Green Roofs for Healthy Cities Launches the Spring 2023 Urban Agriculture Issue of Living Architecture Monitor Magazine
Green Roofs for Healthy Cities is excited to launch the Spring 2023 digital edition of the free Living Architecture Monitor (LAM) magazine. This issue of the LAM explores many aspects of urban agriculture, which is key to future-proofing our food, protecting our health, and greening our cities. Read the new Spring Issue of the LAM here.
"Designing and implementing urban agriculture capacity is key to ensuring the resilience of our cities in the face of climate change, and it can also make important contributions to social and ecological justice." said Steven Peck, GRP, Editor, Living Architecture Monitor magazine. “We explore many design and operational issues in greater detail in this Spring Issue of the LAM, from the workings of mycorrhizal fungi in soils to the challenges posed by space travel.”
Featured articles and podcasts in this issue related to urban include:
Rooftop Farm Living Lab: Research Takes Root at the Urban Farm at TMU, by Arlene Throness, Urban Farm at Toronto Metropolitan University
Award of Excellence Winning and Innovative Rooftop Farm in the Heart of Manhattan - The Javits Center
Natives for Nutrition and Healing: Green Roof Plants with a Purpose by Bruce Dvorak
A Podcast with Dr. Mike Dixon on The Challenges of Growing Food in Space and Controlled Environment Agriculture
How Mycorrhizae Can Benefit the Performance of Green Roof Plants by Dr. Amy Heim
Five Reasons Why We Are Not Separate From Nature and How This Can Improve Design, by Steven W. Peck, GRP, Green Roofs for Healthy Cities.
To read the full issue, visit the free livingarchitecturemonitor.com.
Green Roofs for Healthy Cities (GRHC) is a non-profit 501(c)(6) professional industry association working to grow the green roof and wall industry throughout North America since 1999. Our mission is to develop and protect the market by increasing the awareness of the economic, social, and environmental benefits of green roofs, green walls, and other forms of living architecture through education, advocacy, professional development, and celebrations of excellence.
Enroll for free in The Living Architecture Academy, our online training platform which is dedicated to bringing you the best, most up to date professional development resources on design, installation and maintenance practices, including lectures on rooftop farming design and operational practices. More than 70 lectures, proceedings and courses are now available.
Our next in person event is the Grey to Green Conference in Boston April 23-24, 2023 where we will explore design and policy for greening Boston and the surrounding region. For more information and to register, please visit Grey to Green Boston.
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