LEADERSHIP Earth Elements NM, LLC was founded by Liz Cole, RLA to provide clients with site sensitive solutions that are responsive to the client’s project objectives, budgets and timelines. Liz is an award-winning Landscape Architect with over twenty-five years of experience in providing planning, design and implementation services for a wide variety of public and private sector clients. A graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design, Liz creates site sensitive landscapes that are responsive to the environments in which they are located. She approaches each project based on the philosophy that the practice of landscape architecture is an artform that results in the creation of places that people embrace when they are developed with a respectful understanding of the cultural and environmental conditions that resides within each project site. Working in partnership with clients, this stewardship approach has allowed Liz to create distinctive landscapes that connect land, water and community.
Education: Bachelors of Landscape Architecture, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island Bachelors of Fine Arts, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island
Registrations & Affiliations Liz is a Registered Landscape Architect in the following states: Georgia Arizona New Mexico Texas
Liz is a member of the following organizations: City of Albuquerque Metropolitan Parks & Recreation Advisory Board, Chair CLARB Environmental Educators Alliance of Georgia Environmental Educators Alliance of New Mexico Trout Unlimited Ducks Unlimited USA Archery
Speaking Engagements, Publications & Awards Liz has had the privilege of speaking at numerous conferences regarding her approach to the management and implementation and of site sensitive design solutions. Relevant speaking engagements, publications & awards are as follows:
2017 Speaker - Southeast Environmental Educators Alliance Conference Topic: Nature Play - Students Define Their Future Play Zones
2016 Speaker - Georgia Council of Outdoor Learning Conference Topic: Nature Play - Students Define Their Future Play Zones
2016 Speaker - Georgia Trail Summit Topic: Best Practices for Greenway & Blueway Design
2015 Georgia Council of Outdoor Learning Conference | Atlanta, GA Topic: The Tree Connection 2015 Speaker - Georgia Trail Summit Topic: Trailway 101 - Planning, Design & Implementation
2015 Speaker - North East Georgia Regional Summit Topic: Greenprinting
2004 Speaker - River Management Society River Voices, River Choices Symposium Topic - Case Study Partnerships: The Chattahoochee River Greenway Planning and Implementation Handbook Assisting Communities with Greenway Implementation and River Corridor Management 2004 ULI Award for Excellence The Chattahoochee Greenway, Georgia 2002 Speaker - 16th National Trails Symposium Topic: Greenways Partnerships for Planning: The Chattahoochee River Greenway Planning and Implementation Handbook: Assisting Communities with Greenway Implementation along the Chattahoochee Topic: Protecting Our Legacy: Spirit, Life, Energy - The Etowah River Greenway 2002 Speaker - WEF Watershed 2002 Topic: The Chattahoochee River Greenway Planning and Implementation Handbook: Assisting Communities with Greenway Development along the Chattahoochee River 2002 Chattahoochee River Greenway Planning and Implementation Handbook Civil Engineering Magazine, January 2002 Stormwater & Erosion Control News, January 2002 Architectural West Magazine, January/February 2002
2001-2003 Etowah River Greenway City of Canton Rewrites the Book on Riverfront Development Association County Commissioners of Georgia, January 2003
2001-2003 Etowah River Greenway Point of Faith, Musical Discoveries, Fall 2002 River of Dreams, Governing Magazine, Fall 2001 Environmentally Friendly Riverwalk, Public Works Magazine, Summer 2001 Design Architecture Magazine, Summer 2001 2001 Speaker - GRETA Topic: Developing Alternative Transportation Opportunities Through Planning and Implementation of Greenway Corridors
2001 Speaker - Peavine Watershed Alliance Topic: Protecting Watershed Resources Through Planning and Implementation of Greenway Corridors
1999 ASLA Professional Merit Award - Communications The Chattahoochee Riverway: Atlanta Reclaims an Endangered Urban River
1999 Tri-State ASLA Award - Communications The Chattahoochee Riverway: Atlanta Reclaims an Endangered Urban River
1998 Reclaiming An Endangered Urban River Landscape Architecture Magazine - Technology, February 1998
1997 Speaker - ASLA Annual Meeting Topic: LAF Demonstration Project - The Chattahoochee Riverway: Atlanta Reclaims an Endangered Urban River 1997 Project Director - LAF Demonstration Project Topic: The Chattahoochee Riverway: Atlanta Reclaims An Endangered Urban River.
1997 Project Chair - Georgia Chapter ASLA Community Assistance Team Georgia Power Demonstration Project: Riverside Community Park
1997 Speaker - Landscape Forum Topic: Building Parks Through Community Participation
1995 Honorable Mention - Corporation for Olympic Development in Atlanta Public Spaces Competition
1994 Playground Surfaces: Safety and Accessibility Landscape Architecture Magazine - Technique & Practice, 1994 Professional Design Award - Pennsylvania/Delaware Chapter ASLA Park Road Park
1993 Professional Design Award - Pennsylvania/Delaware Chapter ASLA Union Avenue School
1993 Professional Design Award - Pennsylvania/Delaware Chapter ASLA Bally’s Park Place Hotel & Casino Roofscape