Rooftop farming has featured widely this last month when it comes to news. From Brussels to San Francisco via Paris a number of projects highlight the growing interest in urban farming on roofs. Staff are using green roofs to grow food all over the world. In London we are aware of several such roofs on corporate headquarters in the City.
From retrofitting to bees via solar farms, this weeks crosses the globe to find the most interesting stories last week. This weeks round up sponsored by Bee highways – green roofs are part of route First up the bee highway in Oslo that is helping to transform the city. The idea is simple – wherever possible…
“Sponge’ is the theme again of this weeks round up. Sponge, as a concept, is a key concern for the city of Rotterdam. The term is more widely used in China, where the ‘Sponge’ city concepts is explored in an interesting post. Then we take the focus to green roofs – why aren’t there more?…
Climate risk and green roofs featured in a number of interesting pieces last week. From Dhaka in Bangladesh to Berlin via the UK, green infrastructure will be key to resilience. Dhaka provides a tax incentive for green roofs The Bangladeshi capital Dhaka joins a swathe of cities around the world that are incentivising…