We’re thrilled to share that a poster developed by Great Ecology’s landscape architecture team was selected by the World Design Congress 2025 as one of just 25 featured works from around the world! Each year, the World Design Congress and poster competition highlight elite designers & cutting-edge projects from around the globe. It’s an honor to have had our work showcased in London alongside exceptional designers and researchers from Mexico, Canada, the Philippines, Australia, Norway, Japan, and more.

With their poster entitled “Where Water Meets Dust: Regenerative Landscape Strategies for the Salton Sea” Julie Johnstone, PLA, William Stratton, Kathleen Haas PLA, ASLA, and Hilary Mulford showcase the work that puts Great Ecology & True Environmental at the forefront of finding solutions to our critical environmental issues. For years, both our design & ecology teams have been immersed in research, design, and development of regenerative landscape strategies in the Salton Sea region of California’s Imperial Valley.

Depleting water inputs and high temperatures have caused the Salton Sea to recede exposing pollutant-ridden playa that becomes airborne in windy conditions posing serious health risks for residents of the Valley. Inspired by dust mitigation and desert water harvesting tactics from across the globe, new land systems that our team highlights in this poster might restore native desert habitats, promote environmental justice, and make space for geothermal industry.

Opportunities like this remind us how powerful the integration of ecology & design can be in connecting ideas across borders and inspiring meaningful conversations about our shared environmental future.