by Pamela Conrad, ASLA, PLA, LEED AP, and Paulina Tran, Affiliate ASLA

Climate change is front and center as the world is experiencing unprecedented natural disasters, wreaking devastating, visible impacts on our society and the planet.
CMG Landscape Architecture Principal Pamela Conrad and her team of landscape architects, environmental designers, data scientists, and tech gurus continues to advance Climate Positive Design—a movement to improve the carbon impact of the built environment through collective action. Since its launch in the fall of 2019, Climate Positive Design provides accessible tools, guidance, and resources to have a positive impact on climate change.
Pathfinder 2.0
Available on ClimatePositiveDesign.com, the Pathfinder is a free web-based app that provides project-specific guidance on reducing carbon footprints while increasing carbon sequestration. Users receive instant carbon feedback and a Climate Positive Scorecard with detailed statistics that can be plugged directly into Life Cycle Assessments (LCAs) and design suggestions to improve carbon impacts.
Pathfinder 2.0 was released August 2020 with new features and improvements since the initial launch on September 30, 2019 that include:
- Metric units
- Addition of custom material, plant, and operational inputs
- Comparison of design alternatives
- Analysis of existing conditions
- Understanding site impacts
- Grading impacts
- Existing tree impacts (cutting down trees, mulching, converting into timber and site furnishings or biochar)
- Soil amendment or import
To learn more about Climate Positive Design’s Pathfinder 2.0, register now to join us on September 30.