August 14th, 2007

Sod roofs inspire specialist green roof nursery

SteveintheUK in Architecture, Carbon Reduction, Design, Eco-Friendly, Green Roofs, GreenRoofs.Com, Sustainability

by Girl on The Avenue -August 14, 2007 via GreenRoofs.WordPress.Com

Sod roofs are back in style, according to a report in Oregon’s Mail Tribune. The report quotes the aptly-named Edmond Snodgrass, co-author of Green Roof Plants: a resource and planting guide (right), who runs Emory Knoll Farms, the first nursery in the US dedicated solely to the propagation and sale of green roof plants.

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August 7th, 2007

Singapore plans towers around “eco-decks”

SteveintheUK in Architecture, Design, Eco-Friendly, Green Roofs, GreenRoofs.Com, Health, Recycling, Solar Power, Sustainability

by Girl on The Avenue - August 7, 2007 via GreenRoofs.WordPress.Com

Singapore is no stranger to green roofs. Green Roofs for Healthy Australian Cities president Geoff Wilson has written extensively on “food from-the-roof” technologies pioneered in Singapore, and vice-President Sidonie Carpenter has documented many Singapore roofs on her Green Roofs Fellowship blog.

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August 6th, 2007