Green roof training in Philly, green roof food production in Vancouver

I've taken a breather between celebrations to catch up on some living architecture news.

-Valcent Products, one of the first to the vertical farming table, has signed on with the City of Vancouver to open a parking garage green house which could churn out over 95 tons of produce per year.

-In Philadelphia a green roofing program over the last year has trained over 30 individuals and installed 11 "green roofs", 2 vegetated and 9 white roofs. The program features a unique combination of government, non-profit and private support.

-Remember when I admitted knowing very, very little about urban agriculture projects in the Southwestern US? Thanks to the Worldwatch Institute I now know a whole lot more!

-The UK's Offshoots Permaculture Project won an International Green Award last week. If their beekeeping tutorials are par for their teaching courses, the award is well-deserved. And speaking of permaculture, it's been a while, but here's a little permaculture informationin Spanish.

Now for more resting!!!