WELCOME TO THE "OPEN SOURCE" GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE MOVEMENT!
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A WORKING DEFINITION
The term "green infrastructure" is being applied at a wide range of landscape scales, from statewide conservation networks to streetside rain gardens. Fundamentally, green infrastructure is just a framework for recognizing the valuable services that nature provides for the human environment. At a bioregional scale, green infrastructure supports essential ecosystem functions. At a metropolitan scale, green infrastructure forms a tapestry of open space that serves and guides smarth growth. At a site scale, green infrastructure integrates functions and makes life-giving processes visible and meaningful. Large protected and connected natural habitats are the foundation for any regional green infrastructure network. Parks, trails, greenways, and other open spaces should link communities to each other and a regional landscape matrix. Holistically conceived, a green infrastructure network is also a regenerative solution to urban challenges associated with stormwater and waste management, mobility and public health, local food and energy security, and even protection from natural and man-made hazards.

A FRAMEWORK: THE TABLE OF ELEMENTS

1UW Urban Wild	1Wl Wetland	1Sl Shoreline	1WC Wildlife Crossing	1RC Riparian Corridor	1Gb Greenbelt	1BH Backyard Habitat	1UF Urban Forest
1HC Habitat Corridor

SYSTEM 2: COMMUNITY

2P Park	2RL Residential Landscape	2Wp Workplace	2TP Third Place	2Sy Schoolyard	2SG Streetside Garden	2PA Public Art	2IR Intersection Repair
2CG Community Garden	2Sq Square	2JS Junk Space

SYSTEM 3: WATER

3RG Rain Garden	3Bs Bioswale	3SP Stormwater Planter	3Wp Wetpond	3Dp Drypond	3CW Constructed Wetland	3GR Green Roof	3Ci Cistern
3FS Filter Strip	3PP Porous Pavement	3GA Green Alley	3Tb Treebox	3OF Oyster Filter	3BR Blue Roof	3SC Stormwater Channel

SYSTEM 4: MOBILITY

4T Trail	4CS Complete Street	4GS Green Street	4TC Transit Connection	4Bw Blueway	4BL Bike Lane	4W Woonerf	4Gw Greenway
4Sr Sharrow	4Sw Sidewalk	4BB Bike Box	4PS Pedestrian Street	4Bd Bicycle Boulevard

SYSTEM 5: ENERGY & MATERIALS

5WF Wind Farm	5WL Waste Landscape	5F Farm	5R Ranch	5RE Road Energy	5AL Algal-power Landscape	5Cp Compost

GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING AND PROGRAMMATIC CASE STUDIES
Lake Forest Park Green Infrastructure Plan Lake Forest Park, Washington
Homer Suitability Map
Planning Sustainable Communities: A Green Infrastructure Guide for Milton Keynes and the South Midlands, England
GI Guide for British Columbia, Canada
GI applied in North East England
Open Space Seattle 2100
Open Space San Francisco 2100
Metropolitan Washington Council of Government's Green Infrastructure Program
Metropolitan Washington Green Infrastructure Tour
Maryland's Green Infrastructure Assessment
EPA and Washington, D.C. Adopt Green Infrastructure Strategy
Shoreline Green Infrastructure Plan, Shoreline, Washington
Green Infrastructure North West, England
The Conservation Fund's Baltimore County Green Infrastructure Case Study
Green Municipalities - A Guide to Green Infrastructure for Canadian Municipalities
Kansas City's Mid-America Regional Council (MARC) MetroGreen Initiative


GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE MEASURES OF HEALTH
Landscape Sustainability Metrics by UW Students
CNT's Stormwater Values Calculator
Build Carbon Neutral Calculator
King County's Public Benefit Rating System
LEED for Neighborhood Development
Sustainable Sites Initiative
How Green Infrastructure Measures Up to Structural Stormwater Services
City of Shoreline Sustainability Indicators
NPR's Marketplace Reports on New Jersey's Quantification of the Value of it's Undeveloped Land
Public Benefit Recording System (PBRS) for Green Infrastructure

GENERAL RESOURCES FOR GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE
The Conservation Fund's green infrastructure programs
GI webzine of the Green Infrastructure Partnership in British Columbia
Urban Open Space Foundation
EPA's green infrastructure partnership
Green Infrastructure case studies by students of Nancy Rottle at the University of Washington
Green Infrastructure article by Steve Nicholas, City of Seattle's Director of Sustainability and Environment
Urban Greensheds article by Brice Maryman of SvR
Playbook for Green Buildings and Neighborhoods
Sustainable Raindrops, Cleaning New York Harbor by Greening the Urban Environment, a report by Riverkeeper
Green Infrastructure Plan Evaluation Frameworks by McDonald, Benedict, et al.
How Cities Use Parks for Green Infrastructure by McMahon and Benedict
Green Infrastructure Report to the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution, UK, by David Goode
Growing with Green Infrastructure by Karen Williamson
Green Cities, a Cornell class on urban ecological design
Strategic Conservation Planning Using a Green Infrastucture Approach (a GI planning course)
Green Infrastructure Resolution by US Council of Mayors
Use of Green Infrastructure in NPDES Permits
EPA Green Infrastructure Statement of Intent
Environmental Council of the States Statement Supporting Green Infrastructure
Green Infrastructure Permeates Through Chicago, CNT blog article
The Living Site and Infrastructure Challenge by Cascadia
Green Futures Research and Design Lab at the University of Washington
Ergonomics of the City: Green Infrastructure and Social Benefits, article by Kathleen Wolf
Journal of Conservation Planning
National Association of Realtors Magazine
Infraestructura Verde y Nuestros Parques ("Green Infrastructure & Our Parks"), a report from Puerto Rico
Green Infrastructure: Linking Landscapes + Communities, American Society of Landscape Architects Annual Conference 2008

GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDING RESOURCES
Traverse City Article abou Green Infrastructure with Funding via Tax Abatements
EPA's Green Infrastructure Funding Opportunities page
LIFE, EU's conservation funding mechanism
Global Katoomba Meeting: Developing an Infrastructure Fund for the Planet


GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE NEWS ARTICLES (MOST RECENT AT THE TOP)
Green Infrastructure, (On Common Ground: jounal of the National Association of Realtors, Summer 2008)
The Greening of America: American Cities Use Trees as Green Infrastructure (Washingon Post, April 25, 2008)
New York uses green infrastructure to combat their Combined Sewer Overflow (CS0) problems - February 11, 2008
House Panel Passes Green Infrastructure Bill - February 8, 2008
Loudon County Virginia's Green Infrasturture - February 7, 2008
Moving from Stormwater Management to RAINwater Management: A Federal Fisheries Perspective - February 7, 2008