This Sustainable Futures: Designing Green Communities and Buildings Podcast episode explores the future of Water and the genesis of Green Cities Clean Waters with Howard Neukrug, Executive Director at the Water Center at the University of Pennsylvania.

Cira Green in downtown Philadelphia is an elevated green roof park that has become a cherished destination for the many communities it serves.

Biophilic Holism is the application of biophilic design principles in a holistic or integrated way, as exemplified by this article on the magical nature of river camps in New Orleans.

For forty years Herbert Dreiseitl has created beautiful integrated Blue/Green Infrastructure projects around the world. Here he reflects upon his work and the need for greater changes to make cities healthier for their citizens, more resilient to climate change and more moliveable.

Ten years in, the Commissioner and CEO of the Philadelphia Water Department, Randy Hayman, reflects upon the successes and challenges of implementing the multi-billion dollar award winning green infrastructure focused Green City, Clean Waters plan in advance of his keynote address at CitiesAlive on October 16.

Senator Mona Das explains why she sponsored a bill in Washington State that would require green roofs on new buildings and what the outcomes of this initiative were.

This award winning green wall project in Chicago at Hatch 41 developed by Omni Ecosystems illustrates the many biophilic benefits of green wall technology.

Rooftop agrivoltaics, the integration of photovoltaics and rooftop agriculture, can increase resilience in urban food systems, expand renewable energy production, and decrease water consumption. This episode, Sustainable Futures is joined by Dr. Jennifer Bousselot to explore the burgeoning field of rooftop agrivoltaics to enhance food security, improve clean energy pathways, and explore sustainability integrations.

The City of Denver is developing numerous policy initiatives designed to ensure community livability in the face of a changing climate and this provides an overview of the many initiatives underway.

This article explores several seasoned green roofs where designers selected plants for their preferences for wet to dry habitats. Plants that thrive in wet, mesic, or xeric (dry) conditions can be employed on green roofs to perform a range of integrated building functions such as energy conservation, micro-climate mitigation, or cleaning of wastewater.

This article provides an overview of various policy initiatives underway by the European Commission that may support greater green infrastructure investment, in response to severe climate change impacts experienced throughout Europe this summer.

Sustainable Futures: Designing Green Communities and Buildings is an all new biweekly podcast from Green Roofs for Healthy Cities featuring interviews and discussions about the innovative approaches to green infrastructure, resilience planning, and sustainable design. Dr. Brad Bass explores one of the most direct manifestations of climate change, the urban heat island - what it is, how it works, and what can be done about it.

The Polish Green Roof and Wall Industry is thriving under a series of new national and local funding programs and regulations.

The abiotic conditions of the ExGR substrate are analogous to those of native dry grasslands (poor, shallow and highly drained soil), providing opportunities for diversifying ExGR with native flora. This study characterized vegetation and substrate dynamics of a sown native dry grassland community on a 254 m² ExGR in relation to microenvironmental conditions.

This article provides an overview of events, professional training, new Green Roof Professionals, new members, and a Buyers Guide.

Green Roofs for Healthy Cities’ founder, Steven Peck discusses addressing water management in a holistic manner in development projects.