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Currently, we have 21 events listed under Upcoming Events now through November alone! Too many to mention, but search the Home Page for workshops, courses, tours, conferences, contests and greenroof grants from across North America.

The conference stand-out is, of course, Greenbuild International Conference & Expo on November 15-17 in Denver, CO. Read more under Upcoming Events.

Read the "Students on Green Roofs" newsletter from our Student Editor, Christine Thuring. This quarter she's circulating the "Research Summary based on GRHC Bibliography" document which summarizes the English-published green roof literature as listed in the GRHC Bibliography, with the intent of illuminating areas of missing information and knowledge gaps.

Chicago, IL
Chicago's hot neighborhoods
Andrew Herrmann of Suntimes.com reports how NASA-supplied thermal imagery is identifying heat islands for the Chicago Planning Department, the Chicago Park District and others within the city in order to prescribe cooling measures including greenroofs. [10.16.06]

London, England
Sustainable entrepreneur - Roof of Life
In the current issue of Green Futures, Kay Sexton profiles Dusty Gedge, the impassioned advocate of utilizing roofs as wildlife habitats and havens of biodiversity. The power behind livingroofs.org - the UK organization that promotes turning roofs into green spaces and habitat for wildlife - Gedge outlines the value of biologically diverse roof-tops and highlights his top three desires for the local government. [9/10.06]

San Francisco, CA
Fireman’s FundŽ First to Introduce Green Building Coverage
Fireman’s Fund has worked closely with the U.S. Green Building Council’s (USGBC) LEED program as well as the Green Building Initiative’s (GBI) Green Globes program to ensure that its coverage and upgrade options align with the industry’s major green certification processes. For buildings that are green certified by either group, Fireman’s Fund will cover sustainable building elements such as vegetated roofs. [10.13.06]

Auckland, New Zealand
Green roofs hailed stormwater solution
New Zealand's tvnz.co.nz reports on Auckland University studies showing the many benefits of greenroofs. See the related video, here, too. [10.07.06]

Stroudsburg, PA
Army says it's easier being green
The Pocono Record's Jacqueline Boucher relates how Tobyhanna Army Depot environmentalists believe they are the first to plant a garden on the roof of a Department of Defense building. Funding from the Joint Services Initiative allowed depot officials to install a vegetative green roof on one wing of the headquarters building this summer. The Joint Services Initiative provides funding for projects that would save money, positively impact the environment and be transferable across the services. [10.01.06]

The City of Chicago is once again offering a Green Roof Grant Program for Residential and Small Commercial Buildings, and their Department of Environment is giving an increased number of grants this year. Applications for the 2006 Program are open now and will close Friday, November 3, 2006. Successful projects will be announced in December 2006. Download the Flyer and Application Form and read more here.

The City of Chicago is also promoting their "Vehicle Sticker Design Contest," and this year it's motto is “Green Scene Chicago.” All Chicago students in the ninth through 12th grade are invited to submit artwork highlighting the City of Chicago’s effort to become the most environmentally friendly city in the nation. The deadline is November 14. Read more.

The Bronx Initiative for Energy and the Environment (BIEE) has created three separate partnership funds: The Bronx Partnership for Electric Transportation, the Bronx Partnership for Environmental Benefit, and the Bronx Partnership for Residential and Commercial Energy Efficiency and New Technology. The goal of the initiative is to demonstrate pathways to a greener Bronx, and the Bronx Environmental Revolving Loan Fund is designed to provide zero interest loans to Bronx businesses and building owners that implement energy efficient measures and/or new technology, including greenroofs. Read more.