Sustainable Sites Initiative
The Sustainable Sites Initiative is an interdisciplinary effort
by the American Society of Landscape Architects, the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center and the United States Botanic Garden
to create voluntary national guidelines and performance benchmarks for sustainable land design, construction
and maintenance practices.
The Sustainable Sites Initiative Guidelines and Performance Benchmarks – Draft 2008 is available.
Sustainable Facts
The earth's grassland ecosystems store almost as much carbon as tropical forests, which store 404 billion tons globally.
~ Amthor et al., 1998
SUSTAINABLE SITES CASE STUDY:Archer-McNamara Blitz Build
The Archer - McNamara Blitz Build project, principally sponsored by Detroit's Habitat for Humanity affiliate, consisted of building twenty new homes in six days (June 22-28, 1997). Design of the site was greatly dictated...
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