In August 2011, I visited New York City in search of its most interesting and attractive green roofs. Here are the best in one entertaining video slideshow. Based on research and visits, I believe the five sites captured here represent the best green roofs in New York, and by “best” I mean I the most unique, diverse and beautiful. If there is a fabulous planted roof in New York that I missed, or another unforgettable spot elsewhere in the country that deserves attention, please let me know in the comments. […]
|
|
|
|
Last night I visited the Goethe Institut for a screening of The 4th Revolution, a German documentary that explores how a transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy would transform the world. It’s an inspiring, uplifting, and even important film, but not an easy one for Washingtonians to get their hands on. So far, the […] When Steve Jobs announced last week that he is leaving Apple, I felt a stab of grief. Part of it is the sadness we all feel, losing the visionary who pulled marvelous rabbits out of the drab beige box of computing, and part of it is personal. My relationship with Steve and his creations goes all the way back to high school. […] President Obama turned his attention to energy this week, and in a rapid-fire series of announcements scrambled the prospects of the entire industry. Just days after pledging the U.S. government to a 28 percent reduction in energy consumption by 2020, Obama proposed a 2011 budget that boosted every sort of energy but the fossil kind. […] Photo Credit: www.democraticunderground.com In a last-ditch effort to save climate legislation this year, a consortium of clean-energy groups met today in Washington and kicked off a week of intense planning and lobbying. The notion of Clean Energy Week was born only a few weeks ago, when several groups realized they had planned events in […] A few days ago Anjali and I trekked into the Canadian Rockies to a campsite on the Athabasca River. The water ran swift and silent and a strange chalky blue color. Dust suspended in water, made from glacier grinding against rock miles upstream. We found our assigned campsite on a patch of riverbank so […] Greg Monzel holds a handful of street-caught amaranth. Yesterday, on a 106-degree afternoon in Portland, Oregon, I met two food enthusiasts and searched for something to eat among the sidewalk weeds. Urban foraging, as it’s called, is the latest wave in the local food movement, where “local” can mean a crack in the […] |
|
|
Copyright © 2025 The Ferris Files - All Rights Reserved Powered by WordPress & Atahualpa |
|
