GBF: Houston Must Use Green Infrastructure for Harvey Recovery

Representatives from Houston’s SSPEED Center, Environment Texas, Galveston Bay Foundation, and the American Institute of Architects–Houston will explain why Houston must include Green Infrastructure in its post-Harvey recovery plans. Environment Texas will release a new report, “Texas Stormwater Scorecard,” which ranks Houston and other Texas cities on their support for Green Infrastructure. The event will include a tour of two Green Infrastructure features on the Rice University Campus—the landscaped detention basin at Harris Gully Natural Area, and the green roof atop the South Plant.

Speakers:

• Dr. Phil Bedient, Director, Center for Severe Storm Prediction, Education and Evacuation from Disasters (SSPEED Center)

• Julie Hendricks, Board Member, American Institute of Architects–Houston

• Scott Jones, Director of Advocacy, Galveston Bay Foundation.

• Brian Zabcik, Clean Water Advocate, Environment Texas