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Top Ten Reasons for Green Infrastructure
The
following top ten list was presented at the International Conference on
Stormwater and Urban Water Systems Modeling held in Toronto on February 20,
2009.
10.
The committee chaired by Mayor Jozef
Greene considered: Clean infrastructure, Keen infrastructure, Lean
infrastructure, Mean infrastructure, but could not agree, so he named it
himself!
9. You need money to fix the
infrastructure and today, the color of the grant money is GREEN.
8.
One heck of a St. Patrick's Day
celebration.
7.
Had a lot of leftover paint from
the last GREEN Party convention.
6.
You want to be politically correct
and want to change your city’s name from White Haven (or Blacksburg) to Greensburg.
5.
Forget about environmental
awareness; GREEN means Go, baby!
4.
Nobody has the money to implement
Al Gore’s top-5 GO GREEN suggestions: (1) fluorescent light bulbs (2) outdoor
solar lighting (3) Programmable thermostat (4) new air filter, and (5) electric
water heater blanket.
3.
No Shirt, No Shoes, No GREEN, No
Service
2.
You work for Greenpeace, eat Green
tomatoes, drink Green tea, smoke Green stuff, trust Greenspan’s Greenback
theory, and believe in Green people.
1.
You can run but cannot hide – from
the Green police.
More reasons:
11.
Wikipedia suggests: use of the term "GREEN infrastructure“
contributes to the overall health of natural ecosystems.
12.
Your city has already legalized smoking the Green stuff.
13.
Because “dark-brown infrastructure” or “rusty-yellow
infrastructure” or anything else won’t cut it.
14.
To erase dreadful memories of the Lime & Burnt-Orange
Infrastructure of the 1970s.
15.
Anything to make other public works infrastructure envious.
16.
It's fresher than traditional public works infrastructure ...and
something about that minty taste makes it hard to ignore.
17.
Because "man, that trick is sick yo!" (Translation from
the Urban Dictionary, It is beyond illness to the point of being extremely cool
& crazy).
18.
Because Mother Earth is SICK of CLEANING UP AFTER YOU! Grow up.
Show some responsibility. Decide what you want BEFORE you open the fridge door,
don't stand there for 15 minutes with it open! And why, for the umpteenth time,
are all of the lights on in this house? Can you for once turn the lights off
when you are the last person to leave a room? What, are your fingers broken?
Acknowledgements
Thanks to the following contributors:
·
Michael Gregory
·
Bill James
·
Rodney Moeller
Disclaimer
These
reasons are based on the responses provided by the members of the SWMM-USERS
discussion group. This list has no
technical or educational value; it's intended for entertainment only; and it is
not intended to be offensive to anyone.
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