Landscapes Give Back

Title: Landscapes Give Back:  Sustainable Sites Initiative

Description:

Learn about the Sustainable Sites Initiative. This initiative has created national performance benchmarks to encourage sustainable design, construction and maintenance of landscapes. Goals include: creating standards that match national building standards for "green" construction. The initiative is modeled after the LEED  (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Green Building Rating System. Trees are an essential part of this initiative, which is a collaboration between the American Society of Landscape Architects, the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center at the University of Texas, and the U.S. Botanic Garden.

Prerequisite: None, open to the public.

Instructors: 

1.      Ray Mims, Conservation Horticulturist, U.S. Botanic Garden, Washington DC

2.      Dr. Andrea Kramer, Executive Director, Botanic Garden Conservation International, Chicago, IL

Date: Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Time: 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Location: 1123 11th St. NW, Washington DC 20001

Dinner: A light supper will be provided that includes vegetarian options.

Fee: Free