(C) Daily Kos
This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered.
. . . . . . . . . .
City Agriculture [1]
['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.', 'Backgroundurl Avatar_Large', 'Nickname', 'Joined', 'Created_At', 'Story Count', 'N_Stories', 'Comment Count', 'N_Comments', 'Popular Tags']
Date: 2022-07-31
The French Parliament recently approved a new law requiring all new commercial buildings to partially have their roofs covered with plants or solar panels.
https://cleantechnica.com/2022/05/05/new-law-in-france-green-roofs-on-new-commercial-buildings/
Villa M - living walled building in Paris
https://triptyque.com/en/project/villa-m-en/
https://www.v2com-newswire.com/en/newsroom/categories/commercial-architecture/press-kits/2001-01/villa-m-takes-amazon-to-paris-with-tropical-building
https://www.treehugger.com/villa-m-paris-triptyque-architecture-5271129
https://inhabitat.com/green-building-design-was-inspired-by-the-amazon-rainforest/
Foundational Agrivoltaic Research for Megawatt Scale [FARMS] - US DOE funding large scale combined farm and solar projects
https://cleantechnica.com/2022/05/05/funding-notice-foundational-agrivoltaic-research-for-megawatt-scale-farms/
USDA now has an Office of Urban Agriculture
https://www.agritecture.com/blog/2022/5/10/5-focus-points-for-the-usdas-new-office-of-urban-agriculture
email for more information or to comment:
[email protected]
Another vertical forest finished, this one in Huanggang, China
https://www.stefanoboeriarchitetti.net/en/project/easyhome-huanggang-vertical-forest-city-complex/
https://inhabitat.com/vertical-forest-apartment-has-an-astonishing-404-trees/
Rotterdam’s roofscape - greening 10 million square feet of rooftops
https://www.c40.org/case-studies/cities100-rotterdam-mitigation-meets-adaptation-on-rotterdam-s-rooftops/
https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f082078d610926644d22e00/t/621e3b2a1ee23c373149cac0/1646148404157/URBANISTEN_Rotterdam_Rooftop_Potential_EN.pdf
https://www.fastcompany.com/90755913/inside-rotterdams-quest-to-green-10-million-square-feet-of-rooftops
Green walls for air purification
https://www.naava.io/en/
https://inhabitat.com/clean-the-air-in-your-home-with-green-walls-from-naava/
NYC AgTech Week 2022 will take place September 26 to October 1st 2022
https://www.agritecture.com/blog/2022/6/23/nyc-agriculture-collective-thought-for-food-partner-for-nyc-agtech-week-2022
Bringing food production back to cities
https://www.meed.com/bringing-food-production-back-to-cities
Roof garden for an automobile factory in Turin, Italy - flowers and a test track
https://www.treehugger.com/biodiverse-roof-garden-added-to-iconic-lingotto-factory-in-turin-5496690
Australian food insecurity
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/jun/28/australia-ill-prepared-for-food-insecurity-driven-by-war-and-climate-crisis-former-defence-leaders-say
Editorial Comment: The war in Ukraine and Russia has made an already precarious world food supply even worse. The Russsian invasion in February 2022 is causing death by starvation around the world at the end of June. Even an “advanced nation” like Australia now may not be able to feed itself.
Creativity breaking out on European rooftops
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/european-creative-rooftop-network-designs-public-spaces-for-roofs/
European Creative Rooftop Network
https://ecrn.city
Rooftopedia - compendium of projects
https://www.rooftopedia.ecrn.city
[END]
---
[1] Url:
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/7/31/2113786/-City-Agriculture-July-31-2022
Published and (C) by Daily Kos
Content appears here under this condition or license: Site content may be used for any purpose without permission unless otherwise specified.
via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds:
gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/dailykos/
