Landscape Architecture’s Role in Low Impact Development Designing For Sustainability, Spring 2013 Podcast
1) Green streets in El Cerrito
Our ninth and final lecture: Josh Bradt, watershed specialist and project manager at the San Francisco Estuary Partnership, discusses greening up the urban streets of El Cerrito.
2) The New California Park: Opportunities for Sustainable Low Impact Development
Lecture 8: Marq Truscott, LDA advisory board member and friend of the program, discusses designing parks today. Marq is President of the firm, Quadriga, in Sacramento.
The New California Park: Opportunities for Sustainable Low Impact Development
40:22 | May 24th, 2013
3) Integrating Storm water Management with Urban Design
Lecture 7: LDA program alumnus and visiting lecturer, Kevin Perry, of Urban Rain Design studio in Portland, OR, discusses managing storm water in an urban setting.
4) A sustainable contractor's perspective: water, case studies and return on investment
Lecture 6: Aaron Majors, owner and department manager of construction at Cagwin & Dorward of Novato, CA, discusses his views on being a contractor today - a contractor who is sensitive to sustainabili...Show More
A sustainable contractor's perspective: water, case studies and return on investment
51:29 | May 10th, 2013
5) Managing Landscapes for Sustainability and Watershed Functions
Lecture 5: Eric Berntsen, staff environmental scientist at the California State Water Resources Control Board, proposes how he envisions managing landscapes for their own sustainability and watershed...Show More
6) Designing Residential Landscapes for MWELO
Lecture 4: Cheryl Buckwalter, executive director of EcoLandscape California and Landscape Liaisons, discusses her ideas for designing residential landscapes for California's Model Water Efficient Land...Show More
7) Landscapes for a New California
Lecture 3: Julie Saare-Edmonds of the Water Use Efficiency Branch of the California Department of Water Resources discusses her ideas for landscapes for a new California.
8) Course Introduction
Lecture 1: Impacts of residential development on urban creeks and streams.