Green Options » Vertical Gardens http://greenoptions.com/tag/vertical-gardens Posts tagged 'Vertical Gardens' Sun, 26 Apr 2009 19:18:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en “Green Roofs for Healthy Cities” : Cool New GreenRoofs.org Conference June 3-5, 2009 http://greenbuildingelements.com/2009/04/26/green-roofs-for-healthy-cities-cool-new-greenroofsorg-conference-june-3-5-2009/ http://greenbuildingelements.com/2009/04/26/green-roofs-for-healthy-cities-cool-new-greenroofsorg-conference-june-3-5-2009/#comments Sun, 26 Apr 2009 19:18:01 +0000 Lucille Chi http://greenbuildingelements.com/2009/04/26/green-roofs-for-healthy-cities-cool-new-greenroofsorg-conference-june-3-5-2009/

The GreenRoofs.org “Green Roofs for Healthy Cities”  Conference is on the horizon in Atlanta this coming June 2009! It is just ideal for:

  • those interested in creating Green Roofs.
  • studying the future of Vertical Gardens/Green Walls.
  • raising awareness for green roofs and living walls (vertical gardens).
  • engineers, architects, landscape architects, landscape designers,  property managers, developers, roofing contractors, and students.
  • anyone interested who wants a 2-day crash course in green roofs and all the beautiful benefits they bring to cities.
  • creative city gardeners of all sorts.

“Green roofs are an important component of green infrastructure. They provide valuable public benefits related to stormwater management, reduction of the urban heat island, improvement of air quality (including removal of particulate matter), and general improvement of the quality of life in communities.”  ~GreenRoofs.org

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]]> http://greenbuildingelements.com/2009/04/26/green-roofs-for-healthy-cities-cool-new-greenroofsorg-conference-june-3-5-2009/feed/ Earth Day Events: Vertical Farms and Green Roofs Now at Exit Art in NYC http://greenbuildingelements.com/2009/04/21/earth-day-events-vertical-farms-and-green-roofs-now-at-exit-art-in-nyc/ http://greenbuildingelements.com/2009/04/21/earth-day-events-vertical-farms-and-green-roofs-now-at-exit-art-in-nyc/#comments Tue, 21 Apr 2009 15:54:35 +0000 Lucille Chi http://greenbuildingelements.com/2009/04/21/earth-day-events-vertical-farms-and-green-roofs-now-at-exit-art-in-nyc/

A project of SEA (Social Environmental Aesthetics) at Exit Art, “Vertical Gardens is an exhibition of architectural models, renderings, drawings, photographs and ephemera that depict or imagine a vertical farm, urban garden or green roof.” The exhibit features over 20 projects, both imaginary and real, by artists and architects envisioning solutions for building greener urban environments.

Details for the FREE two-day event (featuring eco architects, artists, professors, and poets) at Exit celebrating Earth Day 2009 are as follows:

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