Comments on: Call for Papers: MillionTreesNYC Research Symposium on Green Infrastructure and Urban Ecology http://dirt.asla.org/2009/11/20/milliontreesnyc-green-infrastructure-and-urban-ecology-research-symposium-call-for-papers/ Connecting the Built & Natural Environments Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:38:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: canbyte http://dirt.asla.org/2009/11/20/milliontreesnyc-green-infrastructure-and-urban-ecology-research-symposium-call-for-papers/#comment-1377 Tue, 29 Dec 2009 17:58:32 +0000 http://dirt.asla.org/?p=3429#comment-1377 I notice a lot of this stuff is commercial, and suspect everyone is expecting taxpayers to support this concept. Take note of the teaparty phenomenon and reflect on the pressures on taxpayers these days. Subsidies should, and probably will be abolished. Design accordingly. We enjoy our virtually no cost roof garden immensely. Get ordinary people involved.

]]> By: David Flanigan http://dirt.asla.org/2009/11/20/milliontreesnyc-green-infrastructure-and-urban-ecology-research-symposium-call-for-papers/#comment-1185 Mon, 07 Dec 2009 20:57:43 +0000 http://dirt.asla.org/?p=3429#comment-1185 The Home Depot Foundation and KaBOOM! recently launched the online version of the Guidelines for Eco-Friendly Service Projects. This dynamic online tool is a resource that any service project manager can use to reduce the impact on the environment. The site is filled with tools and Best Practices that can be used and added to.

The site is at greenserviceprojects.org

]]> By: arnold@tree grates http://dirt.asla.org/2009/11/20/milliontreesnyc-green-infrastructure-and-urban-ecology-research-symposium-call-for-papers/#comment-1184 Mon, 07 Dec 2009 20:24:21 +0000 http://dirt.asla.org/?p=3429#comment-1184 I would like to see some research papers on the manufacturing chain of so called “green products.” If you look at the manufacturing chain, some so called green products are not as as green as they appear. We manufacture tree grates to cover the tree wells and we dropped the cast iron line, because even though they are made from 100% recycled iron it takes quite a bit of refined coal “coke,” and motor blocks which are laced with engine oil and result a lot of air born pollution as well as a lot of solid waste. If you plant a tree in the city and put in a cast iron tree grate you may generate more pollution by specifying the cast iron tree grate than the cleaning benefits you get by planting the tree. American made cast iron tree grates are by far cleaner, but even so still generate quite a bit of pollution. The best compromise we found is aluminum which is by far the greenest making tree grate, primarily because natural gas can be used to make them instead of coal. I would also like to see something on the green scoring companies. A lot of the ratings are based on voluntary information and there is no real accountability. There is also a lot of product coming from China and India which comes cheap, but at a high cost to the environment.

]]> By: Georgia http://dirt.asla.org/2009/11/20/milliontreesnyc-green-infrastructure-and-urban-ecology-research-symposium-call-for-papers/#comment-1095 Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:31:09 +0000 http://dirt.asla.org/?p=3429#comment-1095 Thank you for this announcement. Plan to submit my dissertation abstract!

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