If roads can talk, I would expect them to hope that they could one day be like Cermak Road in Chicago. Why? See for yourself.
Wake up! Road can't talk but we can. Let 's talk about seeing green streets in our country.
This presentation will give you an idea of what we can talk about.
Showing posts with label greening. Show all posts
Showing posts with label greening. Show all posts
Wednesday, 9 January 2013
Wednesday, 12 December 2012
The roofs are alive!
I believe that just a little sunshine, water and love will keep roofs of many high rise buildings in Malaysia alive with greens.
I hope this presentation shared by Kristin L. Getter and D. Bradley Rowe from the Michigan State University could help steer Malaysians into considering working towards gardening on their roof tops.
Scroll to the last page of the article, you will find some plants mentioned that are suitable for climate in Singapore, which should also be suitable for our country.
I hope this presentation shared by Kristin L. Getter and D. Bradley Rowe from the Michigan State University could help steer Malaysians into considering working towards gardening on their roof tops.
Scroll to the last page of the article, you will find some plants mentioned that are suitable for climate in Singapore, which should also be suitable for our country.
Friday, 21 November 2008
Building characters with plants
Have you heard of Character Counts?
They have a very unique way of teaching the young about the importance of building good characters. This time they are teaching through a "Grow Your Character Bookmarks" science project.
In each bookmark there is a seed-embedded "pot" which the children can put in the soil to grow. The children involved will be given handouts showing the life cycle of a plant. There is also a table to print out to note down observations of the growth. This teaches children how to take responsibility of what they grow.
As the children learn through the experiment that plants need sunlight and water to grow, they will also be taught what they need to grow up to be healthy and strong individuals. The bookmarks are there to remind them of the importance of characters building.
Don't you think that is a marvelous green idea?
They have a very unique way of teaching the young about the importance of building good characters. This time they are teaching through a "Grow Your Character Bookmarks" science project.
In each bookmark there is a seed-embedded "pot" which the children can put in the soil to grow. The children involved will be given handouts showing the life cycle of a plant. There is also a table to print out to note down observations of the growth. This teaches children how to take responsibility of what they grow.
As the children learn through the experiment that plants need sunlight and water to grow, they will also be taught what they need to grow up to be healthy and strong individuals. The bookmarks are there to remind them of the importance of characters building.
Don't you think that is a marvelous green idea?
Thursday, 20 November 2008
Hope for arid waste land.
Have you heard of permaculture? It is being practiced in the community of Kibbutz Lotan situated in the Arava Desert, south of Israel. That is the second most extreme desert in the world!
What could possibly grow there to be cultured? See for yourself.
Here is the video mentioned in slide 114 to show what swales, raised water table look like.
Like the idea of greening a desert? Find out how you can participate in Kibbutz Lotan Center for Creative Ecology.
What could possibly grow there to be cultured? See for yourself.
Here is the video mentioned in slide 114 to show what swales, raised water table look like.
Like the idea of greening a desert? Find out how you can participate in Kibbutz Lotan Center for Creative Ecology.
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