Author: Tamsin Faragher

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Community Insurability Planning

The IFLA AFRICA (Landscape architecture) Climate Change Working Group hosted a webinar titled: Community insurability planning. Our presenters, Erman Eruz (HR&A) and Steve Brandt (InnSure) shared their thoughts on the role of insurance in building a resilience dividend, and demonstrated the tool that they are developing that evaluates the Total...

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What responsibility do built environment professionals have to Gaza? Especially landscape architects who are the stewards of the environment and advocates for sustainable practices?

How can we be hopeful when the world reels in unpredictable chaotic gyres? I woke up on Friday morning, stewing. By 06:00 I’d been stewing for three hours. Just like with a good stew, the flavours took a bit of time to settle and emerge, so it was only by...

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Bad things happen. Be prepared. A checklist for navigating a cancer diagnosis and treatment.

A dread disease diagnosis, like cancer, is life-changing. Navigating the diagnosis, treatment and recovery can be aided or encumbered by financial and professional considerations. I was diagnosed with bilateral breast cancer in March 2024. I took six months off work when treatment started at the end of May and have...

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