Monday, April 30, 2012

Another green roof bylaw hits North America + trading paper for prickly pears


-Rosemont-Petite Patrie, a borough of Montreal, is the newest city to mandate  the installation of green roofs or green walls on buildings.
Congrats to Rosemont-Petite Patrie for joining the club. 
-Wednesday, May 2 tune in to Living Mandala for a free webinar on aquaponics with applied permaculture. If you're in the upstate New York area, you can try the hands-on workshop.
-This articles deserves some publicity. First of all, it’s written by a namesake....Kelven. I mean, it’s not how I spell it, but close enough. On the serious side it opens our eyes to how urban farming can be the key to survival for undernourished prisoners in Zimbabwe
 Lastly, in what I hope becomes a blueprint for urban agriculture and recycling around the world in Mexico City the Ministry of the Environment has set up a barter market where one can trade recyclable trash for credits at local farms.

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