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Reed Hilderbrand's Game-Changing Climate Leadership

View Web Version | Manage Your Communications Preferences Reed Hilderbrand's Game-Changing Climate Leadership "We think this is a bold step," said Claire Fellman, associate principal and director of research at Reed Hilderbrand, the first major landscape architecture firm to publicly release an assessment of their greenhouse gas emissions from projects and business operations. | Read more Call for Applications: ASLA Climate & Biodiversity Action Fellowship Program The Fellowship is a one-year program designed to grow the leadership and advocacy skills of a landscape architect, designer, or educator focused on climate and biodiversity action. The Fellowship is from March 2026 to March 2027. Apply by February 16. | Read more Climate & Biodiversity News (January 2026) U.S. cities are taking cars off some significant streets. In San Francisco, a 2-mile stretch of highway will become a coastal park. And in Houston, landscape architecture firm Design Workshop is leading the redesign of the city's Main Street, creating a 11-block, pedestrian-only promenade. "I think we are certainly seeing momentum in the car-free or car-lite movement," said Ben Crowther, policy director for the nonprofit America Walks. | Read more Most Read DIRT Posts of 2025 Before looking ahead to how landscape architecture, climate, and biodiversity will intersect in 2026, we also look back to learn what was of greatest interest to readers over the past year. | Read more Go to THE DIRT 636 Eye Street NW Washington, D.C. 20001-3736 202-898-2444 info@asla.org | dirt.asla.org © 2025 American Society of Landscape Architects. All rights reserved Manage Your Communications Preferences | Unsubscribe