ISDM - Landscape Architecture Continuing Education Online Courses

ASLA Award Winner: Willamette Falls Riverwalk: A Preservation Case Study

Climate Change Impacts on Migratory Ungulates in Wyoming

Bees and Trees

Design & Nature 1

This session will introduce participants to the more relevant and yet mysterious elements of architecture and the architecture of life; specifically Sacred Geometry, Biomimicry and Ecomimicry. I will then introduce some lesser known architects, de...

Art in the Landscape: Socially and Ecologically Engaged Practice in Action

This session reviews current theories surrounding socially and ecologically engaged and remedial art making, as well as introduces new artists and designers, materials and processes in artwork that aims to effect the landscape it is made in relati...

Art in the Landscape

This session covers the current theories that surround socially and ecologically engaged and remedial art making; meaning art that aims to effect the landscape it is made in relation to, as well as motivations for and assertions about this genre o...

Complete Streets: Improving Safety and Choices for All

More than 500 jurisdictions at the local, regional, and state levels are now using Complete Streets policies to plan, construct and operate streets that safely accommodate all users -- including transit riders, bicyclists, pedestrians of all ages ...

A Geomorphic Perspective on Restoring the Rio Grande and the Colorado River

This course lets you explore the Southwest US and Northern Mexico rivers, their physical attributes – germophology and sediment transportation – and how they can be considered in the development of environmental flows. Focusing on the Rio Grande R...

Avian Migration

The Migration course delves into deep detail on bird migration. A basic introduction on bird anatomy and physiology introduces the learner to the ecology and behavioral forces that drive birds to migrate. The mechanics, physiology and great feats ...

Biodiversity as a Metric of Ecosystem Resilience to Climate Change

Shifting diversity patterns and species turnover are fundamental concerns about how climate change will influence desert ecosystems. Scientists, managers, and-policy makers are searching for metrics to assist in the prediction of ecosystem respons...

Designing Sustainable Desert Community

This webinar highlights Dr. Michael Ben-Eli's Project Wadi Attir in the Negev Desert. This groundbreaking infrastructure on a 100-acre desert land showcases the five core principles of sustainability: material domain, economic domain, domain of li...

Lighting Design and Human Behavior

Lighting design plays a great role in how people perceive and react to outdoor spaces. This webinar will provide an overview of the psychological and physiological aspects of light, social responses to light and the relationship of light to health...

Bike and Pedestrian Issues in Transportation Planning

Transportation Planning is one of the key processes in urban development, where decision makers and other members of the team face huge challenges due to changing times, trends, and pedestrian behaviors. This course focuses on the link between b...

Case Study: Green School- Bali

This webinar will provide an overview of the Green School constructed in Bali in 2008. Participants will gain an understanding of the sustainability design features incorporated into the project, as well the use of bamboo as a primary constructio...

Designing Urban Infrastructure: Investing for Now or Tomorrow?

The OECD estimates that around US$ 53 trillion is required for investment in transport, energy efficiency, telecommunications, and water and waste infrastructure over the next 15 years. Yet, as the world rapidly become more urbanized, investment i...

ASLA Award Winner: Underpass Park- 2022