Green Roofs for Healthy Cities (GRHC), a not-for-profit industry association working to promote awareness of the economic, social and environmental benefits of green roofs and green walls, has created an online Living Green Infrastructure Declaration to encourage government and the private sectors to plan and build greener, healthier communities.

Living green infrastructure advocates, including Green Roofs for Healthy Cities, LEAF, Ontario Parks Association, Toronto and Region Conservation Authority, and Landscape Ontario are encouraging citizens from across North America to show their support for living green infrastructure by signing the "Living Green Infrastructure Declaration".

Living green infrastructure includes urban forests, green roofs and walls, green streets and spaces including parks and engineered wetlands, rain gardens, water harvesting and other technologies which provide public and private economic benefits while increasing urban resilience.

The Declaration will be presented to policy makers; planners and developers in markets across North America once a critical mass of signatures are secured. To view the declaration click here.

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