Green Infrastructure Soak Up the Rain Webinars

                        2024 EPA Green Infrastructure “Soak Up the Rain” Webinar Series

                       AT THE INTERSECTION OF EQUITY & GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE

EPA recognizes that fulfilling our mission of protecting human health and the environment depends on our ability to protect and lift-up communities with environmental justice concerns that have been overburdened by pollution and as a result are more vulnerable to climate change. Green infrastructure can help to reduce the disproportionate impacts of stormwater and flooding on these communities especially in the era of climate change.

Green infrastructure can also provide additional benefits to communities:

• Increased access to green space.
• Cooling and relief from the sun.
• Traffic-calming.
• Community gathering spaces and natural beauty.

Using green infrastructure practices can help to remedy inequities in access to these amenities that exist between neighborhoods or between demographic groups.

For the 2024 “Soak Up the Rain” webinar series, we will showcase projects and practice at the intersection of equity and green infrastructure for addressing environmental justice.

Winter 2024 -- Igniting Community Imagination: Advancing Green Infrastructure Implementation Through Arts and Culture

• Webinar presenters will explore the role of arts and culture in green infrastructure planning and implementation and how artists can act as “trusted messengers” in communities where implementing green infrastructure may be met with skepticism.

On this page:

• Upcoming Webinars
• Past Webinars
• Related Webinars

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Upcoming Webinars

Watch this space for details of the next webinar.

Past Webinars

Date	Title	Keywords
2024/10/17	Conserving Rural Landscapes: Green Infrastructure, Climate Resilience and Indigenous Knowledge	rivers, wetland management, agriculture, soil management, conservation, place-making
2024/06/06	Planting for the Future: Native Plants, Green Jobs, and Equitable Climate Resilience	environmental justice, best practices, land conservation, water sense, biodiversity
2024/04/09	Creating Age-Friendly Communities with Green Infrastructure: How Addressing Needs of Children and Older Adults Benefits All	climate resilience, planning, schools
2023/07/26	Off-site Stormwater Management to Promote Green Infrastructure	post-construction, planning, case studies
2023/03/02	Using Green Infrastructure to Prevent Flooding from Intensified Storms in New York and New Jersey	environmental justice, flood, resilience, stormwater
2023/01/25	Green Infrastructure and the MS4 Permit: A Compendium of Case Studies	compliance, permitting, planning, requirements, stormwater
2022/10/27	Growing a Green Infrastructure Workforce	benefits, jobs, maintenance, O&M, partnerships, training
2022/06/14	Stormwater Asset Management: Letting Your Green Infrastructure Assets Work for You	funding, life cycle, municipality, planning
2022/04/28	Going Green for Good: Long-Term Considerations for Operations and Maintenance of Green Infrastructure	benefits, best practices, implementation, O&M, planning
2021/08/05	The Pathway to Green and Complete Streets: Steps, Success Stories, and Lessons Learned	benefits, green streets, urban heat islands
2021/05/12	Financing Green Infrastructure: Best Practices from the Clean Water State Revolving Fund	CWSRF, funding, planning, stormwater, water quality
2021/02/03	EPA's Transportation Stormwater Permit (MS4) Compendium	permitting, phase I, phase II, runoff, stormwater
2020/09/03	EPA's 9th Annual Campus RainWorks Challenge	benefits, design, higher education, outreach, student
2020/03/24	Resilient Design Assistance in the Mid-Atlantic	hazard mitigation, planning, policy, resilience, stakeholders
2020/01/21	The Straight Scoop on Integrated Planning	CWA, municipality, state, WIIA
2019/12/17	Integrating Water Quality and Natural Hazard Mitigation Planning	management, program integration, resilience, states
2019/10/03	Modernizing Compliance: Best Practices and Technologies for Performance Based Stormwater Management	MS4, reporting, requirements, technology
2019/08/07	Going Wild: the Conservation Co-benefits of Green Infrastructure	benefits, habitat, runoff, stormwater, wildlife
2019/05/15	Green Infrastructure: A Triple Bottom Line Approach to Environmental Justice	benefits, EJ, stormwater
2018/12/18	Coloring Superfund Green: Select Case Studies on the Revitalization of Contaminated Sites with Green Infrastructure	contaminants, implementation, resilience, stormwater
2018/12/12	Reclaiming Lost Lands: Revitalizing Brownfields with Green Infrastructure	benefits, contaminants, stormwater
2018/03/01	Building Resilient Communities With Green Infrastructure and Hazard Mitigation Planning	benefits, co-benefits, resilience, stormwater, watershed
2017/11/08	Growing New Jobs With Green Infrastructure	benefits, training, workforce
2017/10/11	Teach, Learn, Grow: The Value of Green Infrastructure in Schoolyards	benefits, education, habitat, student
2017/08/09	Exploring the Link Between Green Infrastructure and Air Quality	benefits, emissions, health, pollution, urban heat islands
2017/05/23	2016 Campus RainWorks Winners	design, stormwater, student
2017/03/29	EPA STAR Grants: Moving Green Infrastructure Forward	funding, GIS, implementation, performance, STAR
2016/11/15	Building the Case for Green Infrastructure: Outreach and Education	engagement, funding, water quality
2016/08/16	Lessons Learned in Green Infrastructure	best practices, implementation, practitioners
2016/04/12	Greening Your Backyard: Water Efficiency and Stormwater Solutions for Homeowners and Communities	conservation, education, outreach, rainwater
2016/02/09	Greening Vacant Lots	benefits, implementation, rainwater, stormwater
2015/12/08	Ahead of the Curve – Implementing Green Infrastructure in Rural and Growing Communities	benefits, implementation, MS4, stormwater
2015/08/13	Paying for Stormwater - The Benefits of a Utility	financing, funding, planning, stormwater, utility
2015/05/05	Getting More Green from your Stormwater Infrastructure	benefits, cost, savings, valuing
2015/03/24	Green Infrastructure for Arid Communities	benefits, conservation, water supply
2014/12/02	Green Infrastructure for Localized Flood Management	benefits, flooding, resilience
2014/11/04	Innovative Financing for Green Infrastructure	CWSRF, funding, implementation, planning
2014/09/03	Green Infrastructure and Smart Growth	community development, planning
2014/07/22	Building Climate Resiliency with Green Infrastructure	adaptation, benefits, climate change, planning, resilience
2014/05/06	More Bang for the Buck: Integrating Green Infrastructure into Existing Public Works Projects	funding, implementation, lessons learned, planning
2014/03/04	Case Studies: Implementing Green Infrastructure under Enforcement Orders	benefits, CSO, CWA, enforcement, requirements
2014/01/07	Winter Weather O&M for Green Infrastructure	best practices, cold climates, maintenance
2014/01/07	O&M and Green: Best Practices for Green Infrastructure Operations and Maintenance	incentives, lessons learned, maintenance, regulations

Related Webinar Series

• EPA Water Finance Webinars and Forums — EPA's Water Infrastructure and Resiliency Finance Center hosts a series of water finance forums to bring together communities with drinking water, wastewater, and stormwater project financing needs.
• Watershed Academy Low Impact Development Webcasts — EPA's Watershed Academy offers monthly webcasts related to the implementation of watershed approaches to preserve and restore aquatic ecosystems. It has presented nine 2-hour webcasts on green infrastructure.