I really appreciate all of these responses. Thanks for taking the time to add your thoughts. I agree that some of these ‘smaller’ actions like lighting and energy conservation are just the tip of the problem, and may be diverting LA’s from thinking about those crucial impacts in design and materials selection. Whereas it could be construed as Andrew mentioned as a double Mc D’s combo with a diet coke- I also see the other side to that. Where a firm is claiming to install sustainable landscapes, yet do not address their own personal impacts in their daily practices. It seems ass-backwards to me that way too.
I wonder how many LA’s go into the profession being ‘sustainably’ bent, and how many come in with other focuses. I used to think that everyone had a sensitivity around minimizing their impact on the environment, and after meeting different people in the industry, there sure is a wide variety of interests, with fewer than I thought actually addressing sustainability in a meaningful way in their firm.
