MON-A01: Time for Action: Advancing Biodiversity through Policy and Practice

Monday, October 30, 2023

9:00am – 10:30am CT

1.50 PDH, LA CES/HSW, AICP, GBCI SITES AP, FL, NY/HSW

Lead Speaker(s)

Danielle Pieranunzi, SITES AP, LEED AP

SITES Director
Green Business Certification Inc.
Washington, District of Columbia

Speaker(s)

Keith Bowers, FASLA

Founder/Team Leader
Biohabitats, Inc.
Mt Pleasant, South Carolina
Brandon Hartz, ASLA, PLA, LEED AP, SITES AP

National Program Manager of Landscape Architecture
General Services Administration (GSA)
Washington, District of Columbia

Through habitat destruction and fragmentation, overharvesting, and pollution, humans are directly responsible for the accelerated loss of biodiversity. It's our responsibility to act now. This session provides three diverse yet aligned perspectives focusing on design, policy, and performance-based metrics to address the biodiversity crisis and increase our collective knowledge.

Learning Outcomes:

Learn the importance of biological diversity for evolving and maintaining life-sustaining biosphere systems.
Highlight landscape architecture’s unique position to address the biodiversity crisis and its interwoven relationship with climate change and environmental injustice.
Hear multiple perspectives and inspiring stories for addressing the biodiversity crisis and implementing nature-positive designs.
Learn how the SITES Rating System addresses biodiversity on development projects.