Green Roofs for Healthy Cities

Concord Area Humanists invites you to a discussion and dialogue entitled “Green Roofs for Healthy Cities”. The special speaker will be Peter Lowitt. This special meeting will be held on Wednesday, Feb 4, 2015 at 7 p.m. at First Parish Hall, 20 Lexington Rd, Concord MA.

Are we using our resources efficiently as a society? Judging by the poor use of our rooftops, we are not. Green Roofs for Healthy Cities is working to raise awareness and interest in vegetated roofs and walls. Mr. Lowitt is the founding chair of this industry organization and he will present an overview of the Green Roof industry and discuss how vegetated roofs can address a multitude of public policy issues ranging from urban agriculture to stormwater management and reducing the urban heat island.

Mr. Lowitt is the founding Chair of Green Roofs for Healthy Cities, the trade association of the green roof industry in North America. He has been active in the planning and economic development profession and was elected as a Fellow of the American Institute of Certified Planners..

Peter Lowitt is Director/Land Use Administrator for the Devens Enterprise Commission, the agency charged with permitting the redevelopment of the former Fort Devens army base in Massachusetts. At Devens, Mr. Lowitt focuses on the sustainable redevelopment of the 4400-acre former army base.

More information can be found on www.ConcordAreaHumanists.org and from pne@aol.com For more information, contact David Kimball at 508-485-4795.

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