The Hanging Gardens of Babylon

by Ali Kriscenski (*) Green Roofs for Healthy Cities (http://www.greenroofs.org/) has just announced the Awards for Excellence 2008 honoring projects that exemplify the aesthetic and environmental benefits of green roofs and living walls.  The winning installations are a showcase of innovation and awareness-raising ideas that standout among the growing field of building integrated green space.  [...]

Seven countries have set up a non-profit international association to run the World Green Roof Infrastructure Network (WGRIN) to promote sensible climate change responses around the world. The seven countries met at the April 30 to May 2 sixth annual international greening rooftops conference in Baltimore in the United States. The WGRIN headquarters office will [...]

By Hazim Younis Recently, Egypt has embarked on a project to increase the amount of greenery on rooftops. This provided a good opportunity for housewives and youth to use their time fruitfully and increase oxygen production in a choking environment. Due to the rapid expansion of the Egyptian population, and building on cultivated land, there [...]

by Mike Chino (*) The past month has seen shock waves resonating throughout the world of sustainable architecture with two monumental reports on green building backed by some serious changes in public policy.  First, the CEC released “Green Building in North America: Opportunities and Challenges”, which lauded sustainable buildings as the quickest, cheapest, and most [...]