Jane Gerdes, PE, City of Peoria Department of Public Works

Jane Gerdes discusses the “why” and the “how” of Peoria’s green infrastructure approach to addressing their combined sewer overflows at the 2020 Equitable Green Infrastructure Summit.

Brenda Scott Henry, Director of the City of Gary Office of Sustainability and Environmental Affairs

Brenda Scott Henry discusses the challenges and opportunities of implementing an equitable green infrastructure program in Gary, Indiana including methods of community engagement and...

Lisa welcomes us to the 2020 Equitable Green Infrastructure Summit and provides a brief introduction to the project.

by Carla Walker, Think BIG strategies, LLC

Carla Walker talks about unintended consequences of green infrastructure development and provides case studies for how organizations and making equity and inclusion an integral part of their work at the 2020 Equitable Green Infrastructure Summit...

Illinois EPA Financial Assistance Programs for Water Quality & Watershed Protection Series: Getting Green ($) for Green Infrastructure and Nonpoint Source Pollution Control Best Management Practice Implementation (and where ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE fits)

Session 3: Getting Green ($) for...

Carla Walker facilitates the reports out from the breakout rooms at the 2020 Equitable Green Infrastructure Summit. Breakout room topics included: Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion; Workforce Development; Community Planning Policy and Practice; and Extension/Sea-Grant Network Development.

Ned Willig, Great Lakes Commission

Ned Willig talks about how the Green Infrastructure Champions empowers communities and supports the development of green infrastructure in the Great Lakes region at the 2020 Equitable Green Infrastructure Conference.

“What we learned from the equitable green infrastructure community listening sessions” Tony Heath, PE, University of Illinois Extension Tony Heath provides some key equitable green infrastructure lessons learned and best practices from 18 community listening sessions held across the Midwest in...