http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/04/02/living-walls-and-green-roofs-pave-way-for-biodiversity-in-new-building/ News & commentary on sustainability, activism, urban planning, politics, and our world. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 17:54:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/04/02/living-walls-and-green-roofs-pave-way-for-biodiversity-in-new-building/comment-page-1/#comment-61038 Uncle B Sat, 18 Jul 2009 12:04:16 +0000 http://ecoworldly.com/?p=2667#comment-61038 With time, and enough over-growth, we can become ground dwellers, then under-ground dwellers, in that magic place, free from the storms and winds, where temperatures are constant, and life is quiet once again! Mushroom eaters, fermenting our drinks and foods, with built-in cooling places, and solar to give our beds alone the heat we want at night, and the light we crave for so many hours. Can we learn to sleep well for many hours and enjoy our reverie once again, as before the evils of industry and money? Is there more to life than what we have now? Have we been deliberately misled for the profit of a very few? No! such evil doesn't exist in the minds of men! We have deluded ourselves, and unwittingly fallen into our own sad traps. The gray rainy sky is our friend, the fermenting brew our soul-mate and the delicious mushroom our finest staple, Let the vines entwine, dig into the roots below, close off the draughts from entering, our squirrels nest below. Now, each day when the light is right, we must go to surface for food to fight, Planting carrots and potatoes all in a row, beets and cabbages also go, Given this simple and slumberous life, where's all the tension, all the strife? With time, and enough over-growth, we can become ground dwellers, then under-ground dwellers, in that magic place, free from the storms and winds, where temperatures are constant, and life is quiet once again! Mushroom eaters, fermenting our drinks and foods, with built-in cooling places, and solar to give our beds alone the heat we want at night, and the light we crave for so many hours. Can we learn to sleep well for many hours and enjoy our reverie once again, as before the evils of industry and money? Is there more to life than what we have now? Have we been deliberately misled for the profit of a very few? No! such evil doesn’t exist in the minds of men! We have deluded ourselves, and unwittingly fallen into our own sad traps. The gray rainy sky is our friend, the fermenting brew our soul-mate and the delicious mushroom our finest staple, Let the vines entwine, dig into the roots below, close off the draughts from entering, our squirrels nest below. Now, each day when the light is right, we must go to surface for food to fight, Planting carrots and potatoes all in a row, beets and cabbages also go, Given this simple and slumberous life, where’s all the tension, all the strife?

]]> http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/04/02/living-walls-and-green-roofs-pave-way-for-biodiversity-in-new-building/comment-page-1/#comment-61039 Three Questions: Living Walls and Green Roofs | Gaiatribe Thu, 09 Apr 2009 06:27:19 +0000 http://ecoworldly.com/?p=2667#comment-61039 [...] A recent trend in building design and renovation actually harks back to a much older tradition: making houses and other structures blend in with the landscape so they contribute to the environment instead of detracting from it.  Among the modern examples on green buildings are living walls and green roofs, as described in the following article. Living Walls and Green Roofs Pave Way for Biodiversity in New Building [...] [...] A recent trend in building design and renovation actually harks back to a much older tradition: making houses and other structures blend in with the landscape so they contribute to the environment instead of detracting from it.  Among the modern examples on green buildings are living walls and green roofs, as described in the following article. Living Walls and Green Roofs Pave Way for Biodiversity in New Building [...]

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