We hope you’ll join us for our 2017 Greenroofs & Walls of the World™ Virtual Summit: Connecting the Planet + Living Architecture. Highlighting excellence and lessons learned in green living architecture, the 4th biennial web-based Virtual Summit is being held from April 9 through December 31, 2017.

We’ll have a variety of live events scheduled though December 2017 – all with the backdrop of our fantastic speaker videos you can watch on demand from across the globe.  But up first is the Long Earth Day Weekend this Friday, Saturday and Sunday – don’t miss watching these videos in time for their Q & As!

Watch Green Infrastructure Specialists at the 2017 Virtual Summit!

For Earth Week we’re highlighting these awesome colleagues and practitioners and their engrossing videos:

Keynote Joanne Rodriguez, CSI, CDT, LEED AP, Tremco Director, Sustainable & Strategic Initiatives:

“Roofing BMP’s for Low-Impact Development Projects”

Adrienne Aiona, PE, City of Portland Bureau of Environmental Services, Stormwater Management Manual Manager and Henry Stevens, City of Portland Bureau of Environmental Services:

“Credits for Stormwater Management: A Survey of North American Cities with a Focus on Portland, OR”

David L. Aponte, MSCE, GRP, PRGD Inc. Founder & Principal:

“Managing Stormwater with the Use of Green Infrastructure in the Caribbean Region”

Jörg Breuning, Green Roof Service LLC / Green Roof Technology Founder:

“Green Tea 4 Two with Patrick Carey & Jörg Breuning” – a talk along with architectural designer Patrick Carey, GRP

Dusty Gedge, European Federation of Green Roof Associations (EFB) President and Livingroofs.org Founder:

“Green Roofs and Walls – a View from London”

Elizabeth Hart, CDT, GRP, Tremco, Inc. Manager, Sustainability Program Development and Green Roof Info Think-tank (GRiT) Executive Director:

“Extended Lifecycle Green Roofs – Avoiding Failure of Roofing and Vegetation”

Thomas W. Liptan, FASLA, Green Infrastructure Specialist:

“Sustainable Stormwater Management: A Landscape-Driven Approach to Planning and Design”

Eyal Mirelman, BLDVEG – Building Vegetation Co-Founder & Owner:

“Hardware and Software – Balancing the Ingredients for the Middle East”

Charlie Miller, PE, Roofmeadow Founding Principal and President:

“The Second City – Elevated, Grounded, Inspired”- along with landscape architect Laura Hansplant, RLA, LEED AP

Amy Norquist, GRP, Greensulate Founder & CEO:

“Experience Gained: Lessons Learned by a Decade-old Green Roof Company”

James Ramsey, raad Founder & Principal, Lowline Designer:

“The Lowline”

See the entire Agenda.

Speaker Q & As this Long Earth Day Weekend

Don’t miss our upcoming first live event over the Long Earth Day Weekend for Speaker Q & As – see the Agenda for dates and times.

FREE Global Social Media Event

This is a FREE global Social Media Event!  Connect with your favorite speakers and we’ll see you online soon!

Thank you to our Partners, and please contact Aramis if you’re interested in being a Sponsor or Exhibitor at aramis@greenroofs.com:

By Linda S. Velazquez, ASLA, LEED AP, GRP
Greenroofs.com Publisher & Greenroofs & Walls of the World™ Virtual Summit Host

Register now and join us online for our 2017 Virtual Summit with live events over the Long Earth Day Weekend: April 21, 22, & 23 – and through December, 2017!