Public and Professional Affairs
ASLA Policies and Codes of Ethics
ASLA Public Policies
ASLA policies are external documents, adopted by the Board of Trustees, reflecting positions on specific issues, from the perspective of the Society and the profession of Landscape Architecture. The policies represent the Society's beliefs, values and visions.
ASLA Code of Environmental Ethics
ASLA members should make every effort within our sphere of influence to enhance, respect, and restore the life sustaining integrity of the landscape for all living things. Members should work with clients, review and approval agencies, and local, regional, national, and global governing authorities to educate about, encourage, and seek approval of environmentally positive, financially sound, and sustainable solutions to land-use development and management opportunities.
ASLA Code of Professional Ethics
The Code contains important principles relating to clients, employers, employees, and other Members of the Society.
Government Affairs
Changing Legislation, Policies, & Guidance
What's new in Federal, State, and Local policy.
ASLA Government Affairs
General information links page.
ASLA Federal Government Affairs
Congressional resources, how to lobby your congressional delegation.
State Government Affairs
How to lobby your state elected officials.
Licensure
Status of Licensure issues around the nation.
Professional Resources
Federal Agency Programs
Links to agencies and programs of interest to Landscape Architects.
Partnerships and Resources
Links to other organizations of interest to ASLA activities.
ASLA Safe Spaces Abstracts
In response to the most recent warnings of planned terrorist acts, the ASLA has posted the complete abstracts from its recent security design symposium on our web site for free viewing and download. Safe Spaces: Designing for Security and Civic Values featured many of the nation's leading experts in security planning and design who contributed abstracts of their presentations for the publication.