Renderings are amazing in general, but if this concept is actually built, you'll be seeing pictures of this for the next 20 years.
Built to produce fruit, oil, grain, wine, gold (just kidding about the last one), Andres Jaque Architects have really outdone themselves. An urban agriculture dreamscape. Dare I ask...price tag?
Good newsish from the Canadian Council on Learning. The number of jobs in the environmental sector has been growing steadily yet enrolment in post-secondary environmental programs has dropped 9% since 1999 as opposed to a 24% increase in total Canadian grads. What is perhaps even more interesting are the theorized reasons for such a drop, including gender stereotypes and the availability of career information. Time for everyone to double their course load, then when you graduate, list all the cushy jobs you passed on...on Facebook. Alert, alert. 3,200 jobs unfilled in meteorlogical field alone this year!!!
Which gets me to thinking, maybe they'll be some more green jobs at in New York City and the whole tri-state area once the FoodNYC: A Blueprint for a Sustainable Food System is enacted, recommendation by recommendation. Looks like someone in both NYC and Edmontonhave been keepin' tabs on developments in Toronto! Although, Edmonton's urban agriculture section is a little smaller. I guess you gotta start somewhere, right?
Succulent Container Gardens is the latest book from Debra Lee Baldwin. I'm definitely checking it out for plants that could work well on green roofs or green walls.
Looks like DC gives the most cash back for a green roof, usually reported at $5/square foot, if all the requirements are met one can get $7!!! I think that might be the highest in North America! Check out the registration form.
And to finish things up, a nice urban foraging video. What makes it nice? It not only shows you someone wandering around, really happy with their find...it shows you a few tricks of the trade and clear (still) pictures of some free, wild eats.
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