Mission

Mission of the National Academy of Environmental Design
The National Academy of Environmental Design serves the public by promoting the flourishing of individuals, communities, and the natural world through the sustainable design and stewardship of human and natural environments.

Purpose of the National Academy of Environmental Design
Pressing and catastrophic challenges face the United States and the world, including precipitous climate change, species extinction, and a wide range of epidemics and toxins affecting human health. The factors that cause these problems are complex and often poorly understood even when recognized, but many such problems involve the communities, landscapes, buildings, and products people occupy and use.

The National Academy of Environmental Design has been created to address these problems through the diverse knowledge and practical expertise of the environmental design and related disciplines.

In pursuit of this purpose the NAED shall:


1. Facilitate research in cooperation with government agencies, foundations, and other institutions and organizations.

2. Communicate the results of ongoing research to the public and other stakeholders.

3. Develop and maintain a multidisciplinary knowledge base on complex interrelationship of individuals, communities, and the planet.

4. Foster scholarly cooperation and exchange between various elements of the environmental design discipline.

ABOUT THE NAED

The NAED membership provides the leadership and expertise required to accomplish complex research projects on issues such as climate change, resource depletion, and energy security.

HIGHLIGHTS

Architects Launch Ten-Year Commitment to Make Design a Catalyst for Public Health
Landscape Journal to publish paper based on NAED symposium outcomes
Green Energy Education Act
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Symposia
Universities host first set of research symposia
NPS to invest $750M in Parks Nationwide
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WORKSHOPS + SYMPOSIA

Water Symposium
University of Florida
Sustainable Materials Symposium
University of Minnesota
Sustainable Sites Symposium
University of Texas at Austin
White Paper on Climate Change
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