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Brighter Planet's 350 Challenge
31 August 10
“Solar company Global Solar on Tuesday introduced a line of flexible solar modules which are designed for flat commercial rooftop buildings. Rather than install racking systems to hold heavy glass-covered solar panels, the company’s PowerFlex BIPV modules can be adhered onto a roof or built right into roofing materials. The modules are quicker to installer, lighter, and don’t require any penetrations into the roof, according to the company.” Global Solar rolls out stick-on solar panels | Green Tech - CNET News

“Solar company Global Solar on Tuesday introduced a line of flexible solar modules which are designed for flat commercial rooftop buildings.

Rather than install racking systems to hold heavy glass-covered solar panels, the company’s PowerFlex BIPV modules can be adhered onto a roof or built right into roofing materials. The modules are quicker to installer, lighter, and don’t require any penetrations into the roof, according to the company.”

Global Solar rolls out stick-on solar panels | Green Tech - CNET News

15 July 10
Detroit resident plans on converting the city's vacant land into "urban farms"

warrennotg:

John Hantz Farms won’t be a typical farm with sprawling fields. Hantz has consulted with agricultural experts at the Michigan State University and the Kellogg Foundation and plans on using all the agricultural ingenuity the modern world can afford to make his endeavor work. His 250 to 280 acres will be split up into “pods” throughout the city and will grow vertically. He eventually plans to incorporate aquaculture (fish farming), hydroponics (growing plants in water), and aeroponics (growing plants in air), all of which can be housed in buildings.

Reblogged: warrennotg

29 April 10
“According to Autobloggreen, the specs look pretty good: a 12.5 mile range (perfect for short trips around town, nothing more), a top speed of 12.5 mph, and most impressively, the bike can easily fold into a disc that fits in a car’s spare tire compartment.” VW’s First Ever Two-Wheeler Fits in Your Spare Tire Compartment | Fast Company

“According to Autobloggreen, the specs look pretty good: a 12.5 mile range (perfect for short trips around town, nothing more), a top speed of 12.5 mph, and most impressively, the bike can easily fold into a disc that fits in a car’s spare tire compartment.”

VW’s First Ever Two-Wheeler Fits in Your Spare Tire Compartment | Fast Company

Tags: bike urban VW
25 April 10
Rooftop farming booms in New York

“On the other side of Manhattan, in the posh Upper East Side, Eli Zabar, owner of the upscale Vinegar Factory delicatessen, inspects the crops he is growing on the roof of the old factory bought in 1991.

“I grow heirloom tomatoes, lots of different kinds of lettuce, herbs, basil, rosemary, thyme, raspberries, figs, beets.

“We use the heat of the bakeries and pastries, we recycle the heat. With the use of the heat we have eliminated our (carbon) footprint.

“You harvest in the morning, you sell in the afternoon, you don’t refrigerate, it tastes better… We pick everything ripe and ready to eat. All our products here are organic.”“

9 March 10
Cleveland's Galleria Mall Turns Lost Retail Space Into Greenhouse Farm Stand | Fast Company

“…[W]hat will happen to the massive malls of today?

One possible solution can be seen in Cleveland’s Galleria mall. The mall lost many of its retail shops over the past few years, leaving gaping holes in the greenhouse-like space. So employees of the Galleria came up with the idea for the Gardens Under Glass project, a so-called urban ecovillage inside the mall that features carts of fruits and vegetables grown on-site. The project was recently given a $30,000 start-up grant from Cleveland’s Civic Innovation Lab.”

“Single-use environment” my ass.

2 February 10
Green Puzzle: Rooftop lawn generates green energy for your home A combination of grass and green-colored solar panels via urbangreens: Veg.itecture

Green Puzzle: Rooftop lawn generates green energy for your home

A combination of grass and green-colored solar panels

via urbangreens: Veg.itecture

Reblogged: urbangreens

Tags: urban solar
1 October 09
Urban Beekeeping - Photos of Sururban and City Beekeepers - thedailygreen.com
13 August 09
Shower Uses Waste Water to Grow Plants and Recycles the Rest - Neatorama Using a natural filtering principle called phyto-purification, the bathroom becomes a mini-eco-system by recycling and regenerating the wastewater. The water from the shower and the washbasin is filtered through an organic system before being re-used. Phyto-purification is a natural water-recycling process which is commonly used in ecological purification systems. via urbendisaster: poobah: think4yourself

Shower Uses Waste Water to Grow Plants and Recycles the Rest - Neatorama

Using a natural filtering principle called phyto-purification, the bathroom becomes a mini-eco-system by recycling and regenerating the wastewater. The water from the shower and the washbasin is filtered through an organic system before being re-used. Phyto-purification is a natural water-recycling process which is commonly used in ecological purification systems.

