Green Buffers: From Oakland to Buffalo!

Our members on the west side have been working hard to find solutions to the asthma epidemic. One idea we’re learning more about is using green buffers to protect the community from diesel exhaust, noise, light and vibrations from trucks.

This Tuesday we’re hosting Brent Bucknum from Urban Biofilter who will lead a workshop on how they’ve used green buffers to help improve air quality in the port of Oakland.

Urban Biofilter is the leading non-profit behind Adapt Oakland, a green infrastructure master plan for West Oakland, a port community that faces similar air quality concerns as the West Side of Buffalo. Adapt Oakland was created using research on the potential of green infrastructure to mitigate urban air and water pollution. Research that was used to lay the groundwork for the implementation of green infrastructure in highly-impacted communities in West Oakland.

West Side residents living near the Peace Bridge have been asking for mitigation in order to protect them from carcinogenic diesel exhaust, and we are very excited to host a leading expert in urban green buffers. We are really hoping you can make it!