The Hanging Gardens of Babylon

Green roofs prove even more effective in fighting global warming than first thought By Jeff Salton (Ecogizmo) You only have to watch a TV show in which the camera flies over any major city to realize the numbers of ugly, stark, gray, flat roofs that occupy millions of square feet but contribute nothing to the [...]

By the British Ecological Society Bumblebee experts have discovered a way of breeding the Short-haired Bumblebee in captivity, removing the last major hurdle for its successful reintroduction to the UK. Announcing the news at the British Ecological Society’s “Gardening for wildlife” event at the British Science Festival today [Monday 7th September], Dr Nikki Gammans will [...]

From Ecogizmo By Jeff Salton You only have to watch a TV show in which the camera flies over any major city to realize the numbers of ugly, stark, gray, flat roofs that occupy millions of square feet but contribute nothing to the environment. It’s almost an ‘out of sight, out of mind’ attitude we [...]

Biochar is, to me, very important for Green Roofs, this is why my deep interest in this amazing discovery.

Organic waste as fuel. Can biochar cut emissions and produce renewable energy? CNN’s Andrew Stevens reports.

Nursery & Garden Industry Australia (NGIA) hosted the inaugural Urban GreenScapes Symposium on 17 February 2009 to unveil the benefits of plants and green-life in the urban landscape and to encourage collaboration between all stakeholder groups to drive unity of message and develop awareness to create greener Australian cities. At the link below you can [...]

One of the most interesting structure concept involving green buildings is called Veg.itecture and is based on vegetation as the primary component of a building. Until now it didn’t get too much attention, but Ken Yeang looks to change this situation. Ken is one of the most active promoters of this architecture and his designs [...]

The planet is 4.5 billion years old and has gone through many natural disasters and mass extinctions long before we were here. That is the nature of Life which goes through 3 stages: Creation, Preservation and Destruction (or change of state). As humans we have been adapting to change since we are on this planet [...]

Beautiful article by Tim Wood, Green Roof Product Manager at Permanite Engineered Roofing Systems, that looks at the role that Green Roofs have to tackle climate change.   GREEN ROOFS – INCREASING OUR GREEN FOOTPRINT In the race to address a shortage in affordable housing, and with a very visible nod to the growing problem [...]