Green Infrastructure

Could Opportunity Zones Promote Equitable Green Development?

By ThienVinh Nguyen / On September 25th, 2019

Opportunity Zone funding could jumpstart clean energy and green infrastructure projects in DC that benefit both the planet and the people living in these communities.

Webinar: Karen Firehock and Strategic Green Infrastructure Planning

Karen E. Firehock, MUEP, and Adjunct Professor at the University of Virginia's School of Architecture discusses her landmark publication, Strategic Green Infrastructure Planning: A Multi-Scale Approach. Professor Firehock shares how both transportation planning and design needs to encompass green infrastructure practices.

Green Stormwater Management: A Podcast Interview with NACTO

By Kyler Geoffroy / On September 12th, 2017

NACTO's Corinne Kisner talks strategic green infrastructure management and her organization's new book Urban Street Stormwater Guide.

Webinar: NACTO's Urban Street Stormwater Guide

In this webinar featuring NACTO's Urban Street Stormwater Guide, Corinne Kisner (NACTO), Shanti Colwell (Seattle Public Utilities), and Lacy Shelby (NYC DOT) discuss best practices for the design of green stormwater infrastructure along transportation corridors.

The Effective Management Our Urban Parks Need

By Douglas Blonsky / On June 15th, 2017

Urban park success stories have one important thing in common: They’ve prioritized sound management

Water-Smart Green Infrastructure: Private Sector Steps Up

By Katharine Burgess / On June 13th, 2017

A new report details the increasing implementation of citywide green infrastructure networks, including investments on both public and privately owned sites.

It's April; Let's Celebrate Rain

By Eliza Pennypacker, Stuart Echols / On April 4th, 2016

April is the month of rain. At least it is in our world: the mid-Atlantic U.S. With sincere apologies to readers who live in current drought, here in Pennsylvania we typically have reminded ourselves that “April showers bring May flowers,” and so we would endure—endure the puddles, the gloomy skies, the downpours, the temporary flooding of streets.

Green Infrastructure in Action: Urban Forests

By Karen Firehock / On November 8th, 2015

Over the past 75 years, American engineers have become very adept at managing water – collecting it, holding it and moving it away as fast as possible. Yet there is a better way to manage our water that costs far less.Rather than trying to push away water, we are finding ways to adaptively manage our water using natural features and functions. If we start to think of our urban forests as ‘green infrastructure’ then we can include them as solutions to urban stormwater runoff and flooding. American Forests has estimated the value of forests for flood mitigation and air qu