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Thursday, September 20,
2007
1:00- 2:00pm EDT
Session: Getting Into Greenroofs
Trainers: Katrin Scholz-Barth, Katrin Scholz-Barth Consulting (Washington, DC)
Ed Snodgrass, Green Roof Plants/Emory Knoll Farms, (Jessup, MD)
About the series:
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The
Brown Bag Lunch Series is a monthly webcast held at the lunch
hour. The overall goal is to create informal training
opportunities for local urban and community forestry
organizations.
The
series
is geared to mainly serve the needs of volunteer organizations and
community groups. While the webcasts are open to all, the
content is most likely to be of interest to practitioners who work
directly with the public, volunteers, or youth.
The
trainings leverage local successes by amplifying to
a larger audience the model organizations' methods, materials, and
approaches. Sessions are planned to last no more than one
hour, with two
presenters speaking on the same topic from slightly different
perspectives, each for 10-15 minutes, followed by 10-15 minutes of
questions and answers.
The
Brown Bag Lunch Series is made possible through support from:
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Description:
Greenroofing
offers an attractive alternative to the barren deserts of tar, gravel,
and asphalt usually seen from urban windows. They can capture and
evaporate up to 100 percent of rainwater in their space, making them
ideal for urban settings in which high-density development offers few
opportunities for rainwater to percolate into the soil during storms.
In addition, greenroofs offer triple-bottom line savigns by
paying back in energy efficiency, environmental health, and
profitability.
Brown Bag attendees will learn:
- Greenroof benefits- dollars and sense
- Start-to-finish site assessment
- Competitive/cost-effective and insured design and installation
- Ongoing consultation, maintenance, and support
- Plant selection
- Current work with universities and research projects
 Katrin
Scholz-Barth is one of the nationally recognized, preeminent experts in
greenroof technology, which she has helped to establish in the United
States. Her work demonstrates that greenroofs are an integral and
functional building element that protects watersheds while increasing
biodiversity and quality of life in urban areas.
 Ed
Snodgrass, a horticultural consultant, owns and operates Green Roof
Plants, an arm of Emory Knoll Farms, a leading supplier of plants and
plant expertise for extensive green roof systems. They offer a
high level of service in selecting the optimal plants for each
installation, and have worked in nineteen states, the District of
Columbia, and Canada.
Register for the webcast or go to:
http://actrees.org/site/stories/getting_into_greenroofs.php
Next session: October 18, 2007- Organizing Workprograms for High School Students.
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