Charlene LeBleu

Institution: Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama
Education: BS in Forest Resources and Conservation, University of Florida; Master's in Community Planning, and MLA from Auburn University
ASLA Chapter: Alabama
Category: Knowledge

Charlene LeBleu advocates that stormwater research and management are critical in landscape architecture. Beyond informing her lectures and publications, her research extends to real world, hands-on educational experiences for students, including landscape interventions for rural, low-income communities in Alabama. When Albany State University flooded in 1994, she undertook a five-year, $23 million landscape recovery design-build effort. She strives to instill in students this level of environmental consciousness, ethics and understanding that resources and cultural conservation is their legacy.

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