As we trundle towards our inevitable oblivion at the end of the Mayan Calendar on 21st December 2012, could the global freak weather conditions be heralding our demise? Britain was suffering from the wettest summer ever, although we’ve been given a reprise for the imminent Olympics, whilst the US has been hit with unprecedented heat … Continue reading
US alternative design company Greenaid have been marketing their urban ecology solutions, Seedbombs via vending machines placed in forward thinking retail establishments in the States. They have just started to make their way across the Atlantic and so far there is just one in the UK located in London’s Selfridges. The seedbombs are made from … Continue reading
As the agriculture industry falls over itself in the mass production of industrialised crops, an alternative is being posited by going back to our roots and investigating what we used to eat. In a simpler age of less diabetes, allergies and obesity what was different about our diets? One of the main differences points to … Continue reading
The World Health Organisation recommends 12 square metres of green space per capita. Beirut has less than one, which prompted locals to spend Saturday in whatever little bit of green they can find (or create) in protest to the continued closure of their local park, Horsh Beirut. Closed over twenty years ago, they were promised … Continue reading
Chicago’s O’Hare Airport became home to the first soil-less food production unit, hoping to produce sufficient to stock many of the airport’s restaurants. Seedlings planted into nutrient rich volcanic rock modules are regularly irrigated until they are large enough to be moved into aeroponic towers that are serviced by water and light to maximise yield. … Continue reading
The Peter Joseph Lenné Award in Berlin is the world’s largest landscape architecture and garden design competition targeted towards young people (both professional and academic) within the industry. This year the contest involves two development sites at Basel (famous for its art fair) which includes a parkland development and a substantial urban renewal project in … Continue reading
Paul ‘Moose‘ Curtis, British street artist and granddaddy of the reverse graffiti movement, headed up the latest clean graffiti campaign along London’s Southbank in an attempt to clean up the capital in preparation for the Olympics. Supported by Flash, whose manufacturer is Proctor & Gamble, one of the sponsors of the Olympics, it’s an innovative … Continue reading
I am a big fan of living grass roofs and walls as I am sure many of you are. In the past I have spearheaded quite a few projects involving both living walls and vertical gardens, but I have to admit, even my most adventurous clients have assumed all would be planted on the exterior … Continue reading
As the annual madness of the Chelsea Flower Show approaches, I wanted to give a shout out to the alternative Chelsea Show. This is the first year of the Chelsea Fringe and it looks set to be a fantastic celebration of all things green throughout our fair city. Most events seem to be running (or … Continue reading
It is a worrying thought that things have got so bad, ecologically speaking that we are being forced to consider an Action Plan for Bees. This is what Friends of The Earth are calling for in their Bee Cause Petition. Bees pollinate over 75% of our plants, and due to intensive agricultural farming, some species of bumble bees are … Continue reading
Christina Odell 