Abby CrisostomoIn case you missed it, my GLA Environment colleagues published new guidance for Reimagining Rainwater in Highways, a guide to designing SuDS in streets https://www.london.gov.uk/programmes-strategies/environment-and-climate-change/climate-change/suds-sector-guidance #SuDS #greeninfrastructure #streets #surfacewater #stormwater #highways
I'm super proud to announce the launch of our £12m Green Roots Fund. This has been 2+ years in the making with lots of unsexy change management in the background. I'm super proud of my team & the others that got this set up. Now, apply for those grants! https://www.london.gov.uk/mayor-launches-new-ps12m-green-roots-fund-boost-capitals-green-and-blue-spaces #grants #nature #greenspace #rewilding #greeninfrastructure
Mx ArjunaThe urban heat island effect is real. Getting out of a city in summer you'll find the temperature drops significantly. But many people can't leave, so cities must provide help during heatwaves AND work to cool the city down long-term. #GreenInfrastructure https://www.epa.gov/green-infrastructure/reduce-heat-islands
Look at the nice wildflower meadow they installed outside the newly refurbished Walworth Town Hall. Even some poppies for the war memorial. #wildflowers #rewilding #NoMowMay #Walworth #WalworthTownHall #London #GreenInfrastructure
Been seeing a lot of #GreenInfrastructure out and about recently. Here are some SuDS with trees on the high street in Ilford. #SuDS #Ilford #London
Great to see the completed version of this Walworth Alberta Street LTN has been turned into a mini park and play space! Seconds before I took this, kids walking home from school had been playing on it. #LTN #parklet #pocketpark #AlbertaStreet #greeninfrastructure #urbangreening #LowTrafficNeighbourhood
Came across some very nice SuDS the other day in the recently redesigned Finsbury Circus Gardens. #SuDS #surfacewater #London #FinsburyCircusGardens #greeninfrastructure
Hacker NewsHeat stress mitigation by trees and shelters at bus stops
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S136192092500063X
#HackerNews #HeatStress #Mitigation #Trees #BusStops #UrbanCooling #GreenInfrastructure
The Bright SideNearly 20 years after Hurricane Katrina, green infrastructure projects across New Orleans are proving their worth.
Rain gardens and bioswales are helping soak up heavy rain.
According to Meagan Williams, water program manager for New Orleans, "Every drop of water that is stored...
counts toward a benefit.” #UrbanPlanning #GreenInfrastructure
Politics CanadaHow pretty, spongy, public gardens pave the way for more housing #housing #canada #gardens #plants #environment #water #greeninfrastructure
https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/what-on-earth-green-infrastructure-1.7512033
https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/what-on-earth-green-infrastructure-1.7512033
How pretty, spongy public gardens make way for more housing | CBC News
In this week's issue of our environmental newsletter, we see how well-engineered public gardens can solve problems that get in the way of building housing, get a view of China's Great Solar Wall from space, and find out why rural communities are banding together to build EV charging networks.