CitiesAlive Conference will be climate friendly with Offsetting Initiative

Vancouver, BC - Green Roofs for Healthy Cities, the North American green roof and wall industry association, is pleased to announce that CitiesAlive 2010: the 8th Annual Green Roof and Wall Conference and Tradeshow will be carbon neutral thanks to offsets for its facilities and related emissions.

CitiesAlive is a climate friendly event due in part to a partnership with Offsetters, Canada’s leading carbon management solutions provider. The company has calculated and offset key activities like facilities emissions by contributing to projects that remove the equivalent amount of emissions from the atmosphere. Offsetters' carbon offsets are investments in projects that prevent greenhouse gases from being emitted into the atmosphere, with all projects being verified by qualified third parties. Offsetters’ current projects include landfill gas capture, renewable energy systems for buildings and fuel-switching with industrial heat users.

“CitiesAlive is a welcome partnership because not only does their event promote positive initiatives for mitigating climate change, but they have taken the extra steps to understand and offset a significant portion of their footprint by working with Offsetters,” said Kari Grist, Senior Vice President, Marketing and Client Engagement, Offsetters.

Climate change is one of the most serious issues facing humanity and one of the main focuses of CitiesAlive 2010. CitiesAlive will focus efforts on the importance of integrative/collaborative approaches to design, research and policy development. This event will be an opportunity for industry leaders to meet and uncover new methods on how to mitigate greenhouse gases through better systems design and engineering. Some of the most relevant programs being offered include the Ecological Green Roof Design Workshop, Collaborative Design Principles and Living Buildings, Introduction to Sustainable Sites, Introduction to Living Architecture Challenge 2.0 and the Green Roof Boot Camp.

“We are pleased to be working with Offsetters so we can ‘walk the talk’ at CitiesAlive,” said Steven Peck, President and Founder of Green Roofs for Healthy Cities. “The skills and knowledge that will be shared at CitiesAlive will undoubtedly be a positive contribution to mitigating climate change.”
Visit http://citiesalive.org/index.php/agenda to view the full event agenda.

MEDIA CONTACT:
Steven Peck, President and Founder, Green Roofs for Healthy Cities -  sp...@greenroofs.org

Damon van der Linde, Communications and Research Coordinator, GRHC - dvanderli...@greenroofs.org

Melanie Wong, Manager, Marketing, Offsetters -  mela...@offsetters.ca

Green Roofs for Healthy Cities (GRHC) is a membership-based industry association developing the green (vegetative) roof and wall industry in North America. GRHC’s mission is to increase the awareness of the economic, social and environmental benefits of green roofs and green walls, and other forms of living architecture through education, advocacy, professional development and celebrations of excellence. Visit www.greenroofs.org for more information.

Offsetters is a leading carbon management solutions provider based in Vancouver, Canada, helping individuals and companies understand, reduce and offset their climate impact. In 2009 Offsetters was selected as the first ever Official Supplier of Carbon Offsets in the history of the Olympic movement for the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. Visit   www.offsetters.ca for more information.

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