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We wish
our friends and colleagues and your families
a wonderful Holiday Season full of Peace, Joy,
Prosperity, and Fun, now and in the New Year!
Happy Greening the World Over from all of us here at
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Think you can snooze through the winter? Ask
Ed is giving us some cold weather maintenance
tips to keep your plants (and roof) healthy after a
reader from Michigan asks, "Can I just ignore my
greenroof until the spring or is there something I
should be doing before the snow really falls?" Read
Ed Snodgrass' response, Winter
on Your Green Roof.
The
Greenroof Projects Database continues to grow -
we're up to 462 and expect to double this number in
the new year. We highlight a new project profile
each week on the Home Page, so send us yours in
English, German, or Spanish and
maybe it will be chosen in 2007!
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South Bronx, NY.
Environment: Majora Carter
Newsweek's Karen Breslau introduces us to Majora
Carter, social and environmental pioneer who created
Sustainable South Bronx, an organization dedicated
to ensuring poor communities of healthy, responsible
design. Carter helped design the greenroof on its
headquarters and has initiated a "green collar"
greenroof installation job-training program. Read how
Carter received a $500,000 MacArthur
Foundation "genius grant" to continue her work.
[12.25.06 - 1.01.07]
Mahana, New Zealand
Taking the high ground
nelsonmail.co.nz relates how the landscaping,
including the tussock-covered roofs, became a labor
of love for Philip Woollaston and his staff at the
Woollaston Estates winery. Philippa Foes-Lamb
reporting. [12.15.06]
Seattle, WA
New rules: parking spaces optional
Sharon Pian of the Seattle Times says the city
council passed the "Seattle Green Factor" to require
all new development in commercial zones outside of
downtown to cover 30 percent of the property with
grass, trees, green roofs with vegetation,
vine-covered walls or permeable paving. Councilman
Steinbrueck believes Seattle would be the first city in
the nation to impose such a requirement." [12.12.06]
Port Coquitlam, Canada
Look, up in the sky, it's green
According to Lara Gerrits of the Coquitlam Tri City
News, the Port Coquitlam council is looking to inject
some green into the grey concrete of new
development. The "PoCo" council is expected to give
final approval to a first-of-its-kind bylaw mandating
that all new commercial and industrial buildings with a
footprint larger than 5,000 square metres (or 53,821
square feet) have a greenroof. [12.10.06]
Portland, OR
Portland challenges Chicago with
ecoroofs
Senior Policy Director Maria Thi Mai says that more
than 100 ecoroof enthusiasts joined with
commissioner Sam Adams, representatives of the
fledging ecoroof industry, and citizens of Portland to
help chart the next course for the advancement of
Ecoroofs in Portland. Read more on
CommissionerSam.com.[12.01.06]
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Industry News |
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The World Green Roof Infrastructure Network was
officially launched from Berlin on December 15, 2006.
The WGRIN brings together more than 15 green roof
professional associations on four continents. Dr.
Manfred Koehler, spokesperson for the new
organization says, “Our mission is to promote the
development of green roof infrastructure research,
policy development and implementation in countries
throughout the world through improved international
co-operation.” Read the Press Release.
Sam Adams, Portland City Commissioner, has a new
website, CommissionerSam.com. Check here often for
city happenings as well as ecoroof updates.
Green Roofs for Healthy Australian Cities is offering a
creative and unique marketing opportunity to market
greenroof company products and services to the
growing Australian and New Zealand markets through
a traveling Photo Expo to run concurrently with their
Green Roofs for Australia Conference in February
2007. Learn more.
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Make sure to learn about a great new Excel-based
calculator developed by Kelly Luckett, LEED AP, in
this month's "The
Green Roof Stormwater Management Tool ~ a Free
Community Resource." The user friendly format
allows a green roof designer to instantly see the
effect each of the extensive green roof components
has on stormwater retention.
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