Positive net energy campus for Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania
https://inhabitat.com/phipps-conservatory-and-botanical-gardens-leeds-the-way-in-green-design/
Amsterdam and Paris exchange on urban agriculture
https://www.agritecture.com/blog/2021/7/8/amsterdam-and-paris-exchange-on-urban-agriculture-practices
Hot Heart – artifical islands to supply heat to Helsinki and support a tropical forest
https://inhabitat.com/a-tropical-forest-will-soon-grow-in-helsinki-and-provide-all-the-citys-heat/
Hong Kong rooftop gardens
https://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2021/jul/14/rooftop-crops-urban-farms-in-hong-kong-in-pictures
Editorial Comment: Hong Kong is the only other city I’ve visited that has as much energy as NYC.
Bricks designed as anchor points for plants growing vertically
https://www.core77.com/posts/109476/Binder-Klinkers-Unusual-Bricks-Serve-as-an-Attachment-Point-for-Plants-on-Building-Facades
Nanbo Bay Reception Center indoor rainforest
https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/CqsAoZmLfrygPdTir7sDsQ? [in Chinese]
https://inhabitat.com/a-mini-rainforest-thrives-in-the-nanbo-bay-reception-center/
Underwater farming
https://www.agritecture.com/blog/2021/7/23/underwater-farms-amp-how-they-work
Editorial Comment: Seagrasses can sequester 15-35 times more carbon than terrestrial plants and eelgrass can produce a perennial grain. We are surrounded by insurmountable opportunities, as Walt Kelly’s Pogo reminded us.
Madrid plans to plant a forest all around the city to reduce heat and absorb CO2
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/madrid-to-create-perimeter-forest-around-the-city-to-absorb-heat-and-co2/
Greenhouses for extreme climates
https://www.agritecture.com/blog/2021/7/19/this-company-builds-greenhouses-in-some-of-the-worlds-most-extreme-climates
Why we should build for wildlife as well as people
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20210727-how-to-boost-biodiversity-and-attract-wildlife-to-your-home
Proposal for a future garden city
https://www.designboom.com/architecture/future-city-proposal-rescubika-parisian-lake-05-03-2021/
https://inhabitat.com/garden-city-brings-a-breath-of-fresh-air-to-urban-paris/
Microbial farming for carbon capture and food production
https://cleantechnica.com/2021/08/05/futuristic-farmers-deploy-solar-power-to-farm-for-microbes/
