Urban Design with Birds in Mind:
Bird-Friendly Community Practices and Climate Resilience
March 9, 2023 1 p.m – 5 p.m
Reception to follow
The Collider, 1 Haywood St
Asheville, NC
The Coalition for a Bird-Friendly Asheville, in partnership with the Blue Ridge Audubon Chapter and CASE Consultants International, invites you to learn about bird-friendly community practices that benefit both migratory birds and their human communities.
How can we build climate resilient communities that support and enhance biodiversity?
Bird-friendly community practices help reduce energy use and costs, increase wildlife habitat, and mitigate the effects that climate change has had on our feather friends’ flyways. Representatives from a variety of public, private, and non-profit sectors will describe actions we can take to protect migratory birds from detrimental effects of light pollution, non-native landscapes, glass surfaces and other human built-environmental threats, while also benefiting our communities. These actions, at broad, multifaceted scales, help Asheville lead the way in building climate resilient, bird-friendly cities.
Presentations Include:
- National and State Audubon Society: Climate Resilience and Bird-Friendly Community Policy
- The American Bird Conservancy: Glass Collisions Program
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (invited)
- Coalition for a Bird-Friendly Asheville: Lights Out! Asheville and bird-friendly communities
- Asheville Chamber of Commerce
Following the presentations, a panel of experts convene to answer questions from the audience. A reception with light refreshments follows. Vendors are on hand to present materials on glass and window treatment products!
This is a hybrid event. A link to attend virtually will be sent via email prior to the event.