Green roof tops and rooftop gardens can be important as regards producing food both for animals and humans. Projects ongoing in some cities in America are setting a good example for creative projects involving such gardens. An demonstration of the way in which this has been effective in terms of animals is in the work … Continue reading
Working on green roofs, you hear an awful lot about Germany. Germany are perpetually referred to as pioneers in them. They’re not something that are special are unique, but something you take for granted. For example, it’s taken me until now to realise that I actually grew up in a house with a green roof … Continue reading
So far, we’ve seen that even in big cities like London you can grow almost every plant on a rooftop: flowers, grass for insulation, food. There are many initiatives taking place on the top of buildings all over Europe, most of them related to food and local communities. People like to meet in a green, … Continue reading
Paola is an old friend of mine. We met for the first time seven years ago, and now she is a successful academic in Helsinki, where she lives with her partner Fabrizio and their lovely daughter Arja. When they moved from Italy, land of sun, the risk of becoming climate displaced was high. Snow storms … Continue reading
From those on the ground (or even on the roof), we ask people working in the industry what they think is going to happen in the future. Here’s what they have to say: ‘The best green roof considers everybody in the building,’ adds Alex Woodcraft, from The Ecology Consultancy. Rooftops are catching on fast and there is … Continue reading
From the beautiful Hanging Gardens of Babylon constructed over 2500 years ago to waterproofing temporary houses as American colonists moved across the Great Plains in the 18th Century – green rooftops are not a new idea. In modern times however, they have a new task – tackling the effects of climate change in our cities but … Continue reading
The Green Green Roofs of Soho from dustygedge on Vimeo. This week I went to interview Dusty Gedge, an ecologist and President of the European Federation of Green Roof Association. He travels the world talking about green rooftops. He is co-founder of livingroofs.org, a non-for-profit green roof organisation that educates and advises on green roof … Continue reading
