Navigating Environmental Product Data: A Guide for Landscape Architects, Specifiers, and Industry Partners - 1.0 PDH (LA CES/HSW)

Includes a Live Web Event on 05/15/2025 at 2:00 PM (EDT)

The materials and products landscape architects specify significantly impact a project’s global warming potential, biodiversity, and air and water quality. This webinar will provide detailed information about how to interpret environmental product declarations (EDPs) and other reporting tools to help designers assess environmental impacts, make informed decisions, and align with the ASLA Climate Action Plan goals.

Learning Objectives:

At the end of the course participants will be able to:

Understand the role of EPDs and environmental reporting in evaluating the sustainability of landscape materials and products.
Learn how to interpret and apply environmental data to reduce project emissions and environmental impact.
Explore strategies for integrating sustainable material selection into landscape architecture practice to meet climate action targets.

This webinar is underwritten by Landscape Forms

Image Credit: ASLA 2023 Professional General Design Honor Award. Grand Junction Park and Plaza. Westfield, Indiana. DAVID RUBIN Land Collective / Alan Karchmer

Amy Syverson-Shaffer, ASLA, RLA, SITES AP

Sustainability Leader

Landscape Forms

Amy Syverson-Shaffer is passionate about connecting people to nature and to each other. Her past work as a landscape architect and in business development frames her collaborative approach to taking on big challenges. Today, she is lending her design acumen and contextual understanding to leading sustainability for the modern craft manufacturer, Landscape Forms. Since 2023, she’s served on the ASLA Biodiversity and Climate Action Committee, working to bridge between key efforts by Landscape Architects and their industry partner community. On any given day, you'll most likely find her working in the garden.

Meg Calkins, FASLA, SITES AP

Professor of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning

North Carolina State University

Meg Calkins, FASLA, SITES AP, is a Professor of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning at North Carolina State University. Meg’s scholarship focuses on the environmental and human health impacts of site construction details and materials. She is the author of the book "Materials for Sustainable Sites" and editor of the "Sustainable Sites Handbook". She is currently writing a book with the working title of "Details and Material for Resilient Sites: A Carbon Positive Approach" (Routledge 2025). Meg has taken an active leadership role in development and implementation of the Sustainable Sites Initiative (SITES) since 2003.