via urbendisaster: poobah: think4yourself

Reblogged: catastrophe-urben

20 July 09
Peeling Back Pavement to Expose Watery Havens » NYTimes “In the industrial era after the Korean War, the stream, by then a rank open sewer, was entombed by pavement and forgotten beneath a lacework of elevated expressways as the city’s population swelled toward 10 million.“Today, after a $384 million recovery project, the stream, called Cheonggyecheon, is liberated from its dank sheath and burbles between reedy banks. Picnickers cool their bare feet in its filtered water, and carp swim in its tranquil pools.” Other cities worldwide are pursuing similar endeavours: “By building green corridors around the exposed waters, cities hope to attract affluent and educated workers and residents who appreciate the feel of a natural environment in an urban setting.” (emphasis ours) via urbangreens [h/t aetercrow]

Peeling Back Pavement to Expose Watery Havens » NYTimes

“In the industrial era after the Korean War, the stream, by then a rank open sewer, was entombed by pavement and forgotten beneath a lacework of elevated expressways as the city’s population swelled toward 10 million.

“Today, after a $384 million recovery project, the stream, called Cheonggyecheon, is liberated from its dank sheath and burbles between reedy banks. Picnickers cool their bare feet in its filtered water, and carp swim in its tranquil pools.”

Other cities worldwide are pursuing similar endeavours:

“By building green corridors around the exposed waters, cities hope to attract affluent and educated workers and residents who appreciate the feel of a natural environment in an urban setting.” (emphasis ours)

via urbangreens

[h/t aetercrow]

Reblogged: urbangreens

20 May 09
skyscraper: urbangreens: Dragonfly Vertical Farm » inhabitat “Modeled after the wings of a dragonfly, this incredible urban farm concept for New York City’s Roosevelt Island intends to ease the problems of food mileage and shortage, and reconnect consumers with producers. Spanning 132 floors and 600 vertical meters, the Dragonfly would accommodate 28 different agricultural fields for the production of fruit, vegetables, grains, meat and dairy. A combination of solar and wind power make Belgian architect Vincent Callebaut’s Dragonfly concept 100% self sufficient.”

skyscraper: urbangreens:

Dragonfly Vertical Farm » inhabitat

“Modeled after the wings of a dragonfly, this incredible urban farm concept for New York City’s Roosevelt Island intends to ease the problems of food mileage and shortage, and reconnect consumers with producers. Spanning 132 floors and 600 vertical meters, the Dragonfly would accommodate 28 different agricultural fields for the production of fruit, vegetables, grains, meat and dairy. A combination of solar and wind power make Belgian architect Vincent Callebaut’s Dragonfly concept 100% self sufficient.”

Reblogged: skyscraper

25 February 09

“[The Urban Space Station] is mobile, which means it can either be dropped in place or can be built on the site itself. The eco-system filters air, grows food and recycles organic waste of the inhabitants for the inhabitants and it does all that without using even a single watt-hour of electricity. The architects claim that when mass produced, the system won’t cost a fortune and could easily replace many electronic gadgets that the urban community is currently dependent upon.”

[via ecofriend]

20 February 09
urbangreens: British Waterways to grow more food alongside canals » City Farmer News The UK seems to be at the forefront of urban agriculture development. not that the uk has a real problem with precipitation, but it would be cool if these plants were watered by the river in which they were grown. this is a great idea, too, because the barges could be moved up & down the waterway to meet up with river-side festivals & farmer’s markets.

urbangreens:

British Waterways to grow more food alongside canals » City Farmer News

The UK seems to be at the forefront of urban agriculture development.

not that the uk has a real problem with precipitation, but it would be cool if these plants were watered by the river in which they were grown.

this is a great idea, too, because the barges could be moved up & down the waterway to meet up with river-side festivals & farmer’s markets.

Reblogged: urbangreens

20 February 09
Grow Your Own Bread!

“Quoting tables provided in Gene Logsdon’s book, Small Scale Grain Raising, McLeod explains that 1,100 square feet — a 10 foot by 109 foot plantation — could produce about 60 pounds of wheat. “You can probably get about two loaves of bread per pound,” he says, “so that would be up to 120 loaves of bread per harvest.”

That’s two loaves per week for a year. Out of what might presently be a lawn.”

10 February 09
urbangreens: Rainwater Harvesting System adds Green Space » MocoLogo “CISTA is a rain water harvesting system designed for urban environments. It provides storage for rain water within a vertical planted frame, allowing us to conserve water and increase green space.” via TreeHugger

urbangreens:

Rainwater Harvesting System adds Green Space » MocoLogo

“CISTA is a rain water harvesting system designed for urban environments. It provides storage for rain water within a vertical planted frame, allowing us to conserve water and increase green space.”

via TreeHugger

Reblogged: urbangreens

Themed by Hunson. Originally by Josh