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Three Major Activities

Gina Inc's three major activities now being planned are:

1. Implementation of a A$125,000 Green Infrastructure Educational Shed project in Carindale, Brisbane and development of a network of these educational sheds for:

  • Demonstrations and lectures on innovative green infrastructure for financial benefits to commercial and home rate-payers
  • Information courses on green infrastructure business opportunities for built-environment professionals
  • Education of high school classes in the future importance of green infrastructure in cities

By October, 2012 Gina expects to have about five such "Green Shed" projects set up in and around Brisbane, perhaps with cooperation of local Rotary Clubs and Brisbane City Council. The Rotary Club of Carindale has already raised about $85,000 in in-kind and cash support for the Carindale "Green Shed"(which should be opened in mid 2010). Three-hour courses for ratepayers and full day courses for built environment professionals, will be offered a small fee. Rotarians will probably provide free, one hour lectures and inspections for high school classes. If Rotary succeeds in the Brisbane project, it could perhaps with international help become an international research and demonstration project of the World Green Infrastructure Network.

2. Organising of the "Cities Alive Australia" World Green Infrastructure Congress 2012, to be held in Brisbane, Qld, Australia form October 17 to 21 2012. Venues in the Brisbane Conference and Exhibition Centre. This congress will feature much green infrastructure research and development in Australia and from around the world, plus green wall and green roof research from Australia and other hot-dry countries. Also very important will be integrated allied industry such as in:

  • Improved planning agains likely problems ahead in climate change factors
  • Better rainwater and greywater collection, storage and use in homes and businesses
  • Much improved solar power generation
  • Food from urban roof, and within buildings (particularly using aquaponics for production of fresh fish, vegetables and fruits without generating wastes, and at little or no transport costs)
  • Sounder approaches to prevention of urban air pollution, using urban greenery

The congress in 2012 is hoped to attract up to 2,000 to 2,500 people in Brisbane.

3. Organising half yearly, half day lecture events on green infrastructure. The first, in February 2010, is on urban greenery to improve solar energy production by 10% to 25%. The lecture series will have a strong emphasis on local research projects for improved urban greenery for Australia's hot-dry climate.