Sustainability

Sustainability and the APLD

If we define sustainability as living today without degrading tomorrow, what do we do about it? 

If, as designers, we believe that design has the power to shape the future and that sustainability is something to strive for, how do we incorporate sustainability into our projects?

To follow is a number of guidelines, lists and references to help move us toward sustainability.

This will become the Green Industry's leading guide toward sustainability: Sustainable Sites Initiative Preliminary Report. 

Here’s a Washington Post article on Sustainability from one of our founding members, Joel Lerner, APLD:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/02/AR2007030200512.html?referrer=emailarticle

Here is a start for finding the LEEDS criteria for green building:

            http://web.mit.edu/~bomee/leed/LEED2_2Ballot.pdf

 
A professional development / continuing education organization for our green industry:

http://www.greenindustries.org/

Here’s an important battle, especially if you use or specify Cypress Mulch.  Don’t!  Please read here:

http://www.saveourcypress.org/

More Resources...

• APLD Sustainability Guidelines
• Sustainable Resources
• Questions You Should Answer…
• Sustainability Factoids
• Sustainability Presentation from APLD 2007 Conference
• Sustainable Sites Initiative Preliminary Report
• Water Use

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