Climate Change Resilience
in Urban and
Residential Settings
Saturday
October 5, 2024
1:00-3:00 pm
Loucks Auditorium
Salem Library
Lord & Schryver Conservancy is pleased to present Outside Insights, our new annual program exploring the powerful influence of landscape architecture past, present and future. In keeping with our mission to honor the legacy of Elizabeth Lord and Edith Schryver, we look forward to exploring topics from a number of angles. This year’s theme is “Climate Change Resilience in Urban and Residential Settings.” We are happy to welcome three local professionals to share their significant insights and expertise about this important and timely concern.
Speakers:
Ignacio Lopez Buson, Assistant Professor in Climate Change Resilience, Department of Landscape Architecture, University of Oregon
How Technology Can Help Decision-Making in Landscape Design
Arika Duhrkoop-Galas, Senior Instructor, Department of Landscape Architecture, University of Oregon
Responding to Climate Change through Plant Selection and Site Zoning
Julianah Douglas, Climate Action Plan Manager, City of Salem
An Update on Salem’s Climate Action Plan
Schedule:
12:30-1:00 Doors open
1:00-1:10 Welcome and introduction
1:10-1:40 How Technology Can Help Decision-Making in Landscape Design – Ignacio Lopez Buson
1:40-1:50 Break
1:50-2:20 Responding to Climate Change through Plant Selection and Site Zoning – Arica Duhrkoop-Galas
2:20-2:30 Break
2:30-2:50 Salem Climate Action Plan – Julianah Douglas
2:50-3:00 Questions from audience
Ignacio Lopez Buson, Assistant Professor in Climate Change Resilience, Department of Landscape Architecture, University of Oregon
Mr. Buson is a landscape architect (OR) and urban designer with international professional experience across Europe, Asia, and the USA. He is the co-founder of MAPS (Methods for the Architecture of Patterns and Systems), a research initiative specializing in design innovations for the integration of human and natural systems at all scales. Ignacio is an expert on design methodologies based on Geographic Information System (GIS) and computational tools, and in their implementation throughout the entire design process, from analysis and concept design to digital fabrication and visualization. As Assistant Professor in Climate Change Resilience at UO, Ignacio’s research focuses on the multidisciplinary application of emergent technologies for climate change solutions in vulnerable regions across the globe.
Arica Duhrkoop-Galas PLA, ASLA, Senior Instructor, Department of Landscape Architecture, University of Oregon
Arica Duhrkoop-Galas grew up in various parts of Oregon, gaining exposure to the ecoregions that make this place special through much time spent outdoors; camping with her family, growing vegetables with her mom, exploring with her sister, and rock climbing with her husband. She moved to Eugene in 2000 to study Landscape Architecture and quickly found a sense of community there. Practicing primarily in the residential design field for over 20 years, Arica worked for two small firms before starting Artemisia Landscape Architecture in response to the urgency of climate change. She has honed her plant knowledge from years of teaching at the University of Oregon and brings overall project sustainability to the forefront of design, through her knowledge of natural systems and construction materials; a marriage of her research-based teaching and her practical project management experience. She is licensed in both Oregon and California.
Julianah Douglas, Climate Action Plan Manager, City of Salem
Julianah Douglas (she/her) has an undergraduate degree from University of Oregon in Environmental Studies, a Master of Public Administration degree from College of Charleston with a thesis on Environmental Justice of Natural Resource Extraction in Native American Communities. She received her second master’s degree in public health with a focus on the climate change impacts to public health from Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health. Prior to coming to Salem, Julianah worked as a Research Assistant and Data Analyst and has 8 years’ experience in municipal sustainability from City of Frisco, in the Dallas suburbs of Texas. Her work in Salem is to implement the community-driven Climate Action Plan. In this past year, the work has primarily focused on energy conservation, sustainable energy generation and community engagement.