Louisianna native son James Carville dropped by the 2003 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Landscape Architects.
ASLA Closing General Session speaker James Carville displayed a surprising appreciation for the landscape architecture profession, and a sincere personal concern for the environment, even as he explained why politicians fail to embrace environmentalism as a significant issue and why he, as a strategist, must follow suit.
Thanks to Jeffrey Lofton
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