
To comment scroll to the bottom of the entry. Your e-mail address and URL are optional fields. 2006 02 06 Idea Bank - Bloodless Organic Flowers Grown On Tops of Warehouses Idea Bank Series by Margaret Atwood Given that: • Pollution and pesticides are a problem • Flowers grown in many countries have no pesticide standards • More pollution is caused flying the flowers here • There are many flat-roofed warehouses and business buildings • Flat roofs heat up horribly • More pollution is caused cooling the buildings in the summer • Green roofs cut down on cooling and heating costs and thus cut pollution Therefore: Someone could make a nice business combining the installation of green roofs and the using of the space to grow organic local flower varieties. No good in winter, but the building would still benefit from improved insulation. Once the roofs were in place, the building could actually rent the space for growing, thus profiting twice. [email this story] Posted by Margaret Atwood on 02/06 at 06:55 AM yay! Thank you Mme Atwood! That is what we need. Additionally we could grow some local food up there… but just with teh flowers, in San Francisco they used roofs and flowers as a corridor for butterflies. As we keep replacing the milkweed they feed on for kentucky suburb-grass we coudl grow some of that up on the roofs as well, and then the monarchs might not be quite as endangered as they are now… but why stop there? why not make greenhouses (or retractable greenhouses)that way we can have fresh veggies all year round, the factory and warehouse workers will have fresh air (preheated, so the warehouse owners save money) in toronto Monica Kuhn has been champining this for decades and now stephen peck has taken it international, running the largest green roof conferences in the world! but they need someone like you Madame Atwood, to put it so eloquiently and get it in the spotlight! 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