SAT-C03: Cultivating Climate Justice: New Frameworks for Rural Resilience

Saturday, October 28, 2023

3:45pm – 5:00pm CT

1.25 PDH, LA CES/HSW, AICP, FL, NY/HSW

Lead Speaker(s)

Forbes Lipschitz, ASLA

Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture
The Ohio State University
Columbus, Ohio

Speaker(s)

Alison B. Hirsch, ASLA (she/her/hers)

Associate Professor / Director, Landscape Architecture + Urbanism
University of Southern California (USC)
Los Angeles, California
Thomas Woltz, FASLA

Principal and Owner
Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects
Charlottesville, Virginia

As climate change promises to reshape working landscapes in far-reaching ways, the need for landscape architects to meaningfully engage with the spaces and systems of agricultural production is becoming increasingly urgent. Through a diverse set of case studies, this panel explores new frameworks for cultivating climate justice in rural communities.

Learning Outcomes:

Understand the legacies of power and exploitation in working landscapes and the strategies for addressing them.
Recognize the unique challenges faced by agricultural communities in responding to, planning for, and anticipating climate change.
Appreciate the opportunities for and barriers to robust community engagement in rural areas.
Understand equitable and sustainable paradigms of agricultural production and the social and political movements behind them.