Living Architecture Monitor Spring 2022 Issue Now LIVE!
Green Roofs for Healthy Cities is excited to launch the Spring 2022 digital edition of the Living Architecture Monitor. The Spring Issue is focused on the importance of living architecture projects that are designed for food production. Read about the various forms of food production in cities, and the economic, social and ecological reasons we need to scale up this key aspect of climate resiliency.
Some featured articles in this issue related to food include:
Exploring The Potential of Rooftop Agrivoltaics by Professor Jennifer Bousselot and Thomas Hickey read here
On The Roof With Rooftop and Controlled Environment Agriculture experts, Henry Gordon-Smith, Antoine Troitter, and Roxanne Miller, read here
Eight Good Reasons to Design Food into Your Next Building Project, by Steven Peck, GRP, Honorary ASLA, read here
An Overview of Urban Farming Activities in Cities – The Key to A Resilient Future by Joyce McLean, read here
Other articles include:
Wildflowers: Planting Living Roofs for Native Pollinators Part II by Professor Bruce Dvorak, read here
In Memory of Edward O. Wilson, A Biophilic Pioneer by David Vernon Brasfield, B.Arch., read here
To read the full issue, visit the Living Architecture Monitor website, livingarchitecturemonitor.com.
For more information on upcoming events visit: greenroofs.org/events. For information on professional training online please visit: livingarchitectureacademy.com
About Us
Green Roofs for Healthy Cities (GRHC)is a non-profit 501(c)(6) professional industry association working to grow the green roof and wall industry throughout North America since 1999. Our mission is to develop and protect the market by increasing the awareness of the economic, social, and environmental benefits of green roofs, green walls, and other forms of living architecture through education, advocacy, professional development, and celebrations of excellence.
Enroll in The Living Architecture Academy, our online training platform which is dedicated to bringing you the best, most up to date professional development resources on design, installation and maintenance practices.
Our next Virtual Symposium is on the Pacific West Coast Green Roof Maintenance In Design And Practice and it will be held on April 29 -30, 2022 from 10am to 5 pm pst.
We will also host the Vancouver Green Roof Symposium in person With Roofing Contractors Association Of British Columbia (RCABC) on May 2, 2022 from 9AM - 5PM pst.
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