Living with Wildlife: The Importance of Wildlife Friendly Cities
Agenda
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Monday, January 22, 2024
2:00 – 4:00 pm CST
Presented by: Blake Jackson
Agenda Highlights:
- Why are wildlife-friendly cities important?
- Defining the wildlife-friendly city
- Case Studies
- Singapore
- San Francisco
- London
- Conclusions
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Credits
Professional Engineers:
2.0 PDHs
Architects:
2.0 HSW CE Hours
AIA:
2.0 HSW LUs
Landscape Architects:
2.0 HSW CE Hours
LA CES:
2.0 HSW PDHs
Certified Planners:
CM|2.0
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Speakers
Blake Jackson, AIA, LEED Fellow, WELL Faculty, Fitwel Amb., CPHC
Director of Sustainability for NORRMr. Jackson is an architect working at the nexus of sustainability, wellness, resiliency, and equity, who serves as the global Director of Sustainability for NORR. NORR is a +800-person integrated architecture, interior design, planning and engineering company, headquartered in Toronto, with 14 locations in the US, UK, UAE, and Canada – serving 12 major buildings sectors. He has 24 years’ experience in the AEC industry, holding a Bachelor of Architecture degree from Kennesaw State University in Marietta, Georgia and a Master of Architecture in Sustainable Environmental Design from the Architectural Association Graduate School in London, England. Mr. Jackson is a prolific author, speaker, and educator on topics affecting the built environment. He currently serves on the Advisory Board for the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth’s Interior Design Program, and from 2016-2018, he was elected to the board of the Boston Society of Architects as their Vice President of Advocacy. In 2015, Mr. Jackson was recognized, nationally, by Building Design and Construction Magazine as a top “40 Under 40” AEC professional, in 2021, he was named a LEED Fellow by the US Green Building Council for his accomplishments in promoting “green” buildings, and in 2024 he was awarded the AIA Young Architects Award.
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Course Title: Living with Wildlife: The Importance of Wildlife Friendly Cities
Delivery Method: Live Online
Course Description: This two-hour course provides a comprehensive understanding of wildlife-friendly urbanism. Through nature-based solutions, architectural designs, and compliance with rating systems like LEED and local ordinances, design professionals will be able to create sustainable and resilient urban environments.
Learning Objectives:
Learning Objective 1:
Learners will be able to discuss nature-based solutions, which support great individual building, community, and urban resiliency.
Learning Objective 2:
Learners will be able to analyze building-level and site-wide architectural solutions to support wildlife-friendly urbanism.
Learning Objective 3:
Learners will be able to explain how wildlife-friendly urbanism supports compliance with leading rating systems, such as LEED, and local ordinances, such as in San Francisco, in support or earning building permitting and certificates of occupancy.
Learning Objective 4:
Learners will be able to adopt various place-based wildlife-friendly urbanism strategies from various different climates, geographic regions, and socioeconomic communities.
LUs: 2.0 LU Type: LU|HSWs.
Prerequisites: None
Advance Preparation: None
Program Level: Intermediate
Course Expiration Date:
Complaint Resolution Policy:
Complaints regarding this course can be emailed to fchapman@halfmoonseminars.org or by calling (715) 835-5900. A HalfMoon Education representative will respond within 72 hours to resolve the complaint, which will include, but not limited to, access to another CE activity at no or reduced cost or a full or partial refund. Each instance will be resolved on a case-by-case situation.
