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in partnership with

Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center

Contact:

Lee Clippard

Executive Director

512-232-0136

4801 La Crosse Avenue
Austin, TX 78739

Region Served: Austin, Texas

Website: www.wildflower.org

Resources

Climate Toolkit Webinar: Sustainable Landcare and Ecological Outreach

Plant Conservation

Ecological Design

Focus Area: Buildings and Energy Completed Planned

Buildings and Energy

Build all new buildings to meet latest international energy efficiency standards (e.g. IECC, ASHRAE, ILFI) (by end of 2028)

Decarbonize your glasshouse facility (by end of 2030)

Derive power solely from 100% clean renewable energy - generated onsite or procured through market mechanisms (by end of 2030)

Eliminate all onsite fossil-fuel combustion to heat buildings (except backup generators) (by end of 2028)

Additional Goals for This Institution

Engagement

Educate visitors on sustainable, fossil-free horticulture

Establish an employee green team to support climate action (by end of 2025)

Teach facts and best practices to mitigate and reduce global climate change

Food Service

Ensure 40% of food service menu selections are vegan or vegetarian

Make 10% of all food purchases within 100-mile radius of site (by end of 2026)

Investments

Landscapes and Horticulture

Ensure 25% of all lawn/garden maintenance equipment is electric

Ensure that 50% pesticides and fertilizers used are not derived from fossil fuels

Reduce lawn areas by 10% and encourage native plant replacements

Support reforestation to sequester carbon

Research

Initiate region-specific research related to climate change

Transportation

Incentivize employees to carpool, bike, bus or otherwise forgo single-occupant car transportation

Waste

Compost 100% of food waste (by end of 2028)

Eliminate the sale and use of bottled water

Recycle or reuse all recyclable materials including metals, glass, and plastic

Water

‹ KSCSTE – Malabar Botanical Garden & Institute for Plant Sciences

Leach Botanical Garden ›

Presented by
Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens

Community Resources and Consultation

Architecture 2030

Environment and Culture Partners

ICCROM

International Living Future Institute

One Earth

Project Drawdown

Public Gardens Sustainability Index

Regenerative Museums

Regenesis Institute

Rocky Mountain Institute

Shepley Bulfinch

United Nations Sustainable Development Goals

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