News Releases
2008
American Society of Landscape Architects: "LANDSCAPE STRUCTURES COMMITS $200,000 TO SUSTAINABLE SITES INITIATIVE"
Austin American-Statesman: “Make the grass greener on your side of the fence with these tips on sustainability”
Austin Chronicle: "Developing Stories"
2007
GREEN BUILDING MOVES OUTDOORS
Articles
2008
PRO Magazine: "Landscape Architects Identify Outdoor Design Trends for 2008"
McGraw-Hill Construction: "200 Recommendations Provided For Sustainable Landscapes"
Business Facilities: "The Greening of America"
Texas Contractor: "Going Green From the Ground Up"
Landscapeonline.com: "New Green Building Guidelines To Address Sustainable Landscaping"
Home Energy: "The Sustainable Sites Initiative takes green building standards outside"
Urban Land Green, “Setting our Sights Higher and Wider”
Home & Design, “Eco-Conscious Landscaping”
Landscape Architecture: “Rating the Regenerative Landscape”
Smart Growth Online: "Sustainable Sites Initiative--Call for Case Studies"
Environmental Leader: "SSI pushes for Landscape-Specific Green Standards"
San Francisco Chronicle: "Sustainable Sites Initiative aims for landscape-specific standards"
2007
BCGI: "Sustainable Sites in Botanic Garden’s Sights"
Environmental Protection: "Report Provides Tips for Sustainable Landscapes"
Brookside Gardens, “Green Matters/ Sustainable Landscapes”
Healthcare Design, “Preliminary Sustainable Sites Guidelines Available for Comment”
Greener Design, “Landscape Architects Report Offers Hundreds of Tips for Sustainable Sites”
Invasive Notes, “Standards and Guidelines for Sustainable Sites”
EZ Flo—Fertilize Responsibly, “Greenscaping and Sustainable Sites”, “Sustainable Sites Initiative”
VI Magazine, “Standards and Guidelines for Sustainable Sites”
Sustainable Times, “Sustainable Sites”
Great Lakes Regional Pollution Prevention Roundtable Sector Resource, “The Sustainable Sites Initiative”
University of Texas at Austin, “Online Report Offers Recommendations to Design and Build Sustainable Landscapes”
Environmental Design + Construction, “Sustainable Perspectives: Incorporating Native Plantings Can Foster Sustainable Sites”
Environmental Planning and Design, “ASLA Sustainable Sites Website”
California Green Solutions, “Landscape Rating System to Encourage Sustainable Landscape Design”
United States Botanic Garden, “Integrating Sustainability into Your Garden”
Sustainable Industries: "LEED for Landscapes"
Metropolis: "Completing the Puzzle"
World Changing: "A Rating System for Sustainable Landscaping"
San Antonio Express-News: "Landscaping choices boost health environment"
California Builder and Engineer: "Green Building Moves Outdoors"
California Builder and Engineer: "New Rating System For Sustainable Landscape Design"
GrowerTalks: "SSI: Opportunity Knocks"
Architect Magazine: "Sustainable Landscapes Make the Grade"
Canadian Architect: "New report brings sustainable landscapes mainstream"
China Landscape Architect: "Sustainable
Sites Releases Preliminary Report"
Lawn and Landscape: "Report
Classifies Sustainable Landscapes"
Landscape Management: "New
Report Brings Sustainable Landscape Mainstream"
HGTVPro.com: "New
Report Brings Sustainable Landscapes Mainstream"
Ethical Shopping: "Landscape Architects' report Release 200 Ways"
Chronicle of Higher Education: "Sustainable
Sites Report Now Available for Review"
Earthtimes.org: "New
Report Brings Sustainable Landscapes Mainstream"
Gardenrant.com: "Sustainable
Sites Report Gets it Right"
Lawn and Landscape Magazine: “Landscaping
to Get Green Standards”
Facilitiesnet.com: “New
Program Aims to Develop Green Landscape Metrics”
San Francisco Examiner: “Landscapers
go green”
San Francisco Chronicle: “Bay
Area landscape architects take the lion's share of ASLA awards”
Investor’s Business Daily: “Green
Building Moves Outdoors: New Rating System to Encourage Sustainable Landscape
Design”
Earthtimes.org: “Green
Building Moves Outdoors: New Rating System to Encourage Sustainable Landscape
Design”
Canadian Architect: “New
rating system to encourage sustainable landscape design in the US”
Chronicle of Higher Education: “Is
College Landscaping Green Enough?”
Chronicle of Higher Education: “How
Green Are Your Gardens?”
AZobuild: “Development
of a New Rating System for Sustainable Landscape Design”
TAXI Design Network: “Green
Building to Move Outdoor”
Greener Buildings: “ASLA
to Create Rating System for Sustainable Landscape Design”
CURBED San Francisco: “Greener
Than Thou: Blades of Grass”
Building Green TV: “How
Green Does Your Garden Grow?”
GreenbuildingsNYC: “ASLA
Announces Sustainable Sites Initiative”
GreenSource: “ASLA
Announces Sustainable Sites Initiative”
Cleantech Collective: “ASLA
Announces Sustainable Sites Initiative”
China Landscape Architect: “New
Rating System to Encourage Sustainable Landscape Design”
Today’s Facility Manager: “Green
Building Moves Outdoors”
2006
Land Development Today: “Landscape architects and the Wildflower Center are working on creating national standards.”