A neighborhood tour of green infrastructure to control runoff
Posted March 22, 2011 in Curbing Pollution, Green Enterprise, Living Sustainably
In honor of World Water Day, check out this neat video of how green infrastructure can simultaneously bring amenities into a neighborhood while helping keep polluted runoff out of waterways:
Kaid Benfield writes (almost) daily about community, development, and the environment. For more posts, see his blog's home page.
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Ken Firestone — Mar 22 2011 11:51 AM
For a retrofit,check out what Edmonston, MD (right near Washington, DC) did:
http://edmonstonmd.gov/GoingGreen.html
Kaid @ NRDC — Mar 22 2011 03:57 PM
Ken, that's a great link, and a story worth its own blog post. I remember reading about it some time back (in the WaPo maybe?) and being impressed.