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Rooftop Urban Agriculture

by Damon van der Linde | 2:42 pm June 3rd, 2011

Categories: Adaptation, Agriculture, Architecture, Business, Climate Change, Economics, Efficiency, Engineering, Green Building, Green Communities, Green Living, Water

Tags: gardens, green roofs, Green Roofs for Healthy Cities, green walls, stormwater retention, urban agriculture

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On the rooftop garden of Toronto’s Evergreen Brickworks, Steven Peck, President and Founder of environmental not-for-profit Green Roofs for Healthy Cities explains the benefits of rooftop urban agriculture.

An online training course on the history, economics, growing systems and technology for rooftop urban agriculture is offered at the Living Architecture Academy at http://grhc.sclivelearningcenter.com/.

Visit www.greenroofs.org for more information

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Sapphire is leading the new industrial category of Green Crude production, profoundly altering the petrochemical landscape for the better.

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