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The Minnesota Green Roofs Council promotes green rooftop technology as a sustainable building strategy in Minnesota. We work to educate developers, architects, landscape architects, engineers, roofers, building owners, policy makers and others about green rooftops as a cost-effective strategy to improve building performance, reduce environmental impacts and improve urban livability. Our steering committee meets monthly and hosts workshops, social events, tours of local green rooftops. We develop resources like our RoofBloom guide and our Minnesota Green Roofs Directory. For more information contact corrie@mngreenroofs.org
Green Roof Trailer Blog
Posted October 16th, 2007 by Corrie
The trailer has a coat of paint (it needs another) and we took it on the road a few times over the last couple of weeks. Here it is at the Linden Hills Park "Good Energy Fair". People love to come up to the trailer and touch it. I even had one person who started pulling weeds until she ran into the prickly pears.
Plan Your Green Roof
Posted January 21st, 2008 by CorrieARE YOU:
1. Interested in planning a small green roof project?
2. Interested in meeting others planning similar projects?
RoofBloom is bringing together a group of people interested in small green roof projects on garages, sheds, or other small structures. We've got about half a dozen people interested so far. We think this could be valuable for:
Green Roof Policy Workshop Nov 30
Posted October 23rd, 2007 by CorrieGreen Roofs for Healthy Cities is pleased to present their
GREEN ROOF POLICY DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP Friday, November 30, 2007 Ramsey-Washington Metro Watershed District 2665 Noel Drive in Little Canada(just north of St Paul) 9:00 am - 1:00 pmSpace is limited - Register online at www.greenroofs.org
Minnesota Green Roof Profile
The Minnesota Green Roof Profile was printed as the Legacy Project for the 5th Annual Greening Rooftops for Sustainable Communities Conference held in Minneapolis, Minnesota, April 28 – May 2, 2007. The Profile is now available online.
RoofBloom in the Minnesota Monitor
The Minnesota Monitor reviews a presentation on our RoofBloom Project as part of Solutions Twin Cities here.
Green Roofs in the Minneapolis Star Tribune
The Minneapolis Star Tribune ran a story about a possible green roof for the Target Center. Read the story online at http://www.startribune.com/418/story/1152461.html
And they followed up three days later with an editorial at http://www.startribune.com/561/story/1161994.html
Please alert us when you see other Minnesota green roofs in the news.
Conference Congratulations
More than 900 participants attended the 5th Annual Greening Rooftops or Sustainable Communities conference in Minneapolis. Most folks were from the U.S. and canada, but I believe we had attendees from 17 countries.
I believe all would agree that this was the biggest, best green roofs event ever held in North America.
Thanks and Congratulations to the scores of local stakeholders who contributed to the success of this outstanding event.