Contribute to Carbon Offsets for the ASLA 2024 Conference

Contribute to Carbon Offsets for the ASLA 2024 Conference  

Help ASLA achieve its goal of offsetting 3,500 tons of greenhouse gas emissions at the ASLA 2024 Conference on Landscape Architecture in Washington, D.C..

ASLA has partnered with the National Indian Carbon Coalition (NICC), an Indigenous carbon innovator, which is working with the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa in Minnesota to preserve and improve Tribal Forests. NICC has offset credits from the Fond du Land Band’s forest credit project for sale. These are third-party verified offsets registered with the American Carbon Registry. 100% of contributions will be used to purchase credits from NICC.

Conference attendees can contribute to offsets when they register. Additional contributions by attendees and EXPO exhibitors can be made via this page.

One carbon offset is equivalent to an emission reduction of one metric ton of CO2. ASLA recommends attendees contribute at least three offsets to compensate for their conference emissions. ASLA EXPO exhibitors are encouraged to also offset the shipment of their booths and travel.

About the positive impact of the project:

• The Fond du Lac Band’s forest carbon project is a natural climate solution that generates carbon credits through Improved Forest Management.
• The project will protect 8,200 acres of Tribal Forests or 5.3 million trees on the forest lands from harvesting for 40 years. In total, an estimated 1,920,000 tons of carbon will be sequestered.
• The forest carbon project aims to generate 480,000 carbon credits by 2030 while supporting the climate goals of carbon offset buyers. 
• The Fond du Lac Band will use the income generated from carbon sales, which would otherwise come from harvesting trees to:
  • Strengthen community infrastructure
  • Steward a native, growing forest
  • Support long-term carbon storage
  • Enhance biodiversity and protect habitat
  • Create measurable climate benefits

About NICC and the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa:

• NICC was formed by the Indian Land Tenure Foundation (ILTF) and the Intertribal Agriculture Council (IAC). It is an Indian-led non-profit program that helps Tribal Nations and Indigenous landowners take advantage of carbon credits and enter environmental commodities markets through the development of carbon sequestration or offset projects.
• The Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa is an Anishinaabe (Ojibwe) band in Minnesota. In Ojibwe, Wayekwaa-gichigamiing Gichigamiwininiwag means Lake Superior Men at the far end of the Great Lake. 

Bartlett Tree Experts 

is the lead sponsor of ASLA 2024 Conference Carbon Offsets. 

Contribute today by choosing your level.  

If you prefer, you can send a check, payable to ASLA Fund to:

ASLA Fund
636 I Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001-3735

Please email [email protected] if you have any questions.

Thank you for your support.

Image credit: Fond Du Lac Band Forest Carbon Project, Minnesota / © Stan Tekiela, courtesy of National Indian Carbon Coalition