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Read the the ASTM Fall 2006 Task Force Updates What’s blowing in the wind?" by our ASTM Editor, Ralph Velasquez, from the recent meetings held here in Atlanta.

Learn more about G.R.E.E.N. and their latest developments from the new G.R.E.E.N. Research Report by S.I.U.E.'s Dr. Bill Retzlaff.

See what Kelly has to say about his Roving Exhibitor experience in Minneapolis attending the ASLA 2006 Annual Meeting and EXPO and the 43rd IFLA World Congress.

Edmonton, Canada
Green design: just what the doctor ordered
Nicole Dunsdon of the globeandmail.com reports on the 360,000-square-foot Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute scheduled to open in the fall of 2007 and how it will be one of the smartest of Canada's smart buildings. The silver LEED building will include indoor and outdoor healing gardens. [11.14.06]

The World
Tower of Tomorrow
William McDonough was asked by Fortune to share his firm's vision of a building of the future, and so they "configured a structure that is not just kind to nature; it actually imitates nature." See the 11-page pictorial at FORTUNE/CNNMoney.com, including the greenroof "treetops." [11.13.06]

New York, NY
Learning from Green Roofs - A Bronx School’s Lesson in Saving Energy
Standing on the rooftop at St. Simon Stock Catholic School Daniel Simon, marketing director of the Gaia Institute, points to a neighboring high-rise apartment building. Now residents look down from a high window over the rooftop garden instead of city construction. From emagazine.com, by Paul Gleason. [11/12.06]

U.S.
Facilities: Building 'Green' Saves Banks Green
Karen Krebsbach of Bank Technology News says, "Bankers are all about the money-and saving money can be just as good as earning it. That's why banks like PNC Financial Services and Bank of America are at the forefront of the green-building construction craze...In 2008, Bank of America expects to open its green Bank of America Tower in Midtown Manhattan. " It is slated to be the world's most environmentally responsible high-rise office building, including planted roofs, and the first to strive for LEED platinum designation. [11/12.06]

U.S.
Taking initiative
Speaking from experience
The November 2006 issue of Professional Roofing has a couple of very worthwhile articles to ponder - Krista Reisdorf relates how one of the largest greenroofs is being built in Washington, D.C. on the headquarters of the U.S. DOT, and Tom Hutchinson asks if the industry has forgotten that a roof's purpose is to protect a building's interior from moisture intrusion. [11.06]

Green Roofs for Healthy Cities is busy with numerous training courses and symposia around the U.S. and Canada, including their upcoming 101 Course in Atlanta. Read more. The Fall 2006 Green Roof Infrastructure Monitor is now available to members - contact www.greenroofs.org for info.

Earth Pledge's Fall 06 epNews is out and Leslie Hoffman and staff have been very productive! Read more at www.earthpledge.org.

Green Roofs for Healthy Cities and Earth Pledge are combining forces to advance the development of the green roof industry across the U.S. and are focusing in three key markets – Atlanta, Minneapolis and Los Angeles. In fact, EP and GRHC are hiring three Local Market Coordinators to further the cause.