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New from THE DIRT, September 2026

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Landscape Architects Release Freely-Available Guide to Assessing Site Carbon

The guide details methods for assessing a new life cycle phase – Landscape Carbon Storage (B9). This enables landscape architects to calculate the carbon storage of existing and proposed trees, plants, and soils in a uniform way. | Read more

ASLA and LAF Release Report: Strengthening the Economic Case for Nature-based Solutions

A roundtable of 21 experts identified 10 key cross-sector actions to build a stronger economic argument for nature-based solutions to climate change, biodiversity loss, and public health challenges. | Read more

When the Landscape Changes: Rethinking Resilience in Nepal

"On August 26, 2026, a catastrophic debris flood struck Nepal’s Himalayan region after what early assessments indicate was a large ice and rock avalanche associated with glacier collapse. What happened has made me think about a larger question: What happens when the landscape changes faster than our understanding of it?," writes Asmita Dahal. | Read more

Data Centers Should Be Designed to Support Communities and Nature

"Today's data center should not be viewed as the inevitable model for tomorrow's. Advances in computing, cooling technologies, renewable energy, adaptive reuse, and regenerative design have the potential to fundamentally change how these facilities perform and how they relate to the landscapes around them," writes Keith Bowers. | Read more

Climate & Biodiversity News (September 2026)

Triangle Park Urban Forest in Cambridge, Massachusetts, designed by landscape architects at Stoss Landscape Urbanism, won Fast Company's 2026 Innovation by Design Award in Urban Design. The one-acre park includes 400-densely planted trees, made up of 25 species, in the style of a Miyawaki forest. | Read more