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Designing For Coexistence: Creating For the Climate

Presented by: Kirstin Weeks, LFA, Principal, Regenerative Design & Urban Ecology | Bio Studio.

AIA/CES (HSW) Learning Units: 1.5 Hours

This video course includes English language captions.

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Course release date: June 2025

This course, part of a 3-course series filmed live at AIA Seattle’s 2025 Climate Summit.Facilitated by Kirstin Weeks, LFA, Principal, Regenerative Design & Urban Ecology at Bio Studio, this interactive session enables course viewers to practice how to apply ecological and nature-based principles to design for co-existence with other flora and fauna, migrating or otherwise. Using digital tools such Resolve, iNaturalist and Pathfinder 3.0, this course enables course viewers to consider site and regional ecosystems to better understand present and projected climate conditions and design for the provisional needs – food, water, shelter and nesting – of a variety of local communities.

After participating in this course, you will be better positioned to incorporate the needs of local fauna and flora—especially threatened species—into the design process to support habitat creation and ecological connectivity.


Course Prices: $40 AIA members, $60 non-members (or purchase the 3-part series and save more than 20%)

(This continuing education course is licensed for viewing to a single individual. For discounted group viewing rates, please email Melissa@aecKnowledge.com or call 415.755.3058.)

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This course is part of a special package consisting of the following courses:

5.25 AIA/LU's (HSW units). SAVE 25% by purchasing the 3-part series. ($90 AIA members, $135 non-members)

Now more than ever, we must recognize the deep interconnectivity of our existence.

How do we help foster climate resiliency for communities and ecosystems in the face of rapid environmental change?

This year’s Climate Summit explores the application of co-existence and biodiversity frameworks to demonstrate how the built environment can facilitate whole ecosystem health. These three thought-provoking and dynamic sessions explore actionable strategies to advance sustainability and actively support resilient, interconnected systems—now and into the future.

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