Landscape Architects Build on Support for Indigenous Communities with Conference Offset Program

Tribal lands of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, Mississippi / © Stephen Taglieri, National Indian Carbon

April 16, 2025 ASLA National News Release

ASLA will partner with the National Indian Carbon Coalition (NICC) to offset greenhouse gas emissions from its ASLA 2025 Conference on Landscape Architecture in New Orleans, Louisiana, October 10-13. This is the second year ASLA has partnered with NICC.

While it pursues its goal of achieving zero emissions by 2040, ASLA has committed to purchasing up to 3,750 metric tons of positive climate contributions from NICC this year (equivalent to 3,750 carbon credits). This partnership will also advance the cultural empowerment and climate equity goals of the ASLA Climate Action Plan, which was released in 2022, and ASLA’s Call to Action: Co-creating a Future that Heals Land and Culture, which was released at the ASLA 2024 Conference.

The carbon offsets NICC will provide have been generated in the Tribal Forests of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians in Mississippi. The band’s forest carbon project is a natural climate solution that generates carbon credits through Improved Forest Management.

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