Landscape Institute

The government has recently published a research briefing on ‘Green skills for education and employment’, in which it defines green skills as “the knowledge, abilities, values and attitudes needed to live in, develop and support a society which reduces the impact of human activity on the environment”.  

The landscape architect, Lynn Kinnear has died at the age of 64. As the founder and principal of Kinnear Landscape Architects (KLA) Lynn was one of the most important, influential and admired landscape architects of her generation.

To celebrate International Women’s Day, we asked a range of women in landscape, ‘'What inspired you to join the landscape profession, and what are your hopes for the future?'

‘Landscape and Carbon’ is a vital new report on carbon reduction in the UK landscape sector by the Landscape Institute (LI) and the British Association of Landscape Industries (BALI). A direct response to the UK’s target to reach net zero by 2050, the report sets out the climate action the sector is taking, and how landscape can provide solutions for reducing and sequestering carbon in development. 

With almost 70% of the world’s population predicted to live in cities by 2050, major built environment professional institutes, including architects, planners, structural engineers and landscape practitioners, have renewed their joint pledge to collaborate to tackle urgent global challenges.