eNewsletter                         

April 2014

Linda Velazquez
Editor & Publisher

ASLA, LEED AP, GRP

Hello colleagues,

We hope you celebrated Earth Day last Tuesday, and as we wind down with Earth Week and Earth Month, keep in mind that honoring and respecting Planet Earth should not only be our honor and duty but our legacy to our children and their ancestors, too.

We had fun with our �Love the Earth, Plant a Roof or Wall!� Photo Contest on Facebook � did you participate? We had 14 entries from across the world from Israel, Spain, Taiwan, Panama, USA (Rochester, NY; Durham, NC; New York City, NY (2); Alaska; Chicago, IL; San Francisco, CA; and Cincinnati, OH), Brazil, and India. The winner was Asaf Cohen, who submitted the �Great Greenwall in Israel� project and received a whopping 729 votes. Learn more at my Sky Gardens Blog post Happy Earth Day! The Winner of the 2014 �Love the Earth, Plant a Roof or Wall!� Earth Day Photo Contest is ...

Plan now for an awesome trip to Australia in October! On October 7-10, 2014 the World Green Infrastructure Congress will be held in lovely Sydney, Australia. Join Aramis and me down under - I'll be presenting Haven Kiers and my Greenroofs.com 2014 Top 10 List of Hot Trends in Greenroof & Greenwall Design. With Green Roofs Australasia President (and WGIN Board Member) Matt Dillon in charge, we can guarantee you�ll have an amazing time in this spectacular city � this will be another trip of a lifetime combining international speakers, tours, and networking! Read my Save the Date and Call for Papers: the World Green Infrastructure Congress 2014 in Sydney to learn more.



Calendar Project of the Month

Williams Engineering Building in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

April: Williams Engineering Building in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada by Bioroof and more...

This beautiful meadow is a rare green roof success story in the harsh climate of Northern Alberta. Designed as part of ongoing research through the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT), the corporate retrofit project aims to test which plants will be most resilient in Edmonton�s dry and windy rooftop environments. Bioroof prescribed a colorful native urban meadow mix, which has taken root and thrived against all odds. Bioroof�s Eco-System utilized locally sourced ingredients to supplement their rich, organic Eco-Blend growth media, in order to ideally suit the plantings and the environment.


Most Popular News

The Princeton Review's Guide to 332 Green Colleges is now available!
The Princeton Review's Guide to 332 Green Colleges is now available!


How to Think Like the Dutch in a Post-Sandy World
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NBA will host NBA Green Week in partnership with Sprint and the NRDC
NBA will host NBA Green Week in partnership with Sprint and the NRDC
 

Vertical green wall at school helps fight global warming
Vertical green wall at school helps fight global warming

Farmer on the Roof
Farmer on the Roof

 

North American Green Roof Industry Grew 10% in 2013
North American Green Roof Industry Grew 10% in 2013


Advertiser Press Releases

Latest Contributions

Save the Date and Call for Papers: the World Green Infrastructure Congress 2014 in Sydney
Save the Date and Call for
Papers: the World Green
Infrastructure Congress
2014 in Sydney

 


SOLARIS at Fusionopolis
(Phase 2B): From Military
Base to Bioclimatic Eco-
Architecture
by T. R. Hamzah & Yeang Sdn.
Bhd., International
Architect Firm

Steven L. Cantor's photo
A Comparison of the
Three Phases of the High Line, New York City:
Part 7: Lighting Discussion
by Steven Cantor, The Landscape Editor
 


The Waterproof! Magazine Summer edition will focus on Green Roofs once again and the cover feature story will be a project profile of the Javits Convention Center Green Roof being written by David Aquilina with XeroFlor America. Currently, this publication has a circulation of 20,000 copies; they print and mail 10,000 copies, with an additional 10,000 electronic copies emailed as a PDF to architects and designers. Included in this edition is a section dedicated to their Green Roof Product Directory which is directly derived from Greenroofs.com's own online Greenroof & Greenwall Directory listings. So if you are interested in appearing in this publication, please contact us about advertising rates.


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Projects of the Week Videos

The Pinnacle at Symphony Place - Project of the Week 4/21/14
The Pinnacle at
Symphony Place

OSU Green Roof at Howlett Hall - Project of the Week 4/14/14
The Ohio State
 University (OSU)
 Green Roof at Howlett
Hall

 

Via Verde | The Green Way - Project of the Week 4/7/14
Via Verde �
The Green Way

Caixa Forum Museum Vertical Garden - Project of the Week 3/31/14
Caixa Forum
Museum Vertical
Garden
 

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