At ECL

John Newton

At Livingroofs.org Ltd

Dusty Gedge

has worked in green roofs for over 12 years. He is currently the President of the European Federation of Green Roof Associations.
http://www.efb-greenroof.eu/start_englisch.html

He founded Livingroofs.org in 2004 to provide the first independent green roof organization in the UK. Livingroofs.org provides advice, information and advocacy for the green roof industry in the UK.
www.livingroofs.org

He is one of the people who coined the term brown roof to ensure that green roofs were considered as ecological habitats/landscapes and not merely a form of ‘green’ cladding.

He has written a number of leading articles on green roofs and is recognized speaker at conferences and seminars throughout the world from South Korea to USA.

With John Little of www.grassroofcompany.co.uk he has written an e guide to Small Scale green roof construction
www.livingroofs.org/DIY_Guide_intro.html

He is currently writing two books one small scale green roofs with Dr. Nigel Dunnett, John Little and Ed Snodgrass and another on Constructing Green roofs with John Little.

Dr. G. Kadas

Zoologist and specialist in green/brown roofs and invertebrate populations. Completed a Phd at Royal Holloway Unviversity of London in 2007 having monitored a series of green roofs in London for 4 years.

She is currently monitoring a number of green and brown roofs as part of the London Wildlife Trust Green roof accoutrement project. She will shortly be undertaking monitoring for the GRC as part of the Buglife Sita Nature Enhanced Living roof project, which aims to install a series of brown and green roofs throughout London in 2009.

She [with Dusty] has written a number of peer reviewed articles on green roofs and biodiversity
www.iob.org/userfiles/File/biologist_archive/Biol_52_3_Kadas.pdf
http://www.urbanhabitats.org/v04n01/invertebrates_full.html