Friday, November 28, 2014
Tuesday, November 25, 2014
Which vegetable grows from 1 kg to 16,000 kg in 4 weeks?
Two schools are getting a green makeover.
In Vietnam, have a look at this green-roofed kindergarten!
-And in Williamsburg, P.S. 84 is getting a hydroponic rooftop greenhouse.
-Lastly, check out this Israeli firm and their high-tech system which produces Khai-nam. Seems the food tastes pretty good and grows, according to their youtube video, from 1 kg to 16,000 kg in 4 weeks!! Can this be real???
Thursday, November 20, 2014
GILA words of the week: gated agriculture and cemetery farming
-Romania has it's first horticultural therapy program, but if doctors William Brid and Matilda van den Bosch had their way, horticultural therapy would be part of the publicly funded national health service!
-Everyone wants a Highline, an iconic green roof with seemingly unlimited appeal. But not everyone can have one. Read the comments at the bottom of this article, there are some undiscovered stand-up comedians waiting to be signed!
-Baltimore has a few interesting GILA ideas on the go. The first is called "Green Tracks". There are several component to he project, but the one I'll mention here is using the area along the Amtrak corridor for community gardens. I hope they keep an eye on possible existing contamination and contamination over time.
The second is allocating some of the 14,000 vacant lots in the city for flower production. Nice work Baltimore!
-We all know urban agriculture is huge. How big? Researchers have found all the farms together cover an area the size of Europe. And those 456 million hectares (1.12 billion acres), 15% is in the city proper. Urban agriculture will be crucial, especially in Africa. with half of the continents inhabitants living in cities by 2030. In Kenya a company wants to be a pioneer in providing the produce. The idea? Gate some land and lease it to prospective farmers.
Which gets me to wondering. With development pressures could we see more urban agriculture in marginal or previously taboo lands? In the Philippines a new urban agriculture garden has opened in a cemetery. It seems the cemetery has rich, unused pland within its gates. in the future, could we one day see food production happening anywhere soil is available?
-Everyone wants a Highline, an iconic green roof with seemingly unlimited appeal. But not everyone can have one. Read the comments at the bottom of this article, there are some undiscovered stand-up comedians waiting to be signed!
-Baltimore has a few interesting GILA ideas on the go. The first is called "Green Tracks". There are several component to he project, but the one I'll mention here is using the area along the Amtrak corridor for community gardens. I hope they keep an eye on possible existing contamination and contamination over time.
The second is allocating some of the 14,000 vacant lots in the city for flower production. Nice work Baltimore!
-We all know urban agriculture is huge. How big? Researchers have found all the farms together cover an area the size of Europe. And those 456 million hectares (1.12 billion acres), 15% is in the city proper. Urban agriculture will be crucial, especially in Africa. with half of the continents inhabitants living in cities by 2030. In Kenya a company wants to be a pioneer in providing the produce. The idea? Gate some land and lease it to prospective farmers.
Which gets me to wondering. With development pressures could we see more urban agriculture in marginal or previously taboo lands? In the Philippines a new urban agriculture garden has opened in a cemetery. It seems the cemetery has rich, unused pland within its gates. in the future, could we one day see food production happening anywhere soil is available?
Monday, November 17, 2014
Thursday, November 13, 2014
3d printed gardens!
For the life of me I couldn't figure out how this would work according to their description, thankfully there's a GIF which helps it make sense!
Tuesday, November 11, 2014
New protocols for indoor biophilic design
Interior designers are developing new protocols to address design strategies for incorporating green walls and other biophilia into their practices. The American Society of Interior Designers (ASID), led by Randy Fiser, has committed to the protocols through the 2014 Clinton Global Initiative (CGI). Let's see what they come up with!
-An urban farming initiative in Calgary is building an earthship greenhouse to provide year-round produce.
-The company who provided living walls for the 2012 London Olympics is going "into administration". For those in North America who may not be familiar with the process, it's the step before bankruptcy. But it's not bankrupt yet, let's see if they can restructure and pull it out.
-An urban farming initiative in Calgary is building an earthship greenhouse to provide year-round produce.
-The company who provided living walls for the 2012 London Olympics is going "into administration". For those in North America who may not be familiar with the process, it's the step before bankruptcy. But it's not bankrupt yet, let's see if they can restructure and pull it out.
Friday, November 7, 2014
Occupy the Farm...the movie
I'm sure everyone remembers reading about the battle between the University of California and neighborhood farmers. Here's a trailer for the documentary of what happened and how...
Thursday, November 6, 2014
Amazing green complex planned for Cairo
Slated to begin construction in 2015, if this development ends up being half as good as it looks, it will be top 10 in the living architecture world for the green options (indigenous plants, green roofs, green walls, urban agriculture, solar panels and more!) it provides.
Tuesday, November 4, 2014
12th Cities Alive Green Roof & Wall Conference is one week away!
There's still time to get down (or over, if you're in the neighborhood) to this year's Cities Alive Green Roof and Wall Conference in Nashville. The festivities kick off November 12.
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