ASLA Member Survey: Climate Equity and Justice

The ASLA Climate Action Plan puts equity at the heart of climate action. It calls for:

Engaging and empowering communities
Developing equitable outcomes that rely on equitable processes
Supporting increased investment in community-based climate solutions

The ASLA Biodiversity and Climate Action Committee Subcommittee on Agency & Community Resilience is developing a community engagement toolkit to advance this climate equity and justice work.

The goal of this survey is to:

Understand climate justice and equity issues that come up in your work
Understand the resources you use today to guide this work
Identify the gaps in resources and how the subcommittee can address them in a new toolkit

Please take a few minutes to complete this short survey and share your knowledge and experience.

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* 1. Have you collaborated with community-based organizations on climate justice or equity work?

Yes

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* 2. What climate justice or equity issues do communities you work with experience? (Select all that apply)

Racism

Legacy of racist planning and design decisions

Lack of funding

Lack of community empowerment

Lack of social or political capital

Lack of trust in local government

Regulatory barriers

Disproportionate burden of climate impacts

Disproportionate burden of public health impacts

Lack of natural resources (street trees, parks, recreation areas, etc)

Lack of access to natural resources

Lack of public investment

Other (please specify)

None of the above

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* 3. What barriers to equitable engagement have you experienced in your climate action work? (Select top three only)

Lack of funding for community engagement

Community engagement not valued

Lack of project champion(s) from the community or project team

Barriers to accessing community meetings

Barriers to accessing online engagement tools

Lack of authentic engagement

Lack of trust

Cultural and language barriers

Community engagement fatigue

Time or scheduling challenges

Lack of budget to pay people for their time

Other (please specify)

None of the above

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* 4. What climate justice or equity resources or guidelines do you use to guide your work? Include resource title and web link:

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* 5. What strategies have you used as part of your community engagement efforts? (Select all that apply)

Providing translation services for meetings and materials

Compensating community liaisons or organizations for their time

Attending existing community meetings or events to meet people where they are

Providing refreshments or food

Developing focused activities to engage kids and families

Providing fun and engaging workshops and activities

Identifying groups missing from the conversation and targeting outreach efforts to meet them

Collaborating with a community-based organization to design engagement activities

Door to door surveys

Social media

Other (please specify)

None of the above

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* 6. What motivates clients and/or decision makers to invest in climate justice and equity work? (Select top three only)

This work will improve the overall project

This work will help address past inequities

This work will help address current inequities

This work provides benefits to all community members

This work provides quality of life and economic benefits

We don’t focus on this in making our case to clients

Other (please specify)

None of the above

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* 7. Which resource would most help you improve your community engagement work on climate justice and equity?

Guidelines

Case studies

Interviews with experts on this topic

Toolkits

Directory of community-based organizations

Other (please specify)

None of the above

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* 8. Tell us about a project that successfully engaged communities on climate justice or equity:

Project name

Brief description (100 words max)

What made this a successful climate justice/equity process (50 words max)

Engagement process used (50 words max)

Community group(s) engaged

Landscape architect(s)

Organization

City

State

Country

Web link

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* 9. What sector do you work in?

Private practice

Non-profit

Local government

State or federal government

Community organization

Academia

Other (please specify)

None of the above

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* 10. If you would like to provide more information to the subcommittee, please provide your contact information:

Name

Organization

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* 11. If you would like to be considered for one of the two $100 Visa gift cards, please enter your email:

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