So much good news from the GILA world over the last week!
-The European Commission adopted a, new, long term, strategy to encourage green infrastructure projects including identifying possible projects, expanding the knowledge base of innovative, green infrastructure supporting technologies and most importantly, financing through the European Investment Bank.
-If you're at work and can listen to a podcast, without getting in trouble, give a listen to Will Allen's latest interview.
-A 7.5 million euro German/African partnership, UrbanFoodPlus, has been created to boost the productivity of urban farming in Africa. Although there will be a range of project groups focusing on different elements of food production across the continent, initially grower, seller, and government officials will be interviewed in Burkina Faso and Ghana to understand their current realities.
-What do you get when you combine martial arts and urban agriculture? Boston's own Green Dragons of course!
-There are very few vertical gardens anywhere around the world. If you are in Singapore or stopping through, one is actually open to the public!
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