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April 1, 2021
Washington State University’s School of Design and Construction and the University of Washington’s College of Built Environments are working together with Site Workshop, Gustafson Guthrie Nichol (GGN), and Berger Partnership to create an endowed scholarship in their respective landscape architecture programs to support students who identify as Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC).
Site Workshop, a landscape architecture firm based in Seattle, began the process to establish the BIPOC LA Scholarship with WSU and UW in 2020.
“For years we have discussed the need for diversity in the landscape architecture industry and especially in the Pacific Northwest but 2020 brought into sharp focus just how urgently this needs to change, and the design community has the ability, even responsibility to make an immediate impact,” said Mark Brands, managing principal of Site Workshop.
March 3, 2021
A new cycle of grants from the Migrations initiative seeks to support work in migrations-related research, pedagogy and engagement with a specific focus on racism and dispossession.
The Migrations initiative, part of Global Cornell, studies how all living things – humans, animals, insects, microorganisms, plant life – move, and the context in which they move. The initiative cultivates collaborations that advance science, scholarship, teaching, outreach and engagement in ways that generate new insights into critical world problems.
In this round of funding, the Mellon Foundation Just Futures award supports projects centered around the connections between racism, dispossession and migration in interdisciplinary, innovative, and impactful ways. The Migrations initiative will also support work that highlights multispecies migrations and the natural and built environments through which they pass. These funding focus areas are reflected in four opportunities:
Press Release – Environmental Defence Society In a new report released today, the Environmental Defence Society (EDS) has called for significant strengthening of the landscape management system in Aotearoa New Zealand. Caring for the Landscapes of Aotearoa New Zealand is the final Synthesis …
In a new report released today, the Environmental Defence Society (EDS) has called for significant strengthening of the landscape management system in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Caring for the Landscapes of Aotearoa New Zealand is the final Synthesis Report from EDS’s 18 month, in-depth investigation into landscape management. EDS has already released case study reports on Te Pātaka o Rākaihautū Banks Peninsula, Te Manahuna Mackenzie Basin, Waitākere Ranges, Hauraki Gulf Islands and Tourism. These reports are not just academic exercises, but are grounded in practical realities, and are designed to influence change.
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