LINKS
ASLA Sustainable Design and Development Newsletter
From the ASLA Professional Practice Network
ASLA Healthcare and Therapeutic Design Newsletter
From the ASLA Professional Practice Network
ASLA International Practice Newsletter
From the ASLA Professional Practice Network
Safe Spaces: Designing for Security & Civic Values
Abstracts from the recent ASLA Security Design Symposium for free download and use. A law enforcement official who attended the Safe Spaces symposium two weeks ago said this program was an eye-opener for him and that the information will be incredibly useful in planning his community’s security response.
Therapeutic Landscapes Database
The Therapeutic Landscapes Resource Center is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to providing information to the public about restorative landscapes, healing gardens, wellness gardens, and other research-based healthcare design.
AGENCIES, ORGANIZATIONS, AND GOVERNMENT
New Mexico Chapter of the American Planning Associ
Check out the latest information from the New Mexico Chapter of the American Planning Association!
American Fact Finder
"Your source for population, housing, economic, and geographic data."
City of Albuquerque Sustainability
City of Albuquerque Water Conservation Program
City of Albuquerque Xeriscape Information
Construction Criteria Base
CCB or Construction Criteria Base is an extensive e library of construction guide specifications, manual standards and many other essential criteria documents published on the Internet by the non-profit National Institute of Sciences (NIBS). Updated continuously, CCB contains the complete unabridged, approved, current electronic equivalent of over 10,000 documents and executable programs, from 18 federal agencies and over 100 industry organizations. CCB is the most effective tool available for finding and using current, approved U.S. construction criteria.
Council of Landscape Architectural Boards
Information related to the LARE and council records.
NM Landscape Architecture Registration Board
More information on the LARE, as well as information on the rules and laws governing Professional Licensing.
NM Water Conservation Alliance
NM Water Conservation Program
Information on water conservation from the Office of the State Engineer and the Interstate Stream Commission.
Santa Fe Watershed Association
The Santa Fe Watershed Association (SFWA) works to return the Santa Fe River to a living river, from Lake Peak to the Rio Grande, balancing human uses with natural resource protection and restoring the heart to our community.
UNM School of Architecture and Planning (SAAP)
University of New Mexico
School of Architecture and Planning
Xeriscape Council of New Mexico
Check here for information related to xeriscaping in New Mexico, the annual Xeriscape Conference and other events.
PLANT RESOURCES
Forestry Images
This website provides an accessible and easily used archive of high quality images related to forest health and silviculture, with particular emphasis on educational applications.
CalPhotos: Plants
CalPhotos is a collection of 116,888 images of plants, animals, fossils, people, and landscapes. This link takes you to the plant photos.
FHWA Roadside Use of Native Plants - NM Plants
Los Lunas Plant Materials Center
NM Rare Plants
An excellent resource for information on New Mexico's rare and endangered plants.
NRCS PLANTS database
The PLANTS Database provides standardized information about the vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, hornworts, and lichens of the U.S. and its territories. It includes names, plant symbols, checklists, distributional data, species abstracts, characteristics, images, plant links, references, crop information, and automated tools.
Southwest Colorado Wildflowers, Ferns and Trees
Six hundred plants found within a 150 mile radius of the Four Corners appear in this educational/reference web site. Each plant appears in at least two photographs: one small photo shows a distinctive part of the plant such as the flower or leaf; larger photos show the entire plant. The larger photographs are accompanied by descriptions of unusual plant characteristics, interesting growth habits, the meaning of the plant's scientific name, etc. So says Al Schneider of Lewis, Colorado about this incredible website he developed. Check it out!
Determine your ecological footprint
What impact does your lifestyle have on the planet?
Surf your Watershed
Learn more about the Albuqerque-Rio Grande Watershed from this EPA site or type in your zip code to access a watershed near you!
Albuquerque's Environmental Story
Albuquerque's Environmental Story: Educating For a Sustainable Community was created to help students relate caringly to their local natural and human environment. A primary objective of the document is to foster a mindset in Albuquerque's future citizens which can lead to a sustainable future for their community.