NAED Publishes White Paper on Climate Change

"A Rationale for a National Organization to Leverage the Expertise of the Design and Planning Professions and Institutions to Address the Impending Catastrophic Impacts of Climate Change"

Download the white paper (8.5.08).

NAED to Hold Inaugural Meeting in Washington, D.C.

The National Academy of Environmental Design (NAED) will host its first face-to-face meeting July 10th and 11th at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C.. Representatives from a growing coalition of national organizations focused on the built environment will meet to forge the new organization’s governance structure and develop a research and advocacy agenda for 2008-09. Following the daytime meetings on Thursday, NAED charter members, members of Congress and various representatives from local institutions are invited to an evening reception in the National Building Museum’s new Beverly Willis Foundation Library.

Download the media advisory (7.9.08).

A New Academy

The National Academy of Environmental Design is being established by a coalition of education and professional organizations focused on the built environment. The academy, which is proposed to be housed within the the existing National Academies, would share their mission of addressing critical national issues and providing advice to the federal government and the public.

These National Academies were created during times of extreme need for the nation. Today, pressing and catastrophic challenges again face the United States and the world, including precipitous climate change, species extinction, epidemics affecting human health, and a wide range of toxins, the impacts of which are poorly understood even when recognized.

New knowledge regarding the design, construction, and maintenance of cities, landscapes, buildings, interiors, and products is being developed daily. To deliver this knowledge in the most timely and powerful way to colleagues in allied disciplines and, more importantly, to the public, it is necessary to create a multiprofessional, multidisciplinary organization responsible only to the public.

The coalition for the NAED formed in Fall 2007 and continues to grow. Individuals and organizations are invited to join this effort by endorsing the resolution for establishing the NAED.

Download the press release (1.28.08) about forming the NAED.
Download the 1-page proposal and resolution now.