Sustainability & Resiliency Series

Contact us to be a Speakers in our new APA Sustainability & Resilience Series!

Sessions are offered for planners new to the material as well as for those with moderate or advanced involvement in sustainability or resilience planning. All sessions will furnish AICP CM credit live AND on demand.

If you have expertise in one of the following first four topics of the series, we invite you to participate as a speaker. Please contact Karla Ebenbach, Chair of the Sustainability & Resilience Series Steering Committee, at karla@ebenbach.com with any questions and please complete the ONLINE SPEAKER INTEREST FORM BELOW

  • Climate Phenomena and Science (including global warming, sea level rise, storm intensity, etc.)

  • Extreme Weather Trends (including hurricanes, tornados, wildfires, earthquakes, flooding and/or drought, excessive heat, etc.)

  • Public Health Issues and Outcomes (such as strategies to address epidemics; health issues such as infant mortality, and obesity, addiction, and life expectancy.)

  • Intro to Climate Adaptation & Mitigation (Adaptation: green infrastructure, transit-oriented development, infill development, or complete streets; Mitigation: alternative energy and infrastructure/utility modalities, life-cycle assessments, green building and design, regenerative building, hazard zone designation, or waste reduction and reuse.)

PAST WEBINARS

Federal Funding Tools for TOD and Other Sustainable Infrastructure

How can planners effectively target Federal community development financing for sustainable infrastructure investments, including Transit Oriented Development (TOD)? This webinar will provide an overview of financing opportunities available at each of three agencies – USDOT, EPA and HUD - and illustrate successful uses of the financing. Panelists will include Seema Thomas, Deputy Director for the Financial Management Division (FMD) at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development; Robert Hanifin AICP, Project Development Lead for transit and transit-oriented development (TOD) projects at the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Build America Bureau; and Megan Susman, Senior Policy Analyst in EPA’s Office of Community Revitalization.

Technology Tools for Sustainability

How can planners make use of technology tools to advance sustainability goals? This course will introduce planners to the basics of sea level rise (SLR) science and impacts of stormwater on communities, including local and global differences. It will then introduce two key digital tools - the NOAA Digital Coast and Climate Central digital tools - to aid local and regional planning for these conditions and share examples of their use, perform a live demo of the tools, and a provide a comprehensive matrix of additional tools available. Jim Schwab FAICP, Schwab Consulting will moderate this session. Doug Marcy, Coastal Hazards Specialist with NOAA Digital Coast and Dan Rizza, Manager, Program on Sea Level Rise with Climate Central, will be this session’s panelist

Fire & Water: Extreme Weather Trends and Community Infrastructure Practitioners’ Roundtable

Join your APA colleagues to learn more about this timely issue for our communities. Panelists and discussions will consider impacts on infrastructure and social vulnerability as well as the role planners can play in improving outcomes.

Fire & Water: Extreme Weather Trends and Community Infrastructure | The Basics

Join your APA colleagues to learn more about this timely issue for our communities. Panelists and discussions will consider impacts on infrastructure and social vulnerability as well as the role planners can play in improving outcomes.

Climate Resilience Includes Health: Planning in Native American Communities

What is the relationship of health to climate resilience? How can planners positively address public health through planning processes? This course will introduce planners to public health as a topic important to planning outcomes, and take a special look at that topic through the lens of Native American communities and the unique characteristics and challenges they represent. Sharon Hausam Ph.D., AICP, Climate Adaptation Planner & Research Scientist for the South Central Climate Adaptation Science Center, will moderate this session. Shasta Gaughen, Ph.D., Environmental Director and the Tribal Historic Preservation Officer for the Pala Band of Mission Indians, and Angie Hacker, Principal Consultant and CEO of Prosper Sustainably, will instruct attendees on this timely topic, sharing facts, issues, planning solutions and case studies.

Climate Science & Planning: Intermediate Roundtable

What are planners doing around the country to incorporate climate considerations into their practice of planning? This course will take a deep dive into the intersection of climate science and planning, with emphasis on applying effective planning tools and techniques to the challenge of changing climate conditions. Caroline Cunningham AICP CFM, Principal with Stantec, and Katrina Kelly-Pitou PhD, Systems Design Strategist with SmithGroup, will instruct participants on the best practices in this field around the country while touching on key concepts in the science of climate, measurable impacts of climate on communities today, and best forecasts for how climate will affect the form and livability of communities in the future.

Climate Science & Planning: The Basics

What do planners need to know about climate science? From rising seas to evolving weather patterns that include more frequent storms, heat and fire events, there is much to understand about the intersection of climate and planning. This webinar will provide a concise overview of changing climate conditions and their impact on current planning practice. Matt Bucchin, AICP and LEED Green Associate, Director of Planning with Halff Associates, and Rachel Riley, Director of the Southern Climate Impacts Planning Program at the University of Oklahoma, will instruct participants on key concepts in the science of climate, the measurable impacts of climate on communities today, the best forecasts for how climate will affect the form and livability of communities in the future, as well as the effective tools that planners can employ to better prepare communities. This course will furnish 1.0 CM credit to AICP-certified planners and can be applied to the new mandatory CM requirement in Sustainability & Resilience. Both the live session and the on-demand version to follow will offer this credit.