Overview
The vision of Green Infrastructure Design (GID) is to enhance ecosystem services by converting old infrastructure into new resilient green infrastructure. With the continual rise in climate change, droughts, and mega wildfires it is important to design with nature in mind. We call these areas of opportunity Nature Ground. Nature Ground is the little areas between our daily lives that could be improved to provide more ecosystem services to ourselves, our community, and our natural environment. Small little projects are just as important as large projects. We look at nature in an urban landscape as islands of natural habitat. Your yard may be a small project, your next-door neighbor’s yard may be a small project, but together these projects create a more ecofriendly habitat that could reduce water use, minimize pollution, and limit wildfires. Larger projects, such as a new development, a community park renovation, a waterway improvement, or improvements on a public works easement all provide opportunities to improve Nature Ground. Improving your home or business could be funded under new grants and rebates.
