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Green Roof on Canadian Grocery Store
Environment

Green roof on Canadian grocery store offers truly local produce

...urban area offer green space for occupants and manage rainwater, but large scale urban farming is even more valuable. We hear ‘buy local’ a lot, this about more than just economics and supporting local businessesLiving in the age of a climate crisis we need to work to reduce carbon emissions from buildings but also tra...

Bosco Verticale, The World's First Vertical Forest
Architecture and Design

Bosco Verticale, the world's first vertical forest

...urban and rural landscapes. It would not only reduce land use, but in the case of urban farming it could eliminate a lot of waste. By locating food production inside urban centres, transportation costs, energy use, and food waste could all be substantially reduced while increasing urban access to fresh natural food pro...