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Keenan Gibbons, an intermittent lecturer in environment at the University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability (SEAS), has been appointed a Climate & Biodiversity Action Fellow by the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA). 

Gibbons is an internationally recognized expert on how landscape architecture can reduce the impacts of extreme heat. During the one-year fellowship, Gibbons will advance landscape architecture strategies that are most effective in addressing the climate and biodiversity crises. He will focus on reducing extreme heat impacts, particularly for underserved communities in the U.S. and worldwide. 

“I am honored to be selected as ASLA’s Climate & Biodiversity Action Fellow. I am looking forward to advancing data-informed, nature-based heat strategies and making them more accessible to communities around the world. This work can increase awareness of what landscape architects do globally. We can incentivize heat solutions that empower policymakers and communities to take action,” said Gibbons.

He is ASLA's second Climate & Biodiversity Action Fellow.