1 pdh for participating. Those who've participated report the experience of sharing their passion with young people to be very rewarding. For applications, questions and more information, please contact Kim Ruthardt Knowles as soon as possible at 503.317.7537 or kim_ais@msn.com. For more information about the Architecture Foundation of Oregon, go to the website at www.af-oregon.org.
October 20, 2011
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October 20, 2011
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via The Earth Advantage Institute:
2011 Green Day Forum
Meet the Champions: Achieving the Triple Bottom Line in Green Building
One of the hallmarks of striving for sustainability in the building sector is achieving the triple bottom line: sustainable practices that benefit the planet, people, and profit. As the design and building industry struggles to survive in the current economy, achieving the triple bottom line has often been elusive. Join us for an inspiring day of dialogue with those who have successfully championed for a more sustainable built environment that benefits society, the environment, and the economy. Learn why economic profit and equitable access to healthier, more efficient buildings and communities are not mutually exclusive, and come away with an understanding of the models and strategies that have led to success.
This year's event is quite different and inspiring, and should be of interest to all architecture, urban studies and planning professionals. We're focusing on green building-related business models that help create community and financial stability. We'll be hearing from "Champions of the Triple Bottom Line" who will offer an innovative perspective on how the industry and cities can meet sustainability goals in all senses of the word.
Speakers include:
Mark Edlen of Gerding Edlen
Trisha Miller of DC-based Enterpirse Community Partners
Jeff Zotara of the Green Schoolhouse Series
When: November 3rd, 2011
Where: The Gerding Theater, Portland, Oregon
Individual Cost: Partner Discount for ASLA Oregon Members > $99! (instead of $125 full price)
Group Cost: Partner Discount for Members or Employees of the Same Organization > $89 for parties of 5 or more!
more at www.greendayforum.org
REGISTER NOW!
September 14, 2011
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The ASLA Oregon Emerging Professionals Committee invites you to to join us this Fall on the rooftop!
Fall EP 101 Series with Columbia Green
October 21st, 2011
5:30-7:30pm
79 SE Taylor, Suire #201,Portland OR 97214
www.columbiagreenroof.com
contact/RSVP: Emily Hull, 503.417.9364, HullE@pbworld.com
Beverages and snacks will be provided!
Please RSVP to this FREE event.
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September 14, 2011
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Dear friend of Architects in Schools:
... ...I've attached copies of this year's applications (for both schools and architects) in PDF format.
The postmark deadline this year is Friday, October 21 for teachers and Friday, October 28 for architects.
Please let me know if you have any questions or need further information - and feel free to pass these on to other interested individuals.
Thank you and we hope to have you participate in AiS!
Kim Ruthardt Knowles
architects in schools
architecture foundation of oregon
503-317-7537
kim_ais@msn.com
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July 26, 2011
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The world needs to know about landscape architecture, and 08.17.11 is the day it all begins.
What if, for just one day, we all decided to let everyone know what the heck landscape architects do. That we create the very places used to live, work and play. That we connect cities. That we create experience. That landscape architecture is your environment, designed.
08.17.11 is that day. It’s the day the profession reintroduces itself to public. It’s the day where, for only your time spent during lunch, you’ll join the beginning of a new movement – a movement to step out of the Understory and tell your story to the world.
Details will arrive soon. But until then, share the movement with friends, coworkers and classmates. The public awaits.
Check out 08.17.11 on Facebook!
Check out a map of nationwide 08.17.11 Events!
Get your "Landscape Architecture: Your Environment. Designed." T-Shirt!
July 19, 2011
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Launching July 2011, LANDbytes is ASLA Oregon Chapter's premier e-publication showcasing articles, briefs, reviews, spotlights and more!
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July 19, 2011
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via LAND E-NEWS from ASLA:
The Council of Landscape Architectural Registration Boards (CLARB) has announced changes to the Landscape Architect Registration Examination (LARE). The changes expected to take effect in late 2012 result from the recent task analysis research, advancements in testing technology, and evolution of the marketplace. The changes to the exam will include the following:
- Minor content changes will be consistent with current landscape architectural practice.
- The content will be presented through four rather than five sections to better align with current practice, but will not reduce the content currently tested.
- All sections will be delivered entirely by computer. CLARB’s exam development committees are currently working on creating new computerized problems for the content currently tested in the graphic exams (Sections C and E) and Section D using a mix of multipleâ€choice questions and advanced item types. CLARB will not use CAD software; rather the candidate will interact with onâ€screen graphics.
CLARB encourages candidates now in the exam process to complete all sections of the current exam by the June 2012 administration to ensure that they receive credit for sections they have passed. The LARE Transition Chart identifies the ways that the existing exam sections will transition to the new exam. CLARB staff is ready to assist candidates through the transition process and to help them develop a plan for completing the exams and obtaining initial licensure prior to the transition.
Prospective licensees are encouraged to begin the exam process as soon as possible as there is ample time to complete all sections prior to transitioning to the new exam in late 2012. Completing all sections by June 2012 will also result in savings to the candidate, because the per-section cost of the new exam will increase as total costs are spread across four sections instead of five.
CLARB has developed a website to provide candidates with information to assist them in completing the current exam and to better understand the process of transition to the new exam. Candidates will find resources including a set of frequently asked questions, the transition chart, and an administration timeline for the current and new exams.
ASLA and CLARB are working together to ensure candidates have access to timely and relevant information regarding the exam and licensure process. The ASLA LARE Prep webpage will provide updated information throughout this transition, including links to the CLARB resources.
For additional information on the LARE, please contact CLARB at 571-432-0332 or visit their website at www.clarb.org.