Claudia Chalfa

Pok, I think China is already slowing down, and you are right, this is disastrous. Landscape architects have a duty, in my mind, to be stewards of the earth. We are trained for this in school. (Some of us even listen!) If we are to practice sustainability as more than just a buzzword, we need to analyze the triangle (balance between economic,…[Read more]

Non-profit organizations are tax-exempt and able to charge much less for services, and are also able to accept grants and donations. Therefore they should be able to hire and keep employees even at a time when the economy is struggling and construction is halted on many projects, particularly private sector ones. Setting up a for-profit firm at a…[Read more]

I really like the idea of being able to choose projects that interest me. I have a lot of contacts in Northern Ireland and Egypt,and love the thought of doing projects in those locations. It seems like non-profit status would give me the freedom to explore humanitarian efforts in other countries as well as here. The problem is, I would need at…[Read more]

Michelle, I worked as an intern in Northern Ireland this summer, and I know what you are speaking of. The UK does need to catch up with the US in this regard, in my opinion. Here in the US you cannot call yourself a landscape architect until you have the degree, the work experience and you have passed the LARE exam. In the UK you tend to focus…[Read more]

I graduated from East Carolina Univ. in 1994 with a b.s. in environmental health, and couldn’t find a job right away in my field of study. I loved plants and so I went to a local LA firm and submitted a resume, asking them to hire me. The Principal sat me down and the first thing he said was ” We don’t really do that much with plants, here is what…[Read more]

I kind of like ‘environmental designer’. Then again, I think we would get just as far by promoting a film about a landscape architect, and having the definition of what we do worked into the script. Get Hugh Jackman to play the leading role. Then everyone will know what we do.