#livingroof

[wonderscience]

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🐝IT’S BEE DAY IN 2023!🐝 This is a video from my visit to the New York City Beekeepers Association’s green roof on Roosevelt Island. Green roofs, featuring foliage canopies, succulents, and flower gardens, provide bees with a refuge for shade and sustenance. At this location alone, the NYC Beekeepers tend over a hundred honeybee colonies. Their eusocial denizens feast on clover flowers, succulents, and many other bee-friendly plants that carpet the connected rooftops. History tells us that the harmonious story of bees and humanity has been going for almost 9000 years, since the first beekeeping farmers of Europe and North Africa. We all know that in recent times we’ve saddled bees with a world of trouble between pesticide use and habitat loss. Urban beekeeping and green roofs are how an increasing number of forward-thinkers – city residents, non-profit groups, and developers alike – are working to preserve and celebrate the vital symbiotic relationship between humanity and these wonderful fuzzy pollinators. Key criteria for bee-friendly green roofs (also called living roofs) include modest heights under 8 stories, proximity to other green areas, and support for native and non-native species. Succulents like Sedum thrive in these living installations, as they require low maintenance and are native to large portions of the globe. Choosing to plant native plant species is also important, as they allow shelter for native bee species (often overshadowed and neglected by preservation efforts that favor the invasive European honey bee). Living roofs not only soften and bee-utify the city skyline; they also help tackle the possible looming global food crisis by providing a small compensation for the loss of natural bee habitats. So, if you live in a city, why not start a flowering garden on your rooftop? Let’s all make a difference and have an amazing Bee Day, everyone! 🐝 #Savethebees #Beeday #Greenroof #LivingRoof #beekeeping #urbanbeekeeping #WonderScience #WonderScienceTV #Worldbeeday #Worldbeeday23 #honeybees #pollinators #nycbeekeepers @bees.nyc @the_bee_conservancy May 20, 2023 at 02:25PM via Instagram https://instagr.am/reel/CsetP8QN1vt/

[thebreakawayblog]

Annual Picture Time!

The Silver Bus House and the Earthbag House in 2021(with little Sumi the cat walking through) and the previous years’ leading up to it.

Cheers!

xoxo KP

[hkrammrealtor]

Reposting @evvancouver Happy Friday! We love exploring our city and admiring the architecture, especially on gorgeous days like these. One of our favourite Vancouver landmarks is definitely the central branch of the Vancouver Public Library. ⁠ ⁠ Did you know the design of the space was the largest capital project ever undertaken by the City of Vancouver? #FindUsEVerywhere . . #socialrealtor #wp #realtor #yaletown #theEVlist #vancouverrealestate #library #movielocation #homerstreet #robsonstreet #livingroof (at Vancouver Public Library) https://www.instagram.com/p/B8jrjlhBj1F/?igshid=37cdgtp5xsp5

[portaldaindustriaimobiliariabras]

#repost • @ranacohabitat #residentialdesign ⁠ The house on Cooper Point designed by the late, famed architect Mickey Muennig, is one of the architect’s most impressive projects. Mickey became the first master of eco-minded architecture, perfecting green-roof construction more than 30 years before it became the fashionable way to build. ⁠ RANA had the privilege to collaborate with Mickey on the budding roof design which includes 20 native coastal grasses and flora species, all part of a garden that starts at Cooper Point, Big Sur, and stretches out to the Pacific Ocean. ⁠ ⁠ #mickeymuennig #greenroof #greenarchitecture #iconicarchitecture #bigsur #architecture #iconic #livingarchitecture #livingroof #landscape #design #landscapearchitecture #montereybay #montereypeninsula #residentialsaturdays #inspiration #ecologicaldesign #habitat https://www.instagram.com/p/CXa15T0DFYj/?utm_medium=tumblr

[sloeginfizzillustration]

#tbt to this simple little cabin from my 2012 calendar — along with a sweet as can be real life cabin in Norway with a living roof. 📸 by @mblockk I want to go to there. . . . #sloeginfizzart #sloeginfizz #illustration #livingroof #michiganartist #cabinlife #cabinlove (at Hamburg, Michigan) https://www.instagram.com/p/CGFt0ySjVSq/?igshid=193yshczc3jye

[mossandfog]

The magical turf houses of Iceland. Learn more on the site, link in bio. #iceland #icelandtravel #turfhouse #ancient #turfhousesoficeland #travelgram #mossandfog #landscape #livingroof #architecturehistory #homedesign #grassroof #greenroof (at Iceland) https://www.instagram.com/p/CD_pASMHERG/?igshid=1spkn86204j50

[fromeuropetoyou]

Beautiful carved fireplace mantel almost finished for a client. #marble #fromeuropetoyou #fire #fireplace #fireplacemakeover #fireplacedecor #fireplacedesign #fireplaces #designer #decorate #decoration #decorator #livingroomdecor #living #livingroom #livingroomdesign #livingroof #livinglife #luxurylifestyle #luxury #lux #luxuryhomes #luxuryrealestate #realestate #homedecor #millionairemindset #million #millionaire https://www.instagram.com/p/CB6juqnDQYj/?igshid=1qpks2iesoroc

[emilycollageart]

Norwegian Stroll Solar Print Collage 35x25cm £175 #artistsupportpledge #pledge #print #supportartists #covid19 #coronavirus #livegenerously #supportthearts #smalltreasures #printmaking #solaretchings #granny #grandmother #grandchild #stroll #livingroof #greenroof #rooftop (at London, United Kingtom) https://www.instagram.com/p/B_hxMfMHrvO/?igshid=1w22qqye5p9q5

[robbinsconstructionltd]

We created this rear extension with large roof light resulting in loads of natural light in the kitchen and living room. The roof has been covered in a wildflower living roof. Can’t wait for it to bloom! • • • • • #naturallight #portraitcollective #visualcoop #windowlight #lookslikefilm #roofgarden #loveauthentic #loverobbinsconstruction #rooflight #livingroof #urbanroofgarden (at Kennington) https://www.instagram.com/p/B_TKDWVJDp2/?igshid=1053cs1jozl1q

[savagaya]

🇬🇧 This hotel should be a model! * prefab building * renewable energy * low-emissivity glass * living roof * use of local materials * waste water treatment system * use of spring waters * electric cars for transport * organic vegetable garden and many more Follow @savagaya for more #ecohouse ______________________ 🇪🇸 Este hotel debería ser modelo! *edificio prefabricado *energía renovable *vidrio de baja emisividad *techo vivo *uso de materiales locales *sistema de tratamiento de las aguas residuales *uso de aguas de manantial *coches eléctricos para el transporte *huerta orgánica y muchos más Siga @savagaya para más #ecocasa ______________________ #sustainabledesign #sustainablehouse #uruguaynatural #savagaya #casaprefabricada #ecohotel #livingroof #boutiquehotel #sustainablehotel #prefabhouse (w: Sacromonte - Craft Wines & Landscape Hotel) https://www.instagram.com/p/B9g8cW1n7pM/?igshid=1u304y0ocy80

[thebreakawayblog]

The Roof!

Here are shots during the building process of the earth roof. You’ll see the layers from the rafters to rocks. All built to handle the weight of soil + plants + water + snow. The 2 openings on top are a small dome skylight and the stovepipe.

In the spring, Zak will put 2 - 3″ of compost/soil and sedum seeds to complete the green roof / living roof.

xoxo KP

[itsdocumented]

California Academy of Sciences living roof and a full moon

[briggsbughouses]

My bughouse stall has a waterside view today! At the Graham Street Park Green Futures Festival in Graham Street Park, Islington on Saturday 6th July 1 - 5pm! https://t.co/LlrQhMkeko #locallymade #Islington #Sedum #plantsale #30DaysWild #succulents #greenroof #livingroof https://t.co/KTcI3MV7l5 (at Graham Street Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bzk2SHkHsRA/?igshid=2ugrsi6t3s94

[verysarasota]

I didn’t know we had living roofs! How cool is that? Sarasota always giving me more reasons to love it here. . . . . . . #verysarasota #livingroof #greenliving #srqlife #downtownsarasota #realtorlifestyle #srq #downtownwaterfront #sarasota #ineedarealtor #sarasotarealtor #sarasotahadmeathello #ilovesarasota #livewhereyouvacation #bromeliads #lovesrq (at Sarasota, Florida) https://www.instagram.com/p/By5YqSihGUD/?igshid=4lp0dv2l22rm

[ladygrey99-blog]

I loved these little wooden lodges dotted about the mountains. The living roof on them has inspired me to do the same on my garage and shed at home. . . #livingroof #shed #cottage #shack #thegreylady #instagood #tbt #optoutside #goexplore #lodge #visitnorway #fjords #clouds #wilderness #beautiful #picoftheday #blackandwhitephoto #grey #greyday (at Loen) https://www.instagram.com/p/BxPE4CEgiOH/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1byv2hcyzi2m1

[zenzie]

Flower garden on the living roof at the science museam. San Francisco, CA -May 2016