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Livingroofs.org

Non-profit UK organization promoting green roofs. Includes roof types, benefits, issues, research, list of app

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Earth Pledge Green Roofs Initiative

The Earth Pledge Green Roofs Initiative supports the development of green, vegetated rooftops in urban areas to prevent stormwater runoff pollution, lower urban temperatures, and improve air quality.

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City of Chicago: City Hall Rooftop Garden

The City Hall rooftop garden sits atop Chicago's City Hall, an 11-story office building in Chicago's Loop

(Their site doesn't seem to allow deep-linking so you'll have to search for "rooftop garden" with their search engine.)

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Center for Green Roof Research at Penn State

Green Roofs are, as the name implies, plantings that are placed on the roof of a building. Green Roof technology is not new...

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Submitted by gregk on Sun, 17/04/2005 - 5:21pm.



The Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum

Planning for the rooftop garden started with a close look at the building. You have to determine how much weight it can hold. That includes the garden, rainwater and even snow...

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Old MacDonald Had a Penthouse

NYT's article on rooftop gardens

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Food Share

Garden types, considerations, soil, water, plants, containers

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Do It Yourself: Watering and Irrigation

How to customize a drip irrigation system for a rooftop garden.

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Submitted by gregk on Sun, 17/04/2005 - 5:09pm.



Green Roofs for Healthy Cities

Green Roofs for Healthy Cities' mission is to develop a market for green roof infrastructure products and services in cities across North America.

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Submitted by gregk on Sun, 17/04/2005 - 5:06pm.



Container Gardens

In 1993, Dr. Job Ebenezer, Director of Environmental Stewardship at ELCA, established a container garden on the roof of the parking garage at the ECLA offices in Chicago.

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