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Interested in planting flowers in a hard to reach place? Perhaps your inner eco-warrior wants to participate in a little planned urban shrinkage. Introducing Seedbom. Handmade from various eco-friendly, organic and recycled materials like egg boxes, shredded office paper, compost and easy to grow flower varieties, Seedbom’s are ‘earth friendly’ grenades that grow.
According to the IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature), a widely acclaimed source for information on environmental and biodiversity issues, there is urgent need for sobering consideration to be given to the planet’s flora and fauna. And for action to follow.
Today marks the second day of the inaugural three-day conference ‘CitiesAlive World Green Roof Infrastructure Congress’ being held at the Sheraton Centre in downtown Toronto. Hosted by the City of Toronto in partnership with the World Green Roof Infrastructure Network, the event is the only one of its kind in North America with the purpose of gathering the world’s green infrastructure community together to collaborate and grow in their abilities to address issues facing green roofs.
The fight against foreign forms of flora goes back decades and includes Purple Loosestrife (dubbed the beautiful killer), the Giant Hogweed (which produces a sap that causes severe skin burns and possible blindness), and now the formidable Kudzu.
How about a little carbon sequestration right in your own home? Scale down from the big maple or mighty oak and try a few different houseplants that have exceptional air-purifying abilities.
In the context of today’s world, ‘consuming’ and ‘balance’ in the same sentence seems to be an oxymoron.Wordpress theme provided by diythemes.
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