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Community Garden Rainwater Harvesting Freebie!
Via Therese Ciesinski, Senior Editor: Organic Gardening Magazine Do you know a community garden that could use the donation of a rainwater harvesting system? Last year, Organic Gardening magazine provided rainwater harvesting systems to 20 community gardens around North America … Continue reading
East Coast Green Street Designer Sought for Panel at CNU XVI
From Mary Vogel of PlanGreen: The Congress for New Urbanism is seeking a panel member who has designed and seen built green streets (streets whose stormwater is treated with bioretention) anywhere on the East Coast for its upcoming Congress, April … Continue reading
Lowe’s: Retail’s Stormwater Leader?
With a national commitment on stormwater for all of their operating stores, Lowe’s is emerging as the leader among major retailers. They are demonstrating over and over that there is value in doing the right thing. Read about the latest … Continue reading
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Spanked!
It looks like these guys have a start on what’s coming to them, to the tune of $20,000,000.00. That’s a lot of zeros. The last paragraph below seems to put them into perspective. Maybe it is just the bad press … Continue reading
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Environmental Site Design (ESD) Debate rages
The ESD Debate in Maryland rages on as the Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) attempts to revise the State’s regulations to address the requirements of the Stormwater Management Act of 2007. Some industry groups are lining up against the … Continue reading
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Wacko NIMBY Exaggerations
Much of the info we see on the regulation of stormwater management, especially on-lot near point source efforts ( call it Environmental Site Design or Low Impact Development or Green Infrastructure, whats your pleasure?) is positive and forward looking. We … Continue reading
Yet another term for doing the right thing… Green Infrastructure
Not sure exactly what the EPA is good at these days under the IFT (Idiot From Texas) regime – but coming up with new terms to describe doing the right thing is certainly up there on the list. Now it … Continue reading
Ahhh, Paris – and a Killer Green Roof
While in Paris last spring at the top of the Arc de Triumph , we happened on this green roof. Quite a splash of green in the cityscape…. Makes you want to be there, more than anywhere else in the … Continue reading
Seeeerious Slope Failure
From a coal mine in Australia. See the original here.
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