Green Communities/Sowing Opportunities/Growing Benefits

Tuesday, February 12, 2013 - 5:30pm
Carnegie Mellon University 5000 Forbes Ave. Pittsburgh, PA 15213

The Clear Rivers Campaign Presents:

Beyond Tunnel Vision

Save the Date - Please join us for Beyond Tunnel Vision: Good Jobs & Green Communities!

The Clean Rivers Campaign is hosting a monthly speaker series that will share information from other regions about how we can make green infrastructure a reality in Pittsburgh. Our next event will be on February 12, 2013. We hope you can join us!

WHO: Darla Inglis, Ph.D., Low Impact Development Initiative, UC-Davis

WHAT: Green Communities: Sowing Opportunities, Growing Benefits

WHEN: Tuesday, February 12, 2013 - 5:30 Reception, 6:30 presentation followed by Q&A

WHERE: Doherty Hall, Room 2315, Carnegie Mellon University

Join the Clean Rivers Campaign on Tuesday, February 12, 2013 as we welcome Darla Inglis, Ph.D., Program Director for the Low Impact Development Initiative at the University of California-Davis Extension, Center for Land Use and Natural Resources to Pittsburgh and our Beyond Tunnel Vision: Good Jobs & Green Communities Speaker Series.

Darla has more than 20 years of experience in addressing issues at the nexus of urban development and the environment. She specializes in issues regarding low impact development (LID), stormwater management, and attainment of healthy watersheds and communities. Her national work on green infrastructure includes award-winning designs that inorporate innovative an sustainable water resource protection techniques. She brings together government agencies, the public, developers, and environmental groups to integrate natural watershed functons as part of livable communities.