The Hanging Gardens of Babylon

Beautiful article by Jessica Hume of The National about an amazing new project in Dubailand (a new extension of Dubai) that includes also Green Roofs: In a novel example of man and nature working in harmony, an entire town is to be built along a north-south axis to take advantage of cool breezes blowing in off the sea. Architects, [...]

The Zabar’s Vinegar Factory in Manhattan grows organic produce that is fresher and more local than perhaps any grocery store in New York. Why? Because it grows it above its rooftop! This article is an extract from Michael Ableman’s book “Fields of Plenty: A Farmer’s Journey in Aearch of Real Food and the People who Grow [...]

by Mahesh Basantani India is well-known for delicious food, and the kitchen is considered to be a sacred place in any Indian home. And now India has something else to be proud of: the world’s largest solar kitchen. The system has been installed as a collaboration between the Academy for a Better World and Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University, [...]

A report moderated by J Thompson and HM Anthony Both the amount of waste and its potential toxicity are increasing. Available landfill sites are being used up and incineration is being seen increasingly as a solution to the waste problem. This report of the British Society for Ecological Medicine examines the literature concerning the health effects of incinerators.  [...]

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 [...]

International Biochar Initiative (IBI) Conference in Newcastle, UK September 8 – 10, 2008 The leaders in the biochar field will be presenting and attending the conference. Tim Flannery will be giving a public lecture, the poster session alone will have over 80 presentations and there will be a full day for break out discussions. If you [...]

by Antonia Halse (*) The re-branded London Festival of Architecture with its calendar of over 600 events has now ended. The Grow Bags: Urban Allotments installation, produced by What If Projects, showcased a ‘formerly inaccessible and run-down plot of housing estate land transformed into a beautiful oasis of green. Seventy 1/2 tonne bags of soil [...]

Beautiful article about a great project that is happening now at Melbourne University! Fantastic! “Researchers at the University of Melbourne’s Burnley campus are examining the suitability of Australian native plants in ‘green roofs’; shallow rooftop gardens which are becoming increasingly popular internationally for their environmental and energy saving benefits. Green roofs have amazing potential but [...]