What is World Landscape Architecture Month (WLAM)?
April 2010
“April is the perfect month to share our profession and reach out to our communities, notable for Earth Day (April 22nd) and the birthday of Frederick Law Olmsted (April 27th), founder of the landscape architecture profession in North America.
The International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA) inaugurated the event in 2006. Since then, IFLA and its member associations around the world join annually in celebrating this month.
The Purpose of the CSLA WLAM program is to provide resources to:
- bring local and national recognition and awareness to the profession, Landscape Architects, and works of landscape architecture;
- encourage public participation and interest in events and activities related to landscape architecture; and,
- encourage people to consider a career in landscape architecture.
– CSLA
World Landscape Architecture Month is a time to reflect on the profession and its place in the world, and to help build awareness of why landscape architecture is so important to us, to architects, engineers, politicians and members of the general public.
“Landscape Architects, have been “Green Since 1899.” Interested in the environment and art? Landscape architecture is a profession that blends creativity and science. Interested in contributing to the greening of the planet? That goal lies at the core of all landscape architects do.“
– ASLA
WLAM 2010 Contest:
Have you done your part for World Landscape Architecture Month? Well here’s your chance!
Enter the Landscape Architecture Resource WLAM 2010 ‘What Moves You?’ Contest
Vote for your favorite entries!
The entry with the most points at the end of April will win a $100 gift certificate at Kiva.org–another great way to help make the world a better place!
Contest Details:
This contest is open to anyone 18 and over, no purchase necessary. Winners will be decided by public voting on the Landscape Architecture Resource (LAR) website (the site) (http://LandscapeArchitectureResource.com) “star user ratings”. Each rating will score points from 1 to 5 for the entry (”article”) that has been rated. Any visitor to the site may vote as often as once per article per day. Authors may vote for their own article if they wish, although it is encouraged to tell others about the contest and World Landscape Architecture Month, so that they may visit the site and vote as well. Spreading the word is the purpose of WLAM. Contestants may submit more than one entry. The winning article will be the one with the most cumulative rating points at 11:59pm eastern time, April 30, 2010. The winner will be notified by email. LAR reserves the right to publish the winner’s name and profile picture, if submitted by the contestant. In the case of a tie, the winner will be the article that was submitted and published to the site earliest.
Canadian contest law requires the winner to complete a ’skill-testing question’ in order to be eligible to claim their prize. It will probably be a grading question. All entries become the property of Landscape Architecture Resource (LAR). LAR reserves all rights to publish, print, share, modify, or otherwise distribute contest entry materials. LAR will not share or sell your email address. Registrants are responsible for any personal information they share on the site. It’s a social network, we all know how these things work. LAR and its editors, members, representatives and founders holds no liabilities, makes no warranties, guarantees nor otherwise will be held responsible for any loss, damage, dissapointment, or other loss as a result of data loss, server error, software or hardware malfunction, or human error. In the event of a disaster, LAR reserves the right to extend the contest deadline, postpone the contest, cancel, or otherwise modify the contest as required. LAR does not collect or store any financial information or credit card numbers.
Thanks for participating!
Check out this link for more info:
http://landscapearchitectureresource.com/learn-more-wlam2010.html
