With the global imperative for carbon emission reduction and sequestration, thoughtful landscape design, implementation, and maintenance can play a critical role in positively impacting climate change. Pamela Conrad, CMG Landscape Architecture Principal and Founder of Climate Positive Design, will review the carbon conundrum from a land-based perspective and provide context, tools, and strategies, toward achieving that goal on Thursday, March 11th from noon to 1:00 pm via Zoom.

Conrad will discuss the landscape carbon footprint and the differences between embodied, operational, and sequestered carbon and will provide strategies and tools to evaluate and improve the carbon capacity of landscapes. She will educate attendees on how to minimize emissions of materials, increase carbon sequestration through planting techniques, and improve ongoing operations and maintenance procedures. Conrad will explore the co-benefits associated with low-carbon landscapes, such as biodiversity, biophilia and stormwater management.

Find a direct Zoom link here.

Green Thumb Education Series Presentations are held from 12 to 1 pm on the second and fourth Thursdays of most months. Talks are currently only being offered by online streaming, due to current social distancing concerns with COVID-19. Please see instructions for accessing the live stream. Presentations and associated printed materials will be archived on the local articles and archived presentations portion of our website. These events are free, but donations to help support the WSU Clallam County Extension Master Gardener program are appreciated